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A federal judge in August issued a temporary injunction blocking 11 school districts from implementing Senate Bill 10, the ...

A new Texas law requires schools to display the biblical text in every classroom. An army of volunteers is ensuring they ...

Construction workers walk past a monument of the Ten Commandments outside the Capitol, Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Austin, Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott is poised to sign Senate Bill 10, the bill that would ...

President Trump is promising to sweep homeless people off America’s streets. One controversial part of his plan could force ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Bill 10 on Saturday, mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public elementary and secondary schools. “Texas is where the American dream lives,” ...

Several Texas school districts are facing lawsuits after implementing a state law requiring the display of the Ten ...