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Winona, Big Sandy ISDs release students early due to power outages

   According to an outage map from SWEPCO, there are 818 outages in the Winona area that started at 8:50 a.m.WINONA,...
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Tom Thumb is breaking ground on 3 new grocery stores in North Texas

   The new stores are expected to open between fall of 2025 and spring of 2026.DALLAS — Tom Thumb is readying...
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Trump visits Texas, Musk for SpaceX rocket launch

   WASHINGTON — Donald Trump arrived in Brownsville on Tuesday to watch one of Elon Musk‘s SpaceX test its Starship rocket,...
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TX officials to vote today on adding Bible lessons for K-5 classes

  (CNN) — Officials in Texas on Tuesday backed a controversial new public school curriculum that would incorporate Christian lessons from...
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Texas officials set to vote today on adding Bible lessons for K-5 classes as some states push Christianity in public schools

  (CNN) — Officials in Texas on Tuesday backed a controversial new public school curriculum that would incorporate Christian lessons from...
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As Trump administration takes shape, Texas takes a back seat

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Texas education board considers new curriculum that includes Bible…

  The Texas Education Agency, or TEA, on Tuesday was set to hold a preliminary vote on whether to approve a new...
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Texas weighs use of Bible teachings in school lessons

  Texas public schools may soon have the option to incorporate Bible-based teachings into their curriculum, a proposal that has ignited...
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State Board of Education signals support for Bible-infused curriculum

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Texas State Board of Education signals support for Bible-infused curriculum

  AP Photo/LM Otero, FileFILE – A Texas flag is displayed in an elementary school in Murphy, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 3,...
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Texas education board signals support for Bible-infused school curriculum

  A preliminary vote held by the Texas state board of education indicates that the state is poised to pass its...
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In Close Vote, Texas Approves Reading Program Laden With Bible Lessons

   Explore EDlection 2024 Future of High School Artificial Intelligence STEM science of reading Support The 74 and stories like...
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How Texas Jails Built Migrant Incarceration

In 1926, the Galveston League of Women Voters wrote to their U.S. senator to express concern over the “dreadful conditions...
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These Tiny Snails Are Breeding in the Wild for the First Time in 40 Years in French Polynesia

A global conservation effort to reintroduce a tiny snail to the wild is celebrating a momentous milestone, as for the...
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Texas State University awarded $1.3 million for crisis intervention programs

  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Texas State University was recently awarded a federal grant of more than $1.3 million to help improve...
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Texas justices of the peace date back 200 years, still investigate deaths today

  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KXAN) -- Justices of the peace are judges, historically appointed or elected to help resolve local conflicts...
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Demand for senior services grows in Central Texas as elder population booms

  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — As the number of people over 65 in Texas is expected to increase by 90%...
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Unraveling the autopsy expertise of Texas medical examiners

  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In Texas when a person dies, a couple of different people can perform a death investigation: a...
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A Waiter in Canada is Learning Cree to Better Serve Customers: ‘Immediately People Would Light Up’

Allegedly, there is a saying among the Cree Nation that goes “listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.” For...
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Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Hardening State Government From The Chinese Communist Party

Governor Greg Abbott today issued an executive order to protect the State of Texas from the People’s Republic of China...
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