The lawsuit says the state investigated the family without a proper hearing and determined it had “reason to believe” that the parents engaged in medical neglect.

City leaders, who will be elected in May, will have just a short window to decide what services to provide, like police or fire, and how to tax residents.

A Fort Worth middle school has chronically underperformed for years, qualifying the entire district for state intervention. Failing grades for districts were made public for the first time since 2019.