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Austin ISD sets new protest rules after recent walkouts. Here’s what changed
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (635+ words) A protester holds up a sign for Alex Pretti at a march on Friday, Jan 30, 2026 at the Texas Capitol as part of nationwide protest against actions by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Brandy Trouble helps herself to free coffee outside Flitch…...
Abbott feigns concern for Texas students' well-being after walkout | Letters
10+ hour, 33+ min ago (1137+ words) Leander High School students march down Bagdad Road toward Robin Bledsoe Park on Feb. 4 after walking out in a student-planned "End ICE" protest. Hundreds of students rallied in front of the school before starting to march. Re: Feb. 3 article, "Paxton…...
Students protest ICE at Round Rock ECHS, see photos from walkout
22+ hour, 47+ min ago (189+ words) Approximately 100 students walked out of Round Rock Early College High School on Friday in a peaceful, student-organized protest opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Minneapolis and other cities across the country. The walkout was planned by students and took…...
As immigration fears enter Texas schools, teachers hold the line | Opinion
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (629+ words) Mily, who is an immigrant from Mexico, drops off her 10-year-old daughter, Emily, at an elementary School in Austin last August. As drastic immigration enforcement efforts have spread across the state, fear has spread across school communities, Kaycee Crisp writes....
ICE protests spread across Texas — so why single out Austin ISD?
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (1672+ words) After days of walkouts on public school campuses across Texas, two state Republican leaders set their sights on a familiar target to rein in the student-led fight against immigration enforcement. They took aim at the Austin Independent School District." In…...
Remember the burnt orange UT shuttle buses? Here's why they disappeared
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (535+ words) It's 2014. You're begrudgingly waking up in your dorm room at Jester for an 8 a.m. class that you swore was going to help you change your sleeping habits." If you're a new UT student, you may be familiar with the shuttle system,…...
Lockhart's new ACC center offers affordable career training for high-demand jobs
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (858+ words) Caldwell County Chief Deputy Dennis Cooper examines a heat pump trainer as Austin Community College District hosts an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating its newest education and career training center at the historic Ford building in downtown Lockhart Thursday,…...
Hundreds of Hutto High School students stage walkout to protest ICE actions
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (162+ words) Hundreds of Hutto High School students held a peaceful walkout to protest ICE, marching to City Hall as Gov. Greg Abbott calls for investigations into similar AISD protests. Hundreds of students walked out of Hutto High School on Thursday in…...
Students protest ICE at Leander High School, see photos from walkout
3+ day, 46+ min ago (227+ words) Hundreds of students walked out of Leander High School on Wednesday morning in a student-planned, peaceful protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions in Minneapolis and around the country." The students left class after second period and rallied in…...
UT Civic Leadership school expands with Jewish and Western civilization program
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (750+ words) The University of Texas will soon launch a new program focused on teaching students about Jewish and Western civilization. The university has a $12.5 million donation in hand to fund the project and hopes to lead the national conversation in the…...