Meet the 21st class of EWA Reporting Fellows! Six will focus on ambitious higher ed topics, receiving up to $10K. Three reporters will each receive $5K micro-fellowships for K-12 special ed topics. ewa.org/members-news...

The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

Voters in 4 out of 5 area school districts rejected voter-approval tax rate elections to help pay for salaries, operations, and supplies. I talk to TPR's education reporter @camille-phillips.bsky.social about what's next for these districts. @texaspublicradio.bsky.social shorturl.at/vHoYr

ProPublica identified 20 segregation academies in Mississippi that received almost $10 million over six years through a state-funded program. At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s. (Published Nov. 2024)

Five school districts in the San Antonio area asked voters for permission to boost the tax rate for operating expenses like salaries. Only one of them passed. Read More👉 ebx.sh/OxfiPL

Federal judges order administration to pay SNAP benefits but what’s next remains unclear www.npr.org/2025/10/31/n...

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

I went back to Uvalde for the first time in awhile on Friday. It was good to see people again and be able to share the latest chapter in their story with @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/10/11/n...

"Religion doesn’t live outside of politics. It lives downstream.” Charlie Kirk's death has fueled new pressure on churches to not only speak on politics - but reaffirm what their congregants already believe. I spoke to one pastor caught in the middle.

If the ACA subsidies expire, the impact will be felt disproportionately in Texas, where insurers have already requested premium hikes and health policy organizations project hundreds of thousands of people, if not over a million, will end up dropping their insurance coverage.

JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com

A law that bans diversity, equity, and inclusion in Texas public schools took effect last week. But students in some San Antonio schools felt its impact even before it officially became law. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/education/2025-...

Edgewood trustees sanctioned Trustee Michael Valdez for criticizing the superintendent and district police chief for the arrest of a parent activist in a news article. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/education/2025-...

Nearly two years after trustees for the San Antonio Independent School District voted to close 15 schools, the district has opened a request for proposals to lease some of the closed schools. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/education/2025-...

When the North East Independent School District started the new school year Aug. 11, teachers and other staff at the district’s more than 60 schools were given two explicit pieces of guidance to follow that affect every LGBTQ+ student in the district of more than 57,000 students. Read at TPR.org

The Alamo Colleges District has joined a network of 55 community colleges focused on expanding enrollment in programs that provide students access to high-wage, in-demand careers. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/education/2025-...

East Central ISD is one of three San Antonio area school districts asking voters for permission to increase their tax rate this November in order to access additional revenue. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/education/2025-...

The DOL said last year it would phase out certificates allowing employers to pay some workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage. That ruling was recently withdrawn but efforts continue. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/news/2025-08-22...

It’s hard to know how many people made Houston their permanent home after the destruction in Louisiana, but they changed the culture in the Texas city. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/environment/202...

An investigation by NPR, Texas Public Radio and 1A in 2024 found that more than 250 workers had died as a result of preventable trench collapses since 2013, and that at-fault companies were rarely held accountable. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/economy-and-lab...

Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio started the fall semster this week with 19 fewer degrees than ut offered in the spring. Here’s what they cut, including math, chemistry, drama, and Mexican American Studies.

The U.S. State Department says it's halting visas for visitors from Gaza as it reviews its process for granting visas for medical evacuees.

The proposal revives a failed effort from earlier this year and responds to years of legal fights over accountability.

Breaking News: At least 51 Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday, one day after a bill that would dramatically redraw Texas' congressional maps, House Bill 4,passed out of committee in the GOP-led House of Representatives on a party-line vote. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/news/2025-08-03...

The NWS has issued a flash flood warning for Northwestern Bandera, Southwestern Gillespie, and Central Kerr counties until 7:15 p.m. Saturday. The NWS warned of "life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses." www.tpr.org/news/2025-08...

A ex-DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts. For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000. (Published June)

"DACA does not confer any form of legal status in this country," said DHS assistant press secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who then encouraged "every person here illegally" to self-deport.

Education Reporter Camille Phillips wanted to know if a ban on hemp sales to minors could cut down on the number of Texas students punished for vaping. Here's what she found out. Read More👉 www.tpr.org/education/2025-...

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Camps in nature can be great for kids, but they can also expose campers to floods, wildfires and heat. Here are the top questions experts say people should ask camps about safety.

Watch election results as they unfolded Saturday night, with Gina Ortiz Jones defeating Rolando Pablos to become the next mayor of San Antonio. @texaspublicradio.bsky.social

Gina Ortiz has been elected mayor of San Antonio. @texaspublicradio.bsky.social

Breaking: Texas agrees with feds to end in-state tuition for undocumented students.

Inbox: Francisco Solis has been named President of San Antonio College. Solis has been interim president of SAC since last year. @texaspublicradio.bsky.social

Texas Public Radio, the San Antonio-based NPR member station, has been recognized with five Regional Edward R. Murrow awards for investigative reporting, sports reporting, news documentary, podcast, and newscast. www.tpr.org/news/2025-05...

During his full-throttle push to pass private school vouchers this legislative session, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott repeatedly claimed that funding for public schools “is at an all-time high.” A TPR fact-check found that to be misleading, based on an analysis of state data and expert interviews.

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

The Education Department was deep into an investigation of a school district where students allegedly played whipping sounds from their phones during a lesson about slavery. Then in March, Trump fired all of the employees working on the case. By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social & @jodiscohen.bsky.social

President Trump seeks to fire three of the five board members for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The CPB - led by a former head of the GOP - sues the White House, saying Trump doesn't have the authority to do so. My latest story for NPR www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n...

Reporters’ phone records could again be searched, Justice Dept. says Attorney General Pam Bondi rescinded a Biden-era policy that prevented officials from using such tactics in leak investigations. wapo.st/4cVtKbA

International students had filed dozens of lawsuits after the government removed them from a database crucial for maintaining their legal status.

Trump’s halting of data collection could have effects that last far beyond his time in office. Even if a future administration seeks to resurrect some of the curtailed efforts, the 2025-29 hiatus will make trends harder to identify and understand.

The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.