Leander ISD posted an internal superintendent vacancy Feb. 6 and invited Deputy Superintendent Chris Clark to apply as Dr. Bruce Gearing prepares to retire. The board will collect community feedback before naming a permanent leader.

About 100 Round Rock Early College students walked out Friday in a peaceful, student-organized protest against ICE. State officials and the TEA are now scrutinizing districts’ responses.

The Texas Medical Board has posted a required course that walks clinicians through when abortion is lawful to protect a patient’s life. Doctors say the slides may not resolve murky, real‑world cases.

A federal judge in Austin blocked Texas SB 664, ruling that forcing large disclaimers on plant-based meat packaging violated manufacturers' First Amendment rights.

A Hill Country lawmaker says newly adopted state camp-safety rules will saddle remote camps with costly upgrades and could force longtime programs to close. DSHS published the rules this week and operators are pressing for flexibility.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued CAIR‑Texas, seeking injunctions to bar land purchases and recruiting and escalating a legal fight after Gov. Abbott's designation.

Austin’s council delayed a vote on a proposed citywide audit after AFSCME raised concerns about cost and staff input, leaving the mayor’s plan and a petition to vie for influence.

City staff have inventoried nearly 170 social‑service contracts and say further cuts or consolidations could reshape homelessness and health funding ahead of next summer’s budget.

A federal jury awarded more than $1.6M after finding Texas DPS failed to address racial harassment and retaliation against two troopers.

More than 30 Texas contractors made the Navy’s expanded TITUS vendor list, opening the door to bids on massive federal task orders. The change raises both business prospects and oversight concerns.

TEA named Levi Fuller to a new inspector-general role to centralize educator-misconduct enforcement and coordinate sanctions statewide.

State data show Texas county jails held roughly 430 pregnant people monthly and a new state rider ordered a one-year TCJS study into prenatal care and pregnancy outcomes. Advocacy groups say the results could prompt policy changes.

Three former employees sued the City of Austin and former civil‑rights chief Carol Johnson, alleging racial discrimination, retaliation and a hostile workplace. The complaint seeks damages and structural reforms.