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Strict schedules, long days, high pay: What Waco schools can expect from new charter operator.
The Waco school district is expected to be the latest to contract with the charter operator founded by Mike Miles, the state-appointed superintendent of Houston schools.
“Don’t take me to the hospital”: Undocumented immigrants in Texas are delaying medical care.
Rural Texas pharmacies say they’re being forced to sell medications at a loss and are scrambling to survive.
A day after this story was published, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick directed the Senate to investigate the role of pharmacy benefit managers in rising health care costs.
Long lines linger at Houston’s biggest airport as TSA agents miss work during partial government shutdown.
An explosion of reported measles cases in Texas’ federal detention facilities broke through to the public last month, infecting at least four El Paso residents who worked in one of the centers, according to emails obtained by The Texas Tribune.
Aaron Reitz, a former Department of Justice lawyer and candidate for Texas attorney general, has endorsed Mayes Middleton in the GOP primary runoff for Texas attorney general.
Sixty percent of Texas counties did not have a pharmacy in 2023. In 2025, more than 4.3 million Texans lived in pharmacy deserts, meaning they must travel farther to reach a pharmacy than a supermarket.
And one pharmacy closes each week in Texas, according to the Texas Pharmacy Association.
Texas State University professor sues to block firing after Israeli-Palestinian comments
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Attorney General Ken Paxton has called for acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock to be removed from office, in a fiery social media tirade responding to a letter Hancock sent accusing Paxton of falling short in his efforts to stop the spread of Muslim-affiliated groups in Texas.
Since Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas hospitals to start asking patients for their citizenship status in November 2024, reported visits by undocumented immigrants have dropped.
Wait times at George Bush Intercontinental Airport are expected to worsen over the weekend as agents miss a second paycheck and increasingly call in sick.
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Independent rural pharmacists are starting other businesses or selling baby shower gifts to keep their stores operating. Pharmacy deserts affect 4 million Texans.
Philosophy professor Idris Robinson argued that his comments, made in an off-campus setting, were protected speech.
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Independent rural pharmacists are starting other businesses or selling baby shower gifts to keep their stores operating. Pharmacy deserts affect 4 million Texans.
Most of the state’s measles cases reported so far this year are inside the West Texas Detention Facility in Hudspeth County, where four infected El Paso residents worked.
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In a Tuesday letter, Hancock criticized the attorney general for not using all the tools at his disposal to go after groups he says are affiliated with Muslim terrorist groups.
