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3 weeks ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Dana Goldstein |J. Goodman
The Texas House of Representatives voted early Thursday morning to create one of the largest taxpayer-funded school voucher programs, a hard-fought victory for private school choice activists as they turn their attention to a nationwide voucher push. The measure still has some legislative hurdles to clear before Governor Greg Abbott signs it into law, but the House vote — 85-63 — secured a win that was decades in the making, propelled by the governor’s hardball politics last year.
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4 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Dana Goldstein |J. Goodman
Hours before the vote, the president spoke by phone to Mr. Abbott and Republican representatives, urging them to support the measure. "It's a really forward-thinking vote," Mr. Trump said, his voice heard on speakerphone. "Whatever I can do, let me know."Those in the room cheered. "It's time to provide a full array of options to parents," Representative Brad Buckley, a sponsor of the bill, said from the House floor before the vote.
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1 month ago | 
themuslimtimes.info | Rafiq A. Tschannen |J. Goodman
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas is trying to stop a planned community near Dallas that has fueled anti-Muslim hostility and divided locals. The prayer room at the East Plano Islamic Center in Plano, Texas. Members of the center have proposed a master-planned community of about 1,000 homes.Credit…By J.
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2 months ago | 
es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Jack Healy |J. Goodman |Edgar Sandoval
Era otro día más de la emergencia nacional declarada por el presidente Donald Trump en la frontera suroeste, y no había ni un migrante a la vista a las afueras de Nogales, Arizona. Teresa Fast, agente de la Patrulla Fronteriza, conducía su camioneta por caminos de tierra, pasando junto a otros agentes apostados en el desierto. Sus radios estaban en silencio. “Ahora mismo, en campo, en realidad no tenemos nada de actividad”, comentó.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
bostonglobe.com | Jack Healy |J. Goodman
It was another day of President Trump’s declared national emergency at the southwestern border, and not a migrant was in sight outside Nogales, Ariz. Teresa Fast, a Border Patrol agent, bumped her truck over dirt roads, past other agents posted up in the desert. Their radios were silent. “Right now in the field, we really don’t have anything going on,” she said.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Troy Closson |J. Goodman
The Houston public school classroom might have looked like any other, if not for an unusual feature on the whiteboard: A countdown timer. The teacher leading the English lesson allowed her fourth graders "10 more seconds to log in" for tech problems. Then she asked the class to read a passage to determine the author's motivations, set the timer to one minute, and called out at the 25- and 15-second marks. Students took 30 seconds to share answers with a partner before their daily 10-minute quiz.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | J. Goodman |Edgar Sandoval |Reyes Mata III
Share Sheriff Tom Schmerber, an elected Democrat in Maverick County, Texas, was watching on a television in his office near the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday as President Trump delivered his second inaugural address.“It’s all about common sense,” Mr. Trump was saying, as he promised drastic changes to the nation’s immigration system.“I hope so,” Mr. Schmerber replied to the television, with some skepticism.There were immediate changes — especially for migrants with pending appointments to meet...
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
businessandamerica.com | J. Goodman |Edgar Sandoval |Reyes Mata III
Sheriff Tom Schmerber, an elected Democrat in Maverick County, Texas, was watching on a television in his office near the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday as President Trump delivered his second inaugural address. “It’s all about common sense,” Mr. Trump was saying, as he promised drastic changes to the nation’s immigration system. “I hope so,” Mr. Schmerber replied to the television, with some skepticism.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
smh.com.au | Maria Jimenez Moya |María Moya |Shannon Sims |J. Goodman |Mike Baker
By Maria Jimenez Moya, Shannon Sims, J. David Goodman and Mike Baker January 2, 2025 — 7.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar appeared to be living a quiet but dutiful life of work and faith amid Houston’s sprawling diversity: a veteran of the US Army who studied information technology, converted to Islam and recently held a six-figure job.
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
charlotteobserver.com | Maria Jimenez Moya |María Moya |Shannon Sims |J. Goodman |Mike Baker
Onlookers near the scene where a man drove a pickup truck overnight into a crowd of people in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Wednesday, killing at least 15 and injuring dozens. In a YouTube video from 2020, the man identified as the suspect said he had been born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, and had served in the U.S. military.
