Joshua Fechter

The move comes after Secretary of State Jane Nelson said state law bars federal monitors from being inside polling locations. Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office also wants to block monitors from future elections.

A new Harvard University study found an increase in the number of Texas households headed by people 65 or older spending more than 30% of their income on housing. Advocates say keeping older adults housed will require substantial public investment and reforms.

The Texas Department of Public Safety also has walked back a statement that a teacher had propped open a door used by the shooter to enter the school, saying instead that an automatic lock failed.

Texas school districts, cities and counties rely heavily on property taxes to pay for roads, libraries, police, firefighters and public schools. But lowering tax bills has long been a difficult endeavor.

Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin all ranked among the top 10 cities for new eviction filings in early April, among the 31 cities tracked by Eviction Lab.