A Deposed Texas Republican’s Lament About Slander and Corruption
Glenn Rogers ran afoul of Governor Greg Abbott and billionaire oilmen Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks. It cost him his job.
Glenn Rogers ran afoul of Governor Greg Abbott and billionaire oilmen Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks. It cost him his job.
In a post-election interview, Travis Clardy calls his defeat a slap in the face for rural districts with few alternatives to public schools.
Billionaires here are funding right-wing politicians to knock down barriers between church and state. But a small countermovement is now rising to meet them.
Politicians have labeled the battle over Ken Paxton’s impeachment as one between centrists and the far right. It’s not, according to our analysis of legislators’ voting records.
All through the voucher fight, these 21 members of the Texas House of Representatives prioritized public schools.
She may be a Republican, but she doesn’t love vouchers (though she doesn’t think they’re the end of the world, either).
Ahead of a special legislative session, the governor has implied there will be political consequences for those who get in his way.
The attorney general’s acquittal affects an upcoming legislative session on school vouchers—and the civil war within the Texas GOP.
The governor has long suffered from the reputation that he’s a policy lightweight. He’s turning it around this year in five easy steps.
The conservative, gun-toting superintendent of Fort Davis Independent School District is fed up: “I’m not patient enough to spend time with assholes in Austin, and I’m not rich enough to buy any votes.”
The governor has promoted “school choice” at seven religious academies around the state. Why there?
In an address that resembled a campaign ad, the governor issued seven priorities for the Legislature, including a push for “school choice.”
Internal documents offer new insights into an unprecedented ploy in Wimberley to divert public-education dollars to private schools.
Political operatives descended on the Hill Country town of Wimberley with a scheme to send taxpayer dollars to private schools. Now they’re shopping the same blueprint elsewhere.
Undermining public schools has been a winning strategy for governors in several states. But for many rural, conservative communities in Texas, such schools are the only game in town.
Cruz could secure more money in tax cuts for private schools and homeschools than Greg Abbott or Dan Patrick have gotten from the state.
Growing conservative frustration in the Panhandle.
Is the new study by Dan Patrick’s Senate a cover for private school vouchers?
The bill passed today would either save the state money or provide thousands of scholarships to Texas students.
The main bill up for discussion was Dan Patrick’s SB 23, which would establish the Texas Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program. It would allow certain organizations to award scholarships to pay educational expenses for eligible students in public elementary or secondary schools to attend private or parochial schools. To
The first day of debate over the House Appropriations bill is typically one of the most consequential events of a legislative session. Last Thursday’s debate was no exception. The highlight was a school vouchers amendment by Democrat Abel Herrero, of Corpus Christi: The language of Herrero’s amendment read, “Use