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The second and third rounds of ESSER funding, amounting respectively to $5.5 billion and $12.4 billion, have not yet been distributed to Texas public school districts. Morath said this is because the Legislature is awaiting guidance from the federal government on certain conditions tied to the funding. According to the two most recent rounds of ESSER funding, states are required to maintain the same percentage of funding to support education allocated prior to the pandemic through fiscal year 2022-23. Morath said Texas faces a unique challenge here because House Bill 3 passed in 2019 infused ...

By Jennifer Erschabek As executive director of the Texas Inmate Families Association, I know all too well about excessive prison sentences and the impact they have on families and our communities. Our criminal legal system locks people up and throws away the key. Because of harsh and antiquated laws, people — like the  Texas man who was sentenced to prison for 70 years for stealing a sandwich — are sent away for decades. Despite mounting evidence that longer sentences do not contribute to public safety -- and are, instead, counterproductive to it -- thousands of Texans are serving e...

The writer equates "one illegal vote" being too many as a justification for depriving thousands of people of the opportunity to vote.    I'm assuming the writer has the wherewithal to get to a voting place, and can afford a picture ID, but many of our citizens are not as blessed.    No matter what kinds of restrictions you place on voting, there will always be the very few instances of someone voting illegally. But the total absence of any evidence of widespread voter fraud is, in my opinion, enough to warrant the strongest efforts to make voting accessible to all of our citizens, r...

Why Texas is Experiencing the Hottest Bass Fishing in the Country Right Now Historic cold weather in Texas, plus a variety of other factors, is producing the perfect storm of trophy bass fishing SHARE Kevin Baxter needed a wintertime fishing getaway, a chance to escape work, family obligations, and the frigid weather in his Kentucky hometown. Instead of a simple getaway, however, he stumbled onto what might’ve been the greatest week in trophy bass fishing history. As he prepared to meet up with friends at Choke Canyon Reservoir in southeast Texas for a trip already postponed once due to...

The Bastrop County Commissioners Court on Monday approved a new location to house a pair of Confederate monuments that sit on the courthouse's grounds after a months-long process to find the obelisk and headstone a new home. The Commissioners Court approved the relocation by a 3-2 vote, with commissioners Donna Snowden and Mark Meuth dissenting. The monuments — an obelisk erected in 1910 by a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and a granite headstone erected in 1964 by the state of Texas commemorating Joseph D. Sayers, a major in the Confederate army and Texas’ 2...