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Now that the Texas House has a quorum following Democrats’ two-week absence, lawmakers are back to debate a wide range of ...
The proposed congressional districts are fueling a redistricting battle at the Texas Capitol and could have national ...
The West Texas measles outbreak, the nation’s largest in 30 years, is now over, state health officials announced on Monday. The Texas Department of State Health Services announced the outbreak was ...
After two weeks out of state, Democratic lawmakers said they would return to Austin and lay the groundwork for a legal ...
Lawmakers also approved new teacher raises, banned DEI initiatives and gave schools more flexibility to discipline students.
A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, as soon as the first one ended.
Some Texas families and teachers criticize the end-of-the-year STAAR test for the enormous burdens it puts on students. They ...
The state can take control of a school district if at least one of its campuses receives a failing grade five years in a row.
More than 500 schools are using four-day school weeks, a dramatic increase from two years ago driven by tight budgets and fierce competition for educators amid a statewide teacher shortage.
In the 2024-25 school year, 14% of Texas school districts got an A, 71% got a B or a C, and 15% got a D or an F, new state ...
Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who typically patrol the southern border to protect cattle from fever tick, ...