Reporter at the Texas Observer Email: lee@texasobserver.org Signal: Josephineklee.14 https://www.texasobserver.org/author/josephine-lee/https://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mqjz5dkbec2vKids as young as 10 are being arrested and cited in school for common misbehavior. The state can raise the age of criminal responsibility to address this. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-school-arrests-crisis-kids-as-young-as-10/13 Jul 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjz5dkbec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mmmfnezrh222“The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which will decide on a key constitutional question …: Do undocumented immigrants have the same right to challenge their detention as citizens and legal immigrants?” @ujohnnyg.bsky.social https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/21/texas-immigrant-rights-due-process/24 May 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmmfnezrh222https://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mlvzq4zntc22“Despite the federal investigation, HISD appears to be continuing its plan to move some students with disabilities to new campuses.” https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/hisd/article/special-education-investigation-22249906.php15 May 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvzq4zntc22https://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mlcb5ssxbs22After 20 years in office, opponents say Texas State Rep. Hubert Vo is becoming out of touch and absent. Now, he must survive a runoff against Alief school board member Darlene Breaux. https://www.texasobserver.org/hubert-vo-incumbent-runoff-southwest-houston/07 May 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcb5ssxbs22https://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mkjhyiots22xSchool voucher billionaire Jeff Yass “is the top beneficiary of a state tax loophole that allows the wealthy to write off billions in donations to private and religious schools.” By @freddy-brewster.bsky.social https://www.levernews.com/how-a-tax-loophole-drained-schools-and-enriched-a-trump-megadonor/28 Apr 2026 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjhyiots22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mkjg4jurlc25Interesting story about how one man’s push for limited government in Texas cities is leaving residents without services and affecting Dallas. https://www.propublica.org/article/art-martinez-de-vara-dallas-hero-lawsuit28 Apr 2026 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjg4jurlc25https://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mjwtyqan7222573 baristas in 29 Starbucks stores in Texas are unionized. And it’s growing. @sbworkersunited.org https://www.texasobserver.org/contract-negotiations-texas-starbucks-workers-power/20 Apr 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwtyqan7222https://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mjkozwbdcs2cState appointed superintendent Mike Miles cancels moonlighting contract, which appears to violate state law. https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-moonlighting-contract-former-charter-school-network/15 Apr 2026 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkozwbdcs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3miw7dgn2qk2nSome school district leaders say they believed they had only one option—to enter into a partnership with the Houston superintendent's former charter network— to avoid state takeover. https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-former-charter-school-network-expands/07 Apr 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw7dgn2qk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mi7rrdire22gPutting Texans first, huh? https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/27/dan-patrick-texas-senate-priorities-data-centers-thc-prediction-markets/ and https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/26/texas-house-speaker-dustin-burrows-interim-charges-new-mexico-data-centers-property-taxes/ by @kaylaguo.bsky.social29 Mar 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7rrdire22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mhxrgligp22fCharles Flores is on death row based on wavering evidence from a witness, police hypnosis and other unreliable testimony. Listen to more about the ins and outs of Betty Black’s murder and the search to find the truth behind it by @michellepitcher.bsky.social https://www.texasobserver.org/riding-shotgun-the-unforgotten-podcast/26 Mar 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxrgligp22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mhxq7kp4y22z“Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.” https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-border-wall-rio-grande-valley/26 Mar 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxq7kp4y22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mhok3bewxs2t“If you follow poker, you know the line about the folly of drawing to an inside straight. The odds are about 10-to-1 against your drawing the right card. To continue the poker metaphor, what Trump has done with Republican judges is to fold a straight flush.” https://prospect.org/2026/03/20/how-trump-lost-the-courts/22 Mar 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhok3bewxs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mhoigdbq6k2x“The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department, a first step toward shedding management of all student loans as Trump administration officials dismantle the federal education agency.” https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2026/03/19/some-student-loans-moved-from-department-of-education-what-does-it-mean-for-borrowers/22 Mar 2026 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhoigdbq6k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mhhedw57uk24Straight up- on the closure of 12 HISD schools. youtu.be/R2R-TivoFQk https://youtu.be/R2R-TivoFQk20 Mar 2026 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhhedw57uk24https://bsky.app/profile/josephinelee.bsky.social/post/3mgkzm6pmzs2e“Harris County landlords dodged $119M in property taxes last year using controversial tax-break deals” https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/housing/article/pfcs-baker-institute-119-million-21950615.php?utm_content=hed&sid=5b0232052ddf9c12eaebe203&ss=P&st_rid=7cb09612-2b83-4958-8bef-5913af7aa8b3&utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_term=headlines&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vbmV3cy9ob3VzdG9uLXRleGFzL2hvdXNpbmcvYXJ0aWNsZS9wZmNzLWJha2VyLWluc3RpdHV0ZS0xMTktbWlsbGlvbi0yMTk1MDYxNS5waHA%3D&time=MTc3Mjk5NjM4NjIyNg%3D%3D&rid=MmQzYmVhOGEtNjQ5Zi00YTg3LTg0MzktYjY1OWJkZDlkY2Ji&sharecount=MA%3D%3D08 Mar 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:57cqupmwnrpl2wpx3i46rtlm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkzm6pmzs2e