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Texas Regulators Act to Reduce Oilfield Flaring
The Texas Railroad Commission, the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, has agreed to move forward with industry-proposed changes that would...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Rates Unchanged Now, but Another Look Coming
The Board of Directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association voted Tuesday to leave rates as is for now and to revisit the issue...
Austin Seniors Brew Beer at Assisted Living Facility
At the start of the pandemic, people were unsure how to use their time. Many baked bread. Some gardened. Others resurrected old hobbies.
At Parmer...
Opinion: Illogical School Policies Hurt Students, Educators, Communities
Misty Griffin was the kind of teacher every student wants and every parent dreams their child will have. She was a 14-year middle-school English...
Federal Agents Are Expelling Asylum Seekers As Young as 8 Months From the Border,...
A teenage girl carrying her baby arrived at the U.S. border this summer and begged for help. She told federal agents that she feared...
UT-Austin Students Create Social Network For Seniors and Younger Adults
It’s easy to feel alone during this time of isolation and social distancing. Loneliness during the pandemic inspired UT-Austin students to create a new...
$400 Million Plan to Help Close the Tech Gap for Texas Schoolchildren
After most students in Texas public schools spent a majority of the spring learning online and navigating the many questions and obstacles that came...
Need to Get Your Driver’s License Renewed? Book it and Wait.
When the Texas Department of Public Safety announced the preparation for its new online system in 2019, it was meant to solve the problems...
Two Texas Planned Parenthoods Won’t Give Back PPP Loans
Planned Parenthood of San Antonio and Houston do not intend to return Payroll Protection Program loans they received under the first COVID-19 relief bill...
Abbott Goes to San Antonio, Talks PPE, Schools Reopening
With schools reopening and flu season just around the corner, Gov. Greg Abbott traveled to a San Antonio warehouse Tuesday to provide an update...
