Texas families of children with disabilities who have filed a lawsuit challenging Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates in schools now have the federal government in their corner.
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By Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
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10/2/21
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Texas schools have reported more coronavirus cases in two months than they did in the entire 2020-21 school year
By Kalley Huang, Mandi Cai and Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
Sept. 17, …
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10/2/21
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In the five days since the Texas secretary of state’s office announced it is auditing the 2020 general election in four counties, local officials indicated they were in the dark about what the …
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By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
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9/28/21
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Texas lawmakers on Monday released their first draft of a new congressional map for the next decade that includes two new districts in Austin and Houston — metropolitan areas with diverse …
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By James Barragán, Carla Astudillo and Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune
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9/27/21
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Texas officials from three of the four counties whose 2020 elections are being audited by the secretary of state’s office said Friday the development is an unnecessary partisan move aimed at …
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By Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune
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9/24/21
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The Texas Legislature convened Monday for its third special session with the focus on redrawing political boundaries for House and Senate districts, as well as for the state’s congressional …
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By Gary Borders, Texas Press Association
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9/20/21
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Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Friday that will fund a number of his priorities recently passed by the Legislature and restore funding for the salaries and benefits of some 2,100 state staffers, …
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By Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
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9/18/21
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The death of a 20-year-old Texas A&M University student from COVID-19 last week spurred fear, frustration and sadness on the College Station campus. In the days since the biomedical science major …
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By Kailyn Rhone and Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune
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9/17/21
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Gov. Greg Abbott has called a third special legislative session to deal with redistricting, to decide how to spend billions of dollars in pandemic funding from the federal government and to determine …
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By Gary Borders, Texas Press Association
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9/13/21
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Toward the end of the last school year, Tomas Garcia made the difficult but, in his mind, right decision to leave teaching after 15 years.
Like countless other educators, Garcia has loved the …
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By Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
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9/9/21
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The top elections official in Harris County and a host of organizations that serve Texans of color and Texans with disabilities have fired the opening salvos in what’s expected to be an …
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By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
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9/4/21
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At least 45 small school districts across Texas have been forced to temporarily stop offering in-person classes as a result of COVID-19 cases in the first few weeks of the new school year, according …
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By Allyson Waller, Kalley Huang and Mandi Cai, The Texas Tribune
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9/4/21
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The Texas Department of Transportation is holding a series of public hearings regarding proposed improvements to the Grand Parkways between I-10 and FM 1093. Suggested upgrades to the roadway are …
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By R. Hans Miller, News Editor
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9/2/21
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One of the nation's most restrictive abortion bills — which bans abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy — took effect at midnight after the U.S. Supreme Court did not take action …
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By Neelam Bohra, The Texas Tribune
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9/1/21
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A wave of changes to Texas elections, including new voting restrictions, is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.
Three months after House Democrats first broke quorum to stymie a previous …
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By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
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9/1/21
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The Texas House approved an elections bill Friday along party lines with 21 Democrats declining to participate. The bill, slightly different from previously passed Senate legislation, now heads a …
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By Gary Borders, Texas Press Association
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8/30/21
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Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced last week that his agency will operate a newly created Broadband Development Office. The BDO will award grants, low-interest loans and other financial …
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CONTRIBUTED REPORT
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8/29/21
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After months in limbo, Texas lawmakers took a step toward expanding and funding virtual learning as the pandemic still proves a threat to families not yet comfortable sending their children back to …
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By Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
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8/28/21
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After months of political wrangling, the Texas House has advanced a bill that could give retired teachers, counselors and other school staff a one-time payment of up to $2,400.
Senate Bill 7, …
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By Kevin Reynolds, The Texas Tribune
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8/28/21
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Texas will soon stop paying extended benefits because of a decline in the state’s unemployment rate, the Texas Workforce Commission announced Thursday.
The state has historically given …
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By Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune
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8/27/21
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