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The Trevor Project? Blocked. Planned Parenthood? Blocked. NASA? BLOCKED

The Texas Education Code requires districts to implement a curriculum that encourages abstinence. Students, teachers and the community shared their opinions with the board.

On Thursday's show: We discuss Mayor Sylvester Turner’s last city council meeting, the accomplishments he touted during it, and what challenges are first up for Mayor-elect John Whitmire and the next Houston City Council.

A student group has filed a formal Title IX complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights challenging the Katy ISD's policy requiring schools to notify parents if their child comes out as transgender or changes preferred pronouns.

Good morning, Houston!It’s Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Moriah A. Ballard here, and who else is counting down the days until it’s the weekend? Don’t worry, today is Hump Day *in my Owen Conflenti voice* !! Let’s get started..

The Boyle County School District quietly quietly banned more than 100 books, citing anti-trans bill SB 150. But a local campaign by students and their peers successfully pushed back.

Cameron Samuels, executive director of the youth-led organization Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, claims the new Katy ISD policy discriminates against queer and transgender students.

During the past three years, the country has seen a dramatic increase in book bans at public and K-12 school libraries and in rightwing pro-censorship activism, usually targeting books that address race, gender identity, or sexuality. In Texas, Suzette Baker was fired from her job as director of a rural public library for refusing to

Conservative consultants and PACs are turning Texas school boards into partisan battlegrounds.

Conservative consultants and PACs are turning Texas school boards into partisan battlegrounds. From Steven Monacelli.