At Thursday's State Board of Education meeting, as conservatives had their way with social studies standards, voting to limit the discussion of race and gender issues and to challenge the notion of separation of church and state, Democratic members were left to sulk and seethe — and walk out. Full Story
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America never barred "the government from promoting or disfavoring any particular religion above all others," according to board conservatives. Full Story
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Your afternoon reading. Full Story
A group of elected officials and business leaders from the Texas-Mexico border today joined Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar in calls for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to deploy unmanned aerial surveillance drones to monitor the border. Full Story
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A song for the State Board of Education: We've only just begun... Full Story
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Farmer-soldiers from the Texas National Guard Agribusiness Development Team, working in Afghanistan, find out that what looks good in satellite imagery doesn’t always work out on the ground. Full Story
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When State Board of Education members ventured into world history curriculum at Wednesday's meeting, they carried their modern-day political agendas with them. Full Story
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That's what former state demographer Steve Murdock says about the dramatic population shifts happening throughout the state and the country — and why they matter. Full Story
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Whooping cranes, the Endangered Species Act and property rights clash on the Texas Coast. Full Story
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Iraq War veteran and Dallas state Rep. Allen Vaught will add one other credential to his resume this week: movie star. Full Story
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Your afternoon reading. Full Story
"Highly inaccurate" news reports on changes to the social studies standards raised the ire of conservatives. Full Story
Public testimony on the state's social studies curriculum has started here State Board of Education meeting. It's easy to tell from the banks of cameras and scribes, college students with bright yellow "Save Our History" t-shirts on and people from civil rights and conservative groups itching to testify. Full Story
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Darren Yancy, who came in second in a Senate race against a guy who doesn't want the job, says he'll be a candidate in the special election for the Waco seat held by Kip Averitt. Full Story
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It may not have been heavy artillery, but it's safe to say the gubernatorial battle has begun. Full Story
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"You want a good count both because you want to have your representation and because you want to get the resources your community needs," says demographer Steve Murdock. Full Story
Political eyes are already focused on November and the eleven congressional and legislative targets that everyone will be talking about. Full Story
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Two months after their controversial meetings about proposed changes to the social studies curriculum, State Board of Education members meet today to resume their deliberations. To help you follow along as the SBOE's ideological blocs scrap over a flood of amendments, we've produced this annotated version of the high school history standards. Full Story
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The big-government crowd in Washington and elsewhere are bankrupting our country. And Republicans are just as culpable as Democrats in treating our taxpayer dollars as “other people’s money” to be spent as they and the special interests decide. Full Story
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U.S. soldiers are taking on the Taliban off the battlefield as well. Members of the Texas National Guard’s Agribusiness Development Team — or ADT — are trying to win the trust of Afghan civilians by helping them build a sustainable agricultural economy. Full Story
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