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Aldine ISD board closes 6 schools with little community pushback
Aldine ISD trustees voted to close six campuses Tuesday, citing declining enrollment, low birth rates and a lack of housing growth in the area.
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East Texas Teacher Charged With Child Porn and Bestiality
Hillary Williams taught junior high and high school math at Wells ISD. -
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Apple To Open Major Manufacturing Facility in Houston
The Houston-area facility is part of a $500 billion investment in American manufacturing.
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Republican lawmaker files bills to ban DEI in Texas K-12 public schools
Sen. Brandon Creighton has filed bills that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion policies related to hiring and programming, while creating ways for parents to complain about violations to the DEI ban.
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Celina ISD officials OK $1.15M staff technology refresh
Celina ISD staff members will be getting new Apple MacBooks.
The gist: The district’s board of trustees approved a $1.15 million purchase from Apple Inc..
A closer look: The purchase includes 900 13-inch MacBook Airs for $881,100.
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Texas House unveils plan to cut property taxes, setting up fight with Senate
Texas House lawmakers unveiled a business-friendly package of property tax cuts Monday, setting up a fight with the Senate over how to bring down the state’s high property taxes.
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How the Supreme Court of the United States and federal courts work and affect Texans
Here’s how federal courts help determine the fate of controversial issues, such as immigration laws, in Texas and beyond.
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Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
The employees resigned from the Department of Government Efficiency, saying they refuse to help Elon Musk "dismantle critical public services." More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”
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How the Supreme Court of the United States and federal courts work and affect Texans
Michele Carew was unanimously appointed as election administrator for the county that’s home to San Antonio, four years after leaving her post in Hood County.
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Another Texas school district is shifting to a four-day school week
Another Texas school district is shifting to a four-day school week A North Texas school district is transitioning to a four-day school week, following a slew of Texas schools that have made the shift in recent years. Ponder ISD is the latest to adopt a model that extends the school year but shortens the school week to four days. The district will now move up its first day of school to August 6, in order to meet the state's requirement of 75,600 instructional minutes a year. The first nine weeks will be a five-day school week before transitioning to a four-day school week for the rest of the year.
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New Measure Seeks to End Faculty Senate Power in University Decision-Making
The measure follows faculty senate clashes with both lawmakers and a university’s board of regents.
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House Lawmaker Files Measure To Allow Over-the-counter Ivermectin
Texas is one of several states filing legislation to make ivermectin more accessible.
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Mass Arrests in Colony Ridge: Authorities Target Criminal Aliens
Federal and state authorities have arrested more than 100 illegal aliens in the controversial Colony Ridge development north of Houston.
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Austin ISD accepted into Teacher Incentive Allotment program
Austin Independent School District announced on Tuesday that the district was officially accepted into the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) program through the Texas Education Agency. The press release said the Texas Legislature created TIA to provide a way for top-performing teachers to earn higher salaries and help districts recruit and retain “highly effective” teachers.
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Another North Texas school district is switching to a four-day schedule
Another North Texas school district is switching to a four-day school week. The Ponder Independent School District in Denton County will move to the new schedule during the 2025-2026 school year. To meet the state's requirement for 75,600 instructional minutes per year, the Ponder district will have a traditional five-day schedule for the first nine weeks of the school year, starting Aug. 6. Then, in October, the district will shift to a four-day week, with Fridays off. School days will be extended by 30 minutes on the four-day schedule, officials said.
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$113K Funneled Into Legislator’s Pocket Via Taxpayer-funded Lobbying Payouts?
As lawmakers seek to end taxpayer-funded lobbying this session, recently-surfaced information suggests that a Democrat legislator is pocketing a six-figure salary from an organization that receives money from taxpayer-funded lobbying group Texas Association of School Boards.
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Texas Attorney General’s Office and 2 Counties Join ICE’s Reinstated Task Force Model
Legislators, sheriffs, and ICE are encouraging Texas’ unenrolled counties to join.
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“We’re in competition”: An East Texas school district faces hard choices as education options grow
The Lufkin school district says it must do a better job of promoting itself amid growing competition from charter schools and homeschooling.
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Dan Patrick: If We Can’t Trust the Texas Lottery, the Senate Will End It
The lieutenant governor says the Texas Lottery Commission’s sudden reversal on online courier sales won’t stop the Senate from investigating.
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Abbott Says ‘Sharia Cities’ Are Not Allowed in Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is making it clear that “Sharia cities” have no place in the state, responding to growing concerns over the planned “EPIC City” development in Josephine, Texas.
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Austin ‘Save Texas Schools’ rally draws crowds against vouchers
AUSTIN — Days after the Texas House unveiled its version of a school choice program, public school advocates gathered near the Capitol in Austin to send a clear signal to Texas lawmakers that they oppose using taxpayer dollars to fund private and parochial schools. The rally on Saturday was hosted by Save Texas Schools, a nonpartisan statewide volunteer coalition of stakeholders in public education—including parents, educators and politicians. More than 100 attendees, some with signs reading "Stand up to the bully Abbott" and "Show public schools the love you show Texas billionaires," packed into the family center of First United Methodist Church of Austin.
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Texas lawmakers want to gut free speech protections and encourage more lawsuits
Lawmakers want to gut the Texas Citizens Participation Act, which prevents the rich and powerful from using frivolous lawsuits to silence their opponents.
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Tepper: School vouchers could do real harm to Texas High School Football (TXHSFB)
How Texas’ proposed school voucher program could affect the Friday night lights that bring our communities together.
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Texas Senators Rip Lottery Commission in Committee Hearing, Pass Courier Ban
During the hearing, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued a statement calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to expand his investigation into the commission.
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Complaint reveals details into child porn arrests of Lufkin couple
Details leading to the arrests of a former East Texas educator and her boyfriend on child pornography charges were revealed in a redacted complaint on file with Pct. 1 Justice of the Peace Billy Ball’s office.
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Texas has a political logjam. It’s stopping ambitious Republicans from moving up.
There's a political logjam in Texas that's preventing ambitious Republicans from moving into more prominent roles.
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Houston-area development Colony Ridge targeted in Trump deportation push, Gov. Abbott says
Gov. Greg Abbott said Colony Ridge, a sprawling development northeast of Houston that has long been the subject of right-wing conspiracy theories, is being targeted Monday morning in President Donald Trump’s mass deportation push.
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UT-Austin researchers told to halt work on $6.1M worth of projects due to Trump orders Portrait of Lily KepnerLily Kepner Austin American-Statesman
Researchers at the University of Texas have been ordered to stop, or pause, work on at least nine major projects as a result of executive orders from President Donald Trump that restrict federal money for initiatives that support foreign aid and diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Officials: Texas State, San Marcos exposed to measles on Feb. 14
The Hays County Health Department has issued an alert of a potential measles exposure in San Marcos. The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District has issued an alert of a potential measles exposure there.
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New Caney ISD Teacher, Coach Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Sex With Student
Samantha Cummings had sex with a 17-year-old female student at New Caney High School.
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Mart ISD School Board said they acted in best interest of district after sudden termination of superintendent
Residents of Mart left Monday’s special school board meeting both angered and wanting answers after the district’s superintendent, Betsy Burnett was suddenly terminated from her position. Later Mart ISD posted on Facebook explaining the reasons for her termination and revealed they have communicated this decision with Burnett since January of 2024. The board said they acted in the best interest of the district based on the information they have been discussing with the Superintendent for almost a year.
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Lockhart ISD makes changes to backpack policy after student arrested for bringing a gun on campus
Changes to Lockhart ISD's backpack policy are coming after a student was arrested on one of its campuses. The district said one of its students reported to a teacher that they saw a gun in another student's backpack on Friday at Lockhart Junior High School. While no threats were made against a student or the school, authorities found the student during dismissal and immediately placed them in custody. Now students at Lockhart Junior High School will be required to use a clear backpack or no backpack at all.
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Houston ISD mother delivers criminal complaint to Harris County DA over district’s $2M campaign for failed bond
Weeks after KPRC 2 Investigates revealed issues within the Houston Independent School District’s 2024-2025 budget handling over a $4 billion bond, some parents in the district are urging the Harris County District Attorney’s Office to investigate.
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Wells ISD teacher, boyfriend arrested after child porn investigation
Two people, including a teacher for Wells ISD, have been arrested on charges related to possession of child pornography. One of them is also facing a bestiality charge. According to an affidavit KLTV obtained through an open records request, Angelina County deputies responded early Saturday morning to a call related to a man who was suicidal. The affidavit indicates a man and woman were arguing, and in the course of that argument, the subject of pornographic images involving a child and a dog came up with law enforcement.
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Parents pack first community meeting discussing Fort Worth ISD school closures
Fort Worth ISD leaders sought to ease the fears of parents as the district weighs closing and repurposing schools as enrollment declines. The district hosted the first in a series of community meetings Monday night. This meeting was the first chance for families and parents to hear directly from the district about its goals for the next 5, 10 and even 15 years.
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