Posted 10:49 AM 11/16/2025 by Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune

Google on Friday announced a $40 billion investment in Texas in the form of three new data centers in West Texas and the Panhandle.  

The announcement by Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who was joined by Gov. Greg (More)

Posted 12:08 PM 11/15/2025 by Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune

Texas superintendents on Saturday said state takeovers of school districts — where democratically-elected school boards are ousted and replaced with a state-appointed board of managers — is not a sustainable means to improve student learning. 

Two of Texas’ largest (More)

Posted 5:21 PM 11/14/2025 by JADEN EDISON | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

The Texas State Board of Education is reshaping how public schools will teach social studies for years to come, but its recent selection of the panelists who will advise members during the process is causing concern among educators, historians and both Democrats and Republicans, who say (More)

Posted 5:42 PM 11/13/2025 by JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University System regents on Thursday required professors to receive approval from the school president to discuss some race and gender topics, tightening rules months after a viral video of a student confronting an instructor over her lessons (More)

Posted 10:14 AM 11/12/2025 by JESS HUFF | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

Editor’s note: This story contains explicit language.

LUFKIN — For Michelle Martinez, the politics in Washington was just background noise in the busy day of a single mom.

Every morning, she takes her kids to different schools across San Marcos, a town of 74,000 (More)

Posted 5:33 PM 11/11/2025 by SNEHA DEY | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

President Donald Trump has endorsed Gov. Greg Abbott for reelection, applauding his support in redrawing congressional redistricting maps in Texas earlier this year.

Abbott announced his bid for an unprecedented fourth term on (More)