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Part-time jobs, loans and worry: Texas federal workers contend with government shutdown

The furloughed Department of Labor employee tried her best to prepare for the shutdown. She has filed for unemployment benefits, applied for part-time jobs and sold some of her family’s belongings.
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Texas State Technical College looks to voters to fund upgrades for old buildings and tools

Proposition 1 would create an $850 million endowment for the college system and its 11 campuses, which are struggling to ...
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Texas Education Agency takes over Fort Worth ISD, replacing its elected school board

The North Texas district is the 11th since 2000 to be taken over by the state and the second largest after Houston ISD.
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Texas’ congressional delegation wants Trump to punish Mexico for missing key water deadline

The state’s citrus industry is at risk, farmers say, after Mexico failed to deliver water it owes Texas as part of a 1944 treaty.
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Indigenous Peoples Day post revives debate over how the Alamo’s history should be told

The post from the official Alamo account was condemned by Republican Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, who said “woke has no place at the Alamo.” ...
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Bill striking unconstitutional state law that criminalized homosexuality fails to meet critical deadline in the Texas House

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Feds accuse Texas prison agency of discriminating against employee for wearing a headscarf

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Texas Senate OKs extending postpartum Medicaid — with an anti-abortion amendment

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Austin voters reject ballot proposition to hire more police officers

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Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick cancel in-person NRA convention appearances in wake of Uvalde mass shooting

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Who are the Mennonites in a Texas community where measles is spreading?

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Gov. Greg Abbott said rape victims can take Plan B. But emergency contraception isn’t widely available for the state’s poorest people.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Abbott said that victims of rape could take Plan B to prevent a ...