State leaders have shown a decadeslong antipathy toward the health insurance program. If Trump makes severe reductions, it’s unlikely leaders would have the political will to make up any lost federal funds with state money, experts say.   view article

A former teacher’s aide for a Longview ISD school has pleaded guilty to injuring students. Six educators at Longview’s J.L. Everhart Elementary were indicted for the abuse of 11 disabled children spanning 2019 through 2021. In Judge J. Scott Novy’s court Wednesday, Cynthia Talley, 58, of Longview, pleaded guilty to seven counts of injury to a child and one of unlawful restraint of a child. Talley was arrested on July 6, 2022, and released the same day. She is next set for sentencing on Jan. 7, 2025. In court Wednesday, a sentence of five years' confinement was proposed. view article

As limitations on trans teens increase, doctors have left the state, weakening an already threadbare system for trans adults.   view article

Tarrant County is the largest county in the state without a state mental health facility. view article

Ennis ISD announced that school will be canceled again Wednesday because the city remains under a days-long boil water notice. view article

The City of Ennis remains under a boil water notice and Ennis ISD canceled classes on Wednesday after the water pressure dropped below standards. It's been an ongoing issue for days due to an eight-inch water main break at the intersection of I-45 and Highway 34 on Saturday. Monday evening, the largest water main break was successfully repaired, and water service was restored to the affected area of the city view article

The Department of Public Safety has confirmed that a car sideswiped a Groesbeck ISD school bus near Thornton Wednesday morning, but no students were hurt. DPS Sgt Ryan Howard said it happened about 7:15 a.m. on State Highway 14 just south of the Thornton city limits. The preliminary investigation determined that a Chevrolet passenger car traveling southbound drove onto the wrong side of the roadway and sideswiped the bus. view article

In the United States Geological Survey's latest report, the number of landslides caused by Hurricane Helene has surpassed 2,000. view article

The City of Ennis remains under a boil water notice on Tuesday, impacting thousands and canceling classes for Ennis ISD. It's been an ongoing issue for days due to an eight-inch water main break at the intersection of I-45 and Highway 34 on Saturday. The city said that as of Monday evening, the largest water main break has been successfully repaired, and water service has been restored to the affected area of the city; one leak still needs to be repaired. The city also said that adequate water pressure has been fully restored to the system. view article

Twenty five years ago, the Texas Legislature passed a sweeping set of reforms to resuscitate the state’s collapsing rural health care system. view article

Lamar Consolidated ISD, a fast-growing school district southwest of Houston, has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in a security screening system that uses artificial intelligence. District police chief Henry Garcia said the weapons detection system, which first was used at graduation events in May and has since been deployed at sporting events and on some campuses, was not implemented in response to gun-related incidents in the district. Rather, he said, it's designed to act as a deterrent, assist the district's police officers and ease community concerns about school shootings. view article

La Porte ISD is proud to announce a groundbreaking collaboration with the University of Houston-Clear Lake to offer high school students an innovative opportunity to engage in college-level STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) coursework. This innovative partnership allows La Porte ISD students to take STEM-based courses, instructed by college professors and graduate students, and gain hands-on experience in these cutting-edge fields. La Porte ISD has successfully been certified through the Region 4 School Safety and Security Recognition program, a pivotal initiative designed to enhance the safety and security measures within Texas schools. This long-term support system aims to empower staff while ensuring compliance with the Texas Education Code.   view article

The president-elect previously supported community mental health programs in Texas, the 988 hotline and addressed the opioid crisis, but his plan to address homelessness threatens that legacy.   view article

As a video of him surfing in a manmade pool illustrates, 13-year-old Xavier Thompson did not allow a longtime struggle with asthma to hold him back. "He was vibrant and full of life," his mother Brittany Thompson said. She said the successful student and athlete learned he made the basketball team at Cy-Fair ISD's Thornton Middle School last Thursday. view article

Manor Independent School District's Board of Trustees held a meeting Monday night and discussed school safety in the wake of a deadly stabbing last month at Manor Senior High School. It was the first board meeting since the deadly incident. Tensions boiled over from Manor ISD parents during public comment who said, they've had enough of the district's lax attitude on safety. view article

Carroll ISD is looking at another tool to boost campus security. It already teams up with Southlake police to bring officers on campus in compliance with state law. But it is now looking at adding school marshals in events when a police officer cannot be on campus. view article

Southlake’s Carroll ISD is considering a school security program next year that would allow certain employees to carry a firearm on campuses as they grapple with meeting the state’s requirement to equip schools with armed officers. Trustees at Monday’s board meeting discussed how a school marshal program would help bring armed employees to school campuses. view article

In October, an incident at Manor Senior High School left 18-year-old Darrin Loving dead, when 18-year-old Mac Brown Mbah Mbanwei allegedly stabbed him in the chest with a large knife. The murder shook the community, prompting the district to review safety measures. At the Manor ISD board of trustees meeting on Monday, several parents took to the podium, calling for transparency. Some were not afraid to show their anger toward the board and Manor ISD police. view article

A new security program at Southlake's Carroll ISD could allow some school employees to carry guns next school year. On Monday evening, the school board will discuss whether or not to move forward with the school marshal proposal to improve security in the district. view article

(The Center Square) – Two days after President-elect Donald Trump was elected, a commission overseeing water rights between the U.S. and Mexico announced more water would be coming to south Texas. The decision was also reached after Congress passed a bill to withhold federal aid to Mexico unless Texas received water it was owed through a 1944-era treaty. view article

Lawmakers in the Texas House and Senate filed more than a thousand pieces of legislation Tuesday, offering an early look at the issues they hope to prioritize when they gavel in for the 89th legislative session in January.  Tuesday marked the first day lawmakers could file bills they hope to pass when the Texas Legislature reconvenes next year. Republicans control both chambers and expanded their majority in the House and Senate after flipping a handful of seats during this year’s elections. The ouster of many Republicans by challengers further to their right during this year’s primaries means that the Texas GOP’s far-right wing will have unprecedented sway over the upcoming legislative session. Few of those lawmakers filed bills on Tuesday, but it's likely they'll seek to push the Legislature's already deep-red agenda even further right once they file their own bills. view article

President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) to lead the Interior Department, a role overseeing roughly 500 million acres of federal land and more than a billion acres offshore that will be key to his plans to boost U.S. oil and gas production. view article

If confirmed, Kennedy will oversee the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and other agencies.  President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 14 said he is “thrilled to announce” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in a statement on social media. view article

When Victoria Elizondo first went to see a doctor about her symptoms at Legacy Community Clinic, a low-cost clinic in Houston, she didn’t know what was wrong with her but she knew something wasn’t right. Her hands would shake uncontrollably, her heart would beat fast even while resting and she suffered from insomnia. After the appointment, she was told her immune system was attacking an overactive thyroid, a disorder called Graves’ disease, and that an endocrinologist was the only doctor who could help her. But without health insurance, the cost to see one was exorbitant — as much as $800 for a visit. view article

Just Friday, we told you about the concerns of Seguin ISD parents who said their children were the victims of bullying. Over the weekend, more parents have reached out to us with their stories. One mother of a special needs student said she's tried everything to get answers. Kelly Reed is a mother to three children who attend Seguin ISD schools. view article

A Cypress mom is speaking out after her daughter was struck by a car in the Cy-Park High School parking lot. She’s accusing the school district of not doing enough to assist in the aftermath of the accident. Natisha Walton’s daughter, Morgan Johnson, was walking to a friend’s car in the school student parking lot when she was hit and pinned by a student driver. Morgan’s friend then called Walton. view article

According to a Facebook post by the Lakeside City Volunteer Fire Department, they were called to US Hwy 281 for a school bus on fire. Shortly before midnight on Friday, November 8, 2024, the Holliday Eagles football team was headed home from their game in Jacksboro, read the post. view article

Last year, FOX 26 brought you a series of reports about drug issues at Cleveland ISD. Our investigation began in September 2023 when videos of drug overdoses on campus during the school day began circulating. We learned from the district who confirmed that since the start of school on August 8, there had been 14 "drug-related incidents" at secondary-level campuses. They said that in seven cases, they have called an ambulance to the school because of student drug use, and in three cases, narcan was used. view article

From mid-September to early October, Lake Travis ISD responded to an influx of threats made toward several of its campuses. While these threats were determined to be noncredible, they disrupted the school day, negatively impacted attendance and affected community members’ trust with the district, Superintendent Paul Norton said in an interview with Community Impact. view article

Police arrested a Lake Travis ISD Special Education teacher after investigating a complaint he assaulted a minor. In a letter to families, the district says the complaint was made on October 29th against Rashid Mohaghegian, who taught at Bee Cave Elementary. view article

Holliday ISD reported that students are being released from lockdown following an incident on Ford Road. The lockdown was precautionary and Holliday ISD said in a Facebook post that all students and staff are safe. View the initial Facebook post below. view article

An Alvin ISD school bus flipped on its side during a crash on Wednesday morning. The crash happened around 8:30 a.m. Two middle school students and the driver were on board at the time, but fortunately, there were no reported injuries, according to Alvin ISD. view article

Cameron ISD campuses were placed on a soft lockdown on Nov. 5 after local police investigated reports of an active shooter in the vicinity of the district. According to a statement from the Milam County Sheriff’s Office, officers from the Cameron Police Department and officers from the Milam County Sheriff’s Office were investigating reports of a shooting at the intersection of Ninth St. and Polk Ave. at approximately 1:15 p.m. view article

Three high school cheerleaders and one adult were hospitalized following a crash involving eight vehicles, including a school bus, on US-59 Sunday morning. Over 30 Lufkin ISD students and several adults were on the bus when it crashed just before 11:50 a.m. on US 59 near the Fannin Street exit. The bus carried the district's cheerleading team to a competition in Rosenberg, but after the crash, the team rerouted and returned to Lufkin. view article

Three Lufkin ISD students were among the four people taken to the hospital after an eight-vehicle crash in Houston on Sunday morning, officials say. The crash happened just after 10:30 a.m. on southbound US-59 under SH-288. view article