The former Democratic lawmaker was accused of disrupting a Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting and spent hours in jail before his release.
The Waco school district is the latest to partner with Third Future charter network as a last-ditch effort to stave off state intervention.
On Monday, the governor ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to audit all data centers wanting to connect to the state’s power grid.
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The number of Texas students using taxpayer money for private school or home-school could increase as more families accept invites.
Lon Burnam, a former Texas House Democrat, was carried out of the meeting by deputies who told him he was under arrest.
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The Republican attorney general is starting a tour next week to promote the plan, which would create new housing and healthcare tax write-offs.
The parents' suit leverages Texas law — versus federal First Amendment arguments — in the latest legal case involving the classroom posters.
Texas’ outgoing senator has insisted on written assurance that President Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund” is dead as a condition for voting to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination.
Property-wealthy districts say recapture gives the state too much control over local finances. But advocates warn that without it, underserved students could end up worse off.
Despite community concerns, the president of the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance said neither piece of land would be conducive for a data center.