A union is suing Texas’ education agency for investigating teachers over posts about Charlie Kirk

By JOHN HANNA A Texas teachers union sued the state’s education department on Tuesday, accusing it of an improper “wave of retaliation” against public school employees over their social media comments following the killing of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk. The lawsuit says the free speech rights of teachers and other school staff were violated by the Texas Education Agency and its commissioner, Mike Morath, because they directed local school districts to document what the education agency described as “vile content” posted online after Kirk’s fatal shooting in September. Despite calls for civility, some people who criticized Kirk after his death drew backlash from...