Crime And Conduct
Trump’s first of 4 criminal trials gets underway By Matthew T. Mangino As you are reading this, Judge Juan M. Merchan’s Manhattan courtroom should be bustling with activity as an unprecedented criminal trial gets underway. For the first time in American history, a
Senate Advances School Safety Bill
Governor Greg Abbott said he would veto any school finance legislation that did not contain school choice provisions. By Richard Lee/Special to ETR The Senate approved a bill on Friday that would allocate hundreds of millions of state dollars to help school districts
School Choice Fails Four Times
TSTA, AFT applauds House members who stood up for public schools with anti-voucher vote. Texas State Teachers Association President Ovidia Molina issued the following statement: TSTA applauds the House members, Democrats and Republicans, who stood up for their public schools today by voting
Texas Senate Completes 4th Called Session Agenda
By Richard Lee The Senate passed four bills this past Thursday that answered the call for legislation set out by Governor Greg Abbott this week. When the third special session ended without passage of a bill on school choice Tuesday, Abbott immediately called
School Choice Fails: Gov. Abbott Calls Fourth Special Session
By Richard Lee Lawmakers will get another 30 days in Austin to try and work out a deal on school choice legislation, Governor Greg Abbott’s top legislative priority. While the Senate passed such a bill in the regular and third special sessions, the
Texas Senate Approves $1.5B More Border Wall Funding
By Richard Lee After approving more than $5 billion for state border security efforts in the regular session, the Senate added another $1.5 billion in Tuesday’s session, almost all of which is earmarked for building more miles of the permanent wall between Texas
Alarming Rise Of Antisemitism
Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Secretary Miguel Cardona meet with Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, and other senior Biden-Harris Administration officials today
Mayor To Receive Distinguished Citizen Award From Boy Scouts
Longview Mayor Andy Mack will be recognized with the Distinguished Citizen Award from the East Texas Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America during a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 29. The Distinguished Citizen Good Turn Award Luncheon will be
Sen. Dianne Feinstein 90, Succumbs
Sen. Cruz issues statement honoring the late Dianne Feinstein WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement after the passing of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). They served together for 11 years on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where she chaired
Paxton Acquitted
By Richard Lee Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted Saturday of all sixteen articles of impeachment preferred to the Senate by the House on the last weekend of the regular session in May and dismissed a further four articles held in abeyance until
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