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Texas A&M President Mark Welsh Resigns Amid Turmoil Over Gender Identity Lecture and Faculty Firings

Texas A&M President Mark Welsh Resigns Amid Turmoil Over Gender Identity Lecture and Faculty Firings

Texas A&M President Mark Welsh Resigns Amid Turmoil Over Gender Identity Lecture and Faculty Firings COLLEGE STATION, TX – Texas A&M University President Mark A. Welsh III resigned on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 18, 2025, following intense scrutiny and political pressure stemming from a controversy involving a professor’s gender identity lecture and subsequent faculty terminations. His departure caps a week of escalating tensions that have raised significant questions about academic freedom and political influence within the state’s public university system. The…

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Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law Mandating Ten Commandments in Public Schools

Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law Mandating Ten Commandments in Public Schools

Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law Mandating Ten Commandments in Public Schools A United States federal judge has issued a temporary injunction preventing a new Texas law that would compel public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. US District Judge Fred Biery granted a preliminary injunction against Texas’s Senate Bill 10, which was slated to take effect on September 1. This ruling marks Texas as the third state in recent months to face a court challenge overturning such…

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Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Texas Law Mandating Ten Commandments in Public Classrooms

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Texas Law Mandating Ten Commandments in Public Classrooms

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Texas Law Mandating Ten Commandments in Public Classrooms A federal judge has issued a temporary ruling preventing Texas from enforcing its new law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom. The injunction, handed down by U.S. District Judge Fred Biery, halts a measure set to take effect on September 1st, marking another significant setback for such mandates in the U.S. The lawsuit was brought by a coalition of Dallas-area families and…

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Record Five Texas School Districts Face State Takeover Threat Following Latest Accountability Ratings Release

Record Five Texas School Districts Face State Takeover Threat Following Latest Accountability Ratings Release

Record Five Texas School Districts Face State Takeover Threat Following Latest Accountability Ratings Release A record five Texas school districts are now facing the imminent threat of state intervention, including the potential replacement of their democratically-elected school boards. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) confirmed Friday that Connally, Lake Worth, Beaumont, Wichita Falls, and Fort Worth school districts have each accumulated five consecutive failing grades at one or more campuses, meeting the threshold for state action. TEA Commissioner Mike Morath has…

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