The state created “Texas Partnership” charter schools to turn around struggling public campuses, but an Observer ...

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It’s the sort of day where you can tell that the state Capitol is bustling with civic activity well before you pass through ...

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Republicans want to double down on a system that can keep Texans in jail for years without a trial, while attacking bail ...

Orlando J. Pérez, Ph.D., is a professor of political science at the University of North Texas at Dallas, specializing in U.S.

President Donald Trump’s recent Oval Office photo-op with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who calls himself the “world’s coolest dictator”, was staged to unveil a shiny new ...

The state created “Texas Partnership” charter schools to turn around struggling public campuses, but an Observer investigation has uncovered numerous academic and financial issues.

We still have one, after all, so may as well act like it.

More than 50 years later, some Houston families still wait for confirmation that their sons and brothers were among the victims of serial killer Dean Corll.