Brad Burt

1 week ago | hppr.org | Brad Burt

The Texas House Public Education committee advanced the proposal for House Bill 3, allocating $10,000 each in public funds for parents to pay for private schools and other approved educational expenses. The program, known as Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) or school choice vouchers, now moves on to the full House for a vote. In Lubbock, voters opposed to vouchers are still trying to get legislators' attention.

2 weeks ago | radio.kttz.org | Brad Burt

The Texas House Public Education committee advanced the proposal for House Bill 3, allocating $10,000 each in public funds for parents to pay for private schools and other approved educational expenses. The program, known as Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) or school choice vouchers, now moves on to the full House for a vote. In Lubbock, voters opposed to vouchers are still trying to get legislators’ attention.

3 weeks ago | hppr.org | Brad Burt

How many West Texas voters support programs that would let families use public funds to pay for private school tuition? That’s what Lubbock resident Angela Cardenas wanted to know. The debate around the plan to create Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) recently inspired the mother of two to plan a town hall with Rep. Carl Tepper, the Lubbock Republican who represents her in Texas House District 84. But Cardenas never anticipated the contentious back-and-forth that would follow.

3 weeks ago | radio.kttz.org | Brad Burt

How many West Texas voters support programs that would let families use public funds to pay for private school tuition? That’s what Lubbock resident Angela Cardenas wanted to know. The debate around the plan to create Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) recently inspired the mother of two to plan a town hall with Rep. Carl Tepper, the Lubbock Republican who represents her in Texas House District 84. But Cardenas never anticipated the contentious back-and-forth that would follow.

3 weeks ago | texasstandard.org | Brad Burt

The Texas Department of State Health Services is set to lose millions in funding as the Department of Government Efficiency plans another round of cuts. DOGE plans to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from two U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grants, which included funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help state, city and county health departments fight infectious diseases.