Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: We discuss proposed recommendations for comprehensive school funding reform, by the year 2050 the over-65 population will more than triple. We discuss the challenges facing the state and Houston. Also, we review the complicated year in education with News 88-7’s Laura Isensee, and we treat you to our version of "Twas the Night Before Christmas”.
Posted on · The U.S. Department of Justice is currently investigating some of the juvenile courts in Harris County, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Posted on · Catch the latest episode of "Red, White and Blue."
Posted on · The commission comes 18 months after the Texas Supreme Court declared the current way "unconstitutional" -- but deeply flawed. The group of lawmakers and educators hope to send a recommendation to the next legislature that convenes in 2019.
Posted on · The problem is no governing body so far has formally approved what could be billions for huge construction projects
Posted on · Houston’s mayor has cut his proposed one-time property tax hike to pay for the recovery from Harvey in half, but it's still too much for some.
Posted on · Texas Sen. Paul Bettencourt introduced SB 7 that passed unanimously in the Senate (March 7, 2017). The proposed bill toughens penalties for educator misconduct in Texas — specifically to crack down on improper student-teacher relationships. It's been a topic of interest for some lawmakers and educators for a number of years now. How big is […]
Posted on · It's been nearly a year (June 27, 2016)) since the US Supreme Court struck down two provisions of a Texas law regulating abortion. The clinic at the center of the case in Austin is reopening to patients for the first time in three years, the first to do so since Texas' House Bill 2 forced […]
Posted on · The Mayor says "hundreds" of police officers and firefighters would be impacted.
Posted on · The boards for HPD and municipal workers agree on 95 percent of the plan as it will be presented to the Legislature, but Turner notes the firefighters “are not moving as fast.”
Posted on · For now, lawmakers still have to deal with the current, complicated system. That includes recapture, where wealthy districts pay money back to the state to share with poor ones.
Posted on · Harris County already serves about two million people living in unincorporated areas and he says they need the revenue the taxes provide.
Posted on · Texas now has one of the highest median property tax rates in the nation, and it’s climbing fast.
Posted on · The state senator has pre-filed a bill that would criminalize “passing the trash,” the practice of transferring problem teachers or administrators to other school districts. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says passing the bill is one of his top priorities for 2017.
Posted on · Pundits long predicted Donald Trump’s position as the GOP nominee would hurt Republican candidates down the ballot. Houston was one of the few places where that forecast came true.