A 62-year-old Texas woman has been arrested after a butt-dialed voicemail reportedly linked her to the cover-up of a murder involving a flight attendant. Fort Worth police charged Joni Thomas with tampering with evidence in the death of 47-year-old Rana Nofal Soluri, a flight attendant who was reported missing in March.
A Texas A&M dean has been removed after they promoted material shared by a professor relating to transgenderism, prompting a student to raise concerns that the content violated the law.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is urging public schools to implement a dedicated time for prayer and reading the Bible in the wake of the state's new law allowing the activities to take place.
Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) directed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to enforce the English language proficiency requirement established under President Donald Trump.
Texas lawmakers have voted to abolish the STAAR test, long criticized as an ineffective burden on students and teachers. But the replacement plan may leave students with more tests—not fewer. House Bill 8, sponsored by Rep. Brad Buckley (R-Salado), has passed both chambers of the Texas Legislature and awaits final concurrence before heading to Governor Greg Abbott for signature.
Starting September 1, Texas will implement some of the toughest anti-human trafficking laws in the nation. Under new legislation signed by Governor Greg Abbott earlier this month, convicted traffickers could face up to 99 years in prison, with no possibility of parole in certain cases.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Texas arrested a Venezuelan illegal alien wanted in his home country for torturing and attempting to murder a woman. The fugitive, 31-year-old Raul Enrique Pargas Rodriguez, was captured in Plano on August 14 after entering the U.S. illegally in 2022 and being released under Biden-era “catch-and-release” policies.