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Thursday, September 19, 2024
When do state takeovers of Texas public schools or districts happen? How long can they last? We provide answers to some of the questions surrounding the takeover of Houston ISD. BY MARÍA MÉNDEZ MARCH 16, 20233 PM CENTRAL By next school year, the Houston Independent School District will have new leaders, but […]
Leaders of low-income communities of color worry the state’s power grab could deepen inequalities. by JOSEPHINE LEE MARCH 20, 2023, 3:00 PM, CDT Donnie Walker, U.S. history teacher at Wheatley High School in the Houston Independent School District (HISD), has a family legacy at the school. His grandparents went to Wheatley. […]
JACOB VAUGHN MARCH 17, 2023 4:00AM It’s not easy reporting a violation to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. This bill could make it harder. Getty Images State Sen. Drew Springer, a Weatherford Republican, filed a bill that would impose a fine on people who submit multiple complaints to the Texas Commission on […]
Former house speaker Tom Craddick and his family—including his daughter, Railroad Commission chairman Christi Craddick—earned about $10 million last year from oil and gas rights. By Russell Gold March 14, 20231 Tom Craddick has served in the Texas House of Representatives since before the first man walked on the moon. At […]
by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas—Amid a week of cheers and chants at Dickies Arena the crowd on hand was reduced to a hush when all-American guard Marcus Sasser crumbled awkwardly to the court. Sassers feet slipped from under him while dribbling past midcourt, Houston Coach Kelvin Sampson knew something was […]
Alabama Crimson Tide forward Brandon Miller (24) warms up before the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in College Station, Texas, Saturday. TUSCALOOSA, AL — Alabama basketball star Brandon Miller spoke Wednesday about being at the scene of a fatal shooting that killed a 23-year-old mother, saying he […]
by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas – Friday night at Dickies Arena was one for the record books as the No. 2-seeded Memphis men’s basketball team defeated No. 7 UCF, 81-76, in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference championship. The Tigers improve to 24-8 on the season and advance to […]
by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas – Tiara Young dropped a career-high 26 points and the No. 4 seed Houston women’s basketball team topped No. 8 Wichita State 72-64 at Dickies Arena on Wednesday for the program’s first-ever American Athletic Conference Tournament title game berth. Young’s 26 points is the second-most by […]
by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas – The three-seeded East Carolina women’s basketball team defeated the second-seeded Memphis Tigers, 69-60, in the AAC Semifinal Round on Wednesday evening in Dickies Arena. In the Tigers case it was a rinse and repeat from last evenings performance. This time it led to the exit […]
FORT WORTH, Texas – The Memphis Tiger women’s basketball team opened play at the 2023 American Athletic Conference Championship tonight as they took on #10 UCF. Memphis would fight from behind all night to eventually take the 48-46 win in the final seconds of the game to advance to the semi-final […]