Community Impact

Travis County approves $17.65M for child care, after-school programs

Travis County approved $17.65 million for child care and after-school programs May 5, fulfilling a promise made when voters passed Proposition A in November 2024.

Texas public schools lost 75,000 students this year as state keeps growing

Falling birth rates, shifting migration, and Hispanic enrollment losses drove a 75,000-student drop in Texas public schools — ...

Texas took their licenses. Immigrant truckers face lost livelihoods

Texas canceled commercial driver's licenses for noncitizens, impacting thousands of immigrant truckers and their families.

From the Ground Up: Today’s Leaders Talk about the Impact of Texas 4-H

Recently, the Texas 4-H Program had a ribbon cutting for their new state headquarters on Texas A&M’s Rellis Campus.

South Side rollover crash leaves driver injured after being thrown from SUV

SAN ANTONIO - A man is in the hospital after a rollover on the South Side.This happened around 1 a.m. Wednesday on Roosevelt ...
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Texas took their licenses. Now these immigrant truckers face lost livelihoods, sense of betrayal

Texas was among the first states to heed Trump administration directives to revoke commercial driver’s licenses from some ...

A North Texas workforce program changed her life. Now it’s getting $6 million to help others

Vistra and Fifth Third aims to help more North Texans train for and land stable, living-wage jobs through United Way.

U.S. opens probe into startup Avride self-driving crashes in Texas

NHTSA said the vehicles had executed lane changes into other vehicles and failed to avoid vehicles or objects in the road, ...

Texas school districts face first deadline from law requiring seat belts on buses

Districts must report to the TEA how much it will cost them to retrofit or replace their buses by May 29.

Self-driving taxi company Avride under federal investigation after collisions in Dallas, Austin

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it would investigate the company Avride after its ...

Primary winner in race for county court judge to remain on ballot after legal challenge

SAN ANTONIO - A woman who won the Democratic Primary for Bexar County Judge will remain on the ballot after winning a major legal challenge.On Tuesday,Attorney ...