Posted on · Tuesday was the last day for the Texas House to take an initial vote on Senate bills. Legislation to require the Ten Commandments in public schools did not make it to the floor by the midnight deadline.
Posted on · One scheduled for a Texas House hearing today would require display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
Posted on · Schools from Spring Branch ISD, along with local religious schools, are among those to cancel planned visits to watch theatrical performances of the famed children's story.
Posted on · The Senate also passed a bill that would set prayer and Bible reading times during the school day.
Posted on · The school district has long had days off coinciding with the Christian holiday of Good Friday and the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur and now joins others in Texas and elsewhere to implement a spring holiday for Eid.
Posted on · Using history to reconstruct the life of a figure who changed the course of mankind.
Posted on · The Third Ward church is holding the free screening event in conjunction with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, with the goal of providing health information to members of the Black community.
Posted on · An expert discusses this Hindu festival of colors and how it’s celebrated.
Posted on · We discover the rich origins of the famous celebration and its culinary delights.
Posted on · Ezra Law, 33, is accused of criminal mischief in a place of worship after allegedly breaking into the South Houston synagogue on Jan. 14 and then returning a few days later. A judge has ordered her to undergo a mental health evaluation.
Posted on · Extremism experts and historians sound alarms as politicians, media personalities and celebrities amplify antisemitic conspiracies that have historically led to the killing of Jews.
Posted on · Houston Public Media interviewed 15 Hispanic residents, as part of a Texas Newsroom statewide project, on what their main concerns are heading into the midterm elections. Listen for more Latino voters' voices this week as we air a series of montages.
Posted on · The International Diwali and Dussehra Festival, held by the Shri Sita Ram Foundation, is returning to the Sugar Land ballpark for the first time since 2019.
Posted on · A school board in the Dallas-Fort Worth area says it already has enough signs. Critics are testing a recently adopted Texas law that requires public schools to display a poster bearing the U.S. motto.
Posted on · A University of Houston law professor said comments made by Rev. Ed Young, who criticized "left-wing progressives" and encouraged congregants to "throw those bums out of office," are unlikely to put the church at risk of losing its tax-exempt status with the IRS.