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Texas House Public Education Committee Seeks Input on Handling of COVID in Schools
The Texas House Public Education Committee has announced it is seeking public input on a variety of issues, including the state’s handling of COVID-19....
Texas Buys Over 1 Million Devices to Bridge Digital Divide for School Kids
The Texas Education Agency, in partnership with local school districts, is buying more than 1 million personal e-learning devices and internet Wi-Fi hot spots...
Ways Unemployed Texans Can Get Help
Unemployed Texans are due to soon start receiving an extra $300 a week in benefits, but those extra benefits will run out again after...
Texas Schools Will Have to Report COVID-19 Cases. Still No Word on Testing in...
A week after criticism about there not being a plan, the state moves to require all Texas schools to report daily COVID-19 numbers.
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Gun Seizures Rising at Texas Airports Despite Fewer Travelers
On Aug. 3, 4 and 7, Transportation Security Administration officers found loaded handguns in carry-on bags at El Paso International Airport. A week later,...
SCOTUS to Hear Obamacare Challenge After November Election
The Supreme Court docket released Wednesday shows the high court will take up the Texas-led challenge of the Affordable Care Act on Nov. 10,...
Criticism Swift and Harsh Following Approval of New Charter Schools in Texas
The Texas State Teachers Association and others say it is wrong to be creating new Texas charter schools that will take away state funding...
Texas Jobless Won’t Get Full $400 Promised by Trump
The state of Texas has applied for additional unemployment funding made available through President Donald Trump's Lost Wage Assistance Executive Order signed after congressional...
State Lawmakers Call for Census Extension
State Rep. Garnet Coleman and the entire Texas House Legislative Study Group Caucus, which he chairs, are urging the Texas congressional delegation to join...
UT’s Student Newspaper Accused of Mistreating of People of Color
The quest for inclusion and attention to diversity that has swept the nation this summer has made its way to the University of Texas...
