Earlier this year, more than 270,000 students across Texas applied for the state’s new school voucher program, known as Texas Education Freedom Accounts, or TEFA. A district-level report released by the Texas Comptroller’s Office, which oversees the program, identified 92,728 awarded applications...
parks
Rumble, Obama, Rumble My, how times have changed. Apparently, gone are the days of former President Barack Obama’s low-key, darn near milquetoast critiques of Trump/GOP corruption. Recently, while campaigning in Ohio and Michigan for Democratic candidates, Obama went full-on Wu-T...
Local
A Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy is behind bars tonight, accused of continuously sexually abusing a child. Alexander Cowley, 40, appeared before a judge Thursday night. The judge said the allegations date back to 2016 and involve the continuous sexual abuse of a 13-year-ol...
Local
Black creatives in Houston have long been the key that keeps the city vibrant, colorful, and entertaining. For the Defender’s Game Changers series, we are focused on Houston talent who have made an impact in the arts, culture, and entertainment space. They talked about the paths ...
government
On the first day of early voting, the line outside the Sunnyside Multi-Service Center snaked out the door. Melanie Young says unusually long early voting lines reflect heightened political engagement. Credit: Melanie Young “People are way more energized this time around in the la...
News
As a jury prepares to decide who should raise the children of Lee Gilley and Christa Bauer, the children’s paternal aunt spent a second day on the witness stand Thursday disputing claims that the children had contact with their father before he fled to Italy. Cristin Gilley, who’...
safety
A man is in critical condition after police say he may have mistakenly tried to enter the wrong apartment while dressed in a Halloween costume. FOX 26 spoke to the man who says he shot him....
