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What Women Need to Survive and Thrive After the COVID-19 ‘Shecession’
We are living through our nation’s first largely female recession, according to a new report from the University of Texas LBJ School of Public...
This Day of the Dead Is Different, but It’s Still About Loved Ones
Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is a Mexican tradition that brings families together to remember loved ones who have passed...
Sex Assault Survivors’ Task Force Issues 1st Report to Texas Legislature
The governor's Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force has just released its first Biennial Report to the Texas Legislature.
The report includes 11 policy recommendations for...
A Fight Brews Over El Paso COVID-19 Shutdown
As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations push El Paso’s health care system beyond the breaking point, a political rift is developing over who has control.
At...
Even With This Year’s Raises, Texas Teachers’ Pay Still Lags
Pay raises doled out to Texas teachers in the last year are nice, but Texas still is lagging, according to the Texas State Teachers...
Early Voting Ends Today, and Texas Voters Already Broke Turnout Record
Today is the last day to avoid the lines of Election Day and cast your ballot early. Early voting locations are open from 7...
Comptroller Skirts Medicaid Expansion as Fix for Texas’ Uninsured Woes
In the latest edition of his Fiscal Notes publication, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar seems to be making the case for Medicaid expansion in Texas,...
The Race To Be Texas House Speaker Is On
Updated October 30, 2020:
State Rep. John Cyrier (R-Lockhart) announced Friday that he is dropping out of the competition and will be supporting Geanie...
Low Enrollments Are About to Cost Texas School Districts Lots of Money
Despite the best efforts of school districts in Texas, the number of students enrolled in school may be down as much as 4%.
The Texas...
Is It Safe to Book a Holiday Flight if It Means Taking a Middle...
On the heels of third-quarter losses of more than $1 billion, Southwest Airlines has announced that effective for travel beginning Dec. 1, it will...
