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A group of Texas lawmakers filed legislation Friday that would prohibit Texas public colleges and universities from switching their affiliations with collegiate athletic conferences without approval from the Legislature.
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It’s largely symbolic, but the Texas Senate is nearing the end of its work on Republican priorities for the special legislative session after passing bills limiting “critical race theory” and abortion access Friday.
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Before the school year ended, 12 W.T. White High School P-Techj students received Letters of Intent as part of Dallas ISD’s effort to “grow their own” teachers.
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Pressley Peters, who worked as a media relations staffer during the 1996 Olympic Games, says this year’s Olympic athletes deserve a roaring crowd of spectators.
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A majority of Democrats in the Texas House plan to fly to Washington, D.C., on Monday afternoon in a bid to again deny Republicans the quorum needed to pass new voting restrictions with 27 days left in a special legislative session called largely for that purpose.
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Texas has a fever — and it’s not the pandemic. It’s land.
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Abbott also put border security and restoring funding to the Legislative branch — which he vetoed last month — on the special session agenda.
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