Former Houston school administrators now work as superintendents or key executives in three districts under Texas’ control. This is Beaumont’s second state intervention in recent years.
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Texas DACA recipient will be allowed to return after Trump administration deported him
José Contreras Diaz, 30, was arrested earlier this year during an immigration-related appointment and missed his son’s birth. He was deported to Honduras, the country he left when he was 8.
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2026 Texas Elections
Texas voters can face confusion as political parties run primary as they wish
Local GOP and Democratic county leaders have control, taxpayers foot the bill and voters have little recourse. But lawmakers are unlikely to change how Texas’ primary elections work.
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Criminal Justice
Texas inmate James Broadnax faces Thursday execution amid final appeal arguing he wasn’t the shooter
The death row inmate has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, pointing to a codefendant’s confession in the shooting death of two people.
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Hill Country floods
Camp Mystic director apologizes to families of campers, counselors who died in flood
Parents confronted the Eastlands in an emotional hearing Tuesday over the camp’s failure to protect the children it was entrusted to care for.
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State Government
Disaster declarations ripple through South Texas amid water crisis
Small towns around Corpus Christi worry where they’ll fall on the pecking order if the region’s water runs out.
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Health care
Texas wants to ban in-home ketamine and add more physician oversight during treatment
Ketamine industry leaders say Texas Medical Board’s proposal to require physician supervision or limit treatments to two people at a time will force clinics to close.
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Economy
Data center boom strains Texas homebuilders’ need for electricians
Texas builders struggle to finish new homes to meet growth as data centers with deeper pockets poach electricians.
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Hill Country floods
Poor preparation doomed Camp Mystic victims, investigator tells Texas lawmakers in harrowing account
The summer camp hadn’t prepared counselors and staff with adequate emergency training, an evacuation plan or flood preparedness supplies, the investigator concluded.
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State Government
Austin, Dallas revise police policy allowing more ICE cooperation after Abbott funding cut threat
Austin, which on Friday became the third city to revise similar policies, had $2.5 million in public safety grants at risk before receiving a deadline extension to make the changes.