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House Bill 4, by State Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Salado, would also expand the Texas Education Agency’s powers to sanction school ...

Several free classes at Richland Academy of the Arts are available for adults 60 and older. Early registration is recommended ...

With the possible exception of Texans. Texas opted for its own power grid at the turn of the 20th to the 21st century. Natural gas and wind generate most of Texas’s electricity and its ...

Now, the Houston man has to pick something less controversial. However, with thousands of vanity plate requests every year, the Texas DMV will probably have to crack another sneaky code soon. And the ...

though Texas children learning English and black fourth-graders ranked near the top of the country in some of those areas, according to national test results released on Wednesday. The National ...

More than 400 additional Texas National Guard troops arrived at the Texas-Mexico border on Monday. Some of those troops left from the U.S. Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth Monday ...

Tennessee students held their ground on a major national test in a year when average student ... the state’s education chief. She cited free professional development resources provided to ...

We have officially entered influenza season, and it's hitting North Texas especially hard this year. The most recent data from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) from the week of ...

The reason I got for not getting my check cut was because they haven't received the title for my trade in as of yet, DMV states it was mailed on 6/22/23. No one seems to be able to give me an ...

Texas is also at the center of a national struggle over academic freedom, a key component of free expression. Texas passed a law in 2023 requiring public universities to close their diversity ...

HOUSTON — BakerRipley Neighborhood Tax Centers have launched their annual free tax preparation and Individual Taxpayer Identification Number renewal services for the 2025 tax season. The program ...