The Fifth Circuit is considering a challenge to Texas restrictions on overnight campus expression.

A federal judge preserved Harris County’s misdemeanor bail agreement. An appeal is underway.

A federal proposal would remove Head Start’s national expulsion ban and strict suspension limits.

Four voters say eliminating 92 Tarrant County polling places will disproportionately burden Black and Hispanic voters.

Texas families should know the major timelines for evaluation, eligibility and IEP development.

Texas’ amended school-restraint rules clarify emergency use, training, documentation and parent notification.

October 5 was the registration deadline for Texas’ November 3 election; voters should verify records and keep documentation.

A judge ordered Galveston ISD to display donated Ten Commandments posters while a constitutional fight continues.

Aqua RichJo | September 29, 2026 County election officials say Texas’ voter-registration system needs urgent support before the November 3 election. On Monday, the Texas Association of County Election Officials called for a technical-support dashboard for TEAM, the state database counties use to manage voter records. The group also urged state leaders to enforce vendor contracts, potentially withholding payments until software problems are fixed. The demand comes as counties

Aqua RichJo | September 28, 2026 A school rule can look the same on paper for every student and still produce sharply unequal outcomes. For years, federal civil-rights officials could examine that kind of disparate impact when deciding whether a school policy needed to change. The Trump administration has narrowed that approach, according to an Associated Press review of changes in federal school oversight. In July, the U.S. Department of Education removed disparate-impact pr

Aqua Jones | September 25, 2026 Dallas County has received more than 68,000 voter-registration records that were delayed by a state transmission error. Collin County received about 40,000. Across seven counties that have reported figures, the known total exceeds 178,000 records—and Texas still has not said exactly what caused the failure. Let’s get the number right: 178,000 records does not necessarily mean 178,000 people lost their right to vote. The files include applicatio

Aqua RichJo| September 25, 2026 Crystal Mason cast a provisional ballot in 2016. It was never counted. The Fort Worth woman was still convicted of illegal voting, sentenced to five years in prison and left to fight the case for nearly a decade. Now her acquittal stands. On September 24, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed prosecutors’ request to review the ruling that cleared Mason. The court said it had improvidently granted review, meaning it should not have taken

Aqua RichJo| September 24, 2026 If a public university can decide a drag show is not protected expression, what happens to the next performance whose meaning officials dislike? That question was at the center of September 23 arguments before the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Judges heard two disputes over drag performances at Texas A&M System campuses. Student groups say the restrictions violate the First Amendment. The university defendants say they are regulating con

Those questions come from two separate stories. One is a national lawsuit about alleged voter intimidation. The other is a Texas registration backlog. There is no evidence that the two are connected. Together, they show why voters need clear answers before Election Day. On September 18, the NAACP, National Urban League and seven other organizations filed a federal lawsuit over administration statements and policy changes involving armed federal officers at or near voting sit