Topic: Government

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Texas AFT Joins Lawsuit Over Frozen Federal Education Funding

Publish Date: July 24, 2025

89th Legislature in Review: Your Right to Healthy, Safe Working Conditions

Publish Date: July 24, 2025

July 18, 2025: Two Federal Threats to Public Schools

Publish Date: July 22, 2025

Texas AFT Joins Coalition of School Districts, Parents, & Advocates in Lawsuit Against Trump-Vance Administration for Unlawfully Blocking Billions in Funding

Publish Date: July 22, 2025

89th Legislative Session in Review: Your Right to Affordable, High-Quality Childcare

Publish Date: July 18, 2025

Special Session Preview: Gov. Abbott Brings Lawmakers Back to Austin

Publish Date: July 18, 2025

SBEC Preview: New Members and a Heavy Docket

Publish Date: July 18, 2025

July 11, 2025: Who’s on the side of working Texans?

Publish Date: July 15, 2025

Public Education at a Crossroads: Vouchers, Cuts, and the Fight Ahead

Publish Date: July 10, 2025

One of the young attendees at a rally outside of Sen. Ted Cruz’s Dallas office with Texas AFT and AFGE Local 252 in June 2025. Photo by Brooke Jonsson, CCR Studios. While educators across Texas are making plans for the new school year, big moves in Washington, D.C., are threatening the foundation of public education — and putting our students,...

Houston ISD: School is out, but the headlines don’t stop

Publish Date: July 10, 2025

Signs from the No More Harm rally at the 2024 AFT Convention in Houston. Photo by Mariana Krueger, CCR Studios. It’s been less than a month since the Texas Education Agency announced a two-year extension of the Houston ISD takeover by Commissioner Mike Morath’s appointed board of managers and Superintendent Mike Miles. If readers were hoping that was the exclamation...