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Slightly more kindergartners have the measles vaccination
The overall news is still very mixed, but it’s at least something. While more than 92% of Texas kindergarteners and 7th graders were fully vaccinated in the 2025-26 school year for each vaccine required to attend school, the coverage rates remained lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic, state data released Wednesday shows. Of note in the latest report released by the Texas Department of State Health Services, the statewide measles coverage rate of kindergarteners increased from 93.2% to 93.3% after dropping about four percentage points in a decade. Also, the rate of kindergarteners opting out of the measles vaccine via a “conscientious exemption” increased by more than half of a percentage point, the largest single-year increase in more than a decade. The latest data comes on the heels of the 2025 West Texas measles outbreak that resulted in the deaths of two school-age children. Texas lawmakers also approved a bill last year that did away with a requirement that the state must mail vaccine exemptions forms to parents, and instead, ma
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Alvin ISD Superintendent Retires
Alvin ISD Superintendent Retires Hundreds of Alvin ISD residents, employees and community members gathered at the Liberty Alumni Hall April 29 to celebrate the retirement of Superintendent Carol Nelson. The Iowa Colony High School Drumline and Alvin and Manvel high school cheerleaders welcomed guests to the seaside-themed reception as the Shadow Creek High School Orchestra entertained attendees inside the venue. Guests enjoyed a buffet of finger foods, and the dessert table displayed a white and blue tiered cake decorated with seashells and pearls as its centerpiece; colorful blue and white cupcakes filled out the table.
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Texas program will help third graders catch up in reading. Here’s what to know.
More than 100,000 third graders didn't pass the STAAR reading test this year. The Texas Education Agency is rolling out a new program that offers third graders who are struggling academically a way to get extra help. The Parent Access to Supplemental Supports, or PASS, program offers $400 grants to third graders who didn’t pass the STAAR reading exam. Texas lawmakers created the program last year as a part of House Bill 2. The program launches this fall.
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North Texas Teacher Faces New Sexual Misconduct Charge
Haley Radabaugh is accused of sexually grooming middle school students in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD. A now-former teacher in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District faces a new felony charge following her earlier arrest for sexually grooming a 14-year-old student. Haley Krista Radabaugh, 28, was an art teacher at Barbara Bush Middle School in Carrollton-Farmers ISD when she was first arrested in May and charged with child grooming, a third-degree felony. She was out of jail on a $25,000 bond when the second charge was filed.
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Texas Stock Exchange Has Officially Begun Trading
The Texas Stock Exchange officially commenced trading on Monday morning. Based in Dallas, TXSE began its phased rollout in July. The firm’s launch comes as major financial institutions, including BlackRock and Citadel Securities, have invested over $120 million in the new exchange since 2024. The exchange gained federal approval last year and attracted investment from several other firms, bringing total investment to more than $275 million. TXSE opened its doors at 8:30 a.m. on Monday morning to approved brokers, banks, and trading firms. For now, brokers are trading only test stocks. Thousands of symbols, such as TSLA (Tesla), will come online in July, with an announcement to precede it. That rollout will officially allow the public to trade stocks on the exchange. TXSE officials also hope to have exchange-traded products, or ETPs, trading by the end of the third quarter. ETPs allow investors to gain exposure to a wide variety of investment products, such as oil or the S&P 500.
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Alamo Colleges District launches one-stop hub for workforce training programs
When Janah Rodriguez found herself without a job for the first time since she was a teenager, she didn’t initially worry. She had more than a decade of experience in medical office administration and had moved up the ladder going from working the front desk to becoming an office coordinator. But things changed when she reached the five-month mark of being unemployed. She started to feel like her options were shrinking, she said. She was 45, with four grown children and grandchildren, and for the first time she felt like she wasn’t moving forward in her career. She was 45, with four grown children and grandchildren, and for the first time she felt like she wasn’t moving forward in her career.
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Texas community colleges showing small signs of recovery after enrollment decline, report finds
Colleges are pivoting to offer students more job training and credentials as many skipped enrollment to go into the workforce, report finds.
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State lawmakers to explore banning foreign nationals from using Texas surrogates
State lawmakers are exploring prohibiting foreign nationals from using Texas surrogates, elevating a niche fertility issue into a larger battle over immigration and birthright citizenship, surrogacy experts say. The Texas Senate health committee will hear testimony on Wednesday about potentially banning foreign nationals from contracting with Texas surrogates to have children, after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick made examining the issue an interim charge for the chamber ahead of the legislative session that starts in January. Last month, the Texas GOP also approved in its latest platform a ban on commercial surrogacy for foreign nationals, arguing that the practice lets children born under such circumstances obtain U.S. citizenship. Surrogacy is a medical procedure where a woman carries and delivers a child for another party. This is typically accomplished by transferring an embryo to the surrogate via in vitro fertilization (IVF) and the surrogate and the child are not biologically related. Among the most common users of surrogates are families who are suffering from fertility issues, as well as LGBTQ+ families.
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Texas park known for its giant pink dome is opening a new area
Starting Tuesday, hikers at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area will be able to explore the park's Backcountry Area on their own for the first time, marking a major expansion of public access at the popular Central Texas destination.
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More on Mike Miles’ AI obsession
There’s so much wrong with this, I’ll limit myself to my three main complaints. While many school districts across the country are reducing screen time for students, Houston ISD is going in the opposite direction with its educational technology, prompting concerns from some parents. Districts in California, Pennsylvania and Texas have introduced new guidelines to limit devices in classrooms after parents have protested the screens are harming their children’s development. Meanwhile, leaders at HISD continue to adopt technology and experiment with AI, such as AI-generated curriculum, ChatGPT for special education, and other learning platforms. All high school students receive a Chromebook, and in August, HISD will debut its new AI-focused model, called Future 2 schools, which have drawn mixed reactions from the community.
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Texarkana Residents Rally Against Proposed Data Center Expansion
Local residents cite concerns about water use, noise, and a lack of transparency as calls grow for state action. Concerned residents in Texarkana gathered last week to organize opposition to a proposed 500-acre data center, raising alarms about water consumption, noise levels, and what they described as limited public input in the decision-making process. One resident described the encroachment of data centers into the area as “the rape of Bowie County” on Thursday night. This comes after a 500-acre data center project was announced earlier in the year in the Texarkana region, much to the frustration and outrage of local residents. “If you would have asked me [what the big Texas issue was] three months ago, I would have said ‘Sharia and the Islamification of Texas’,” said conservative activist Dale Huls. “But the data centers have blown up so quick, so fast.” Texas is reportedly one of the most popular locations in the United States for data center growth
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SpaceX launches 81 satellites to orbit from California, lands rocket on ship at sea
SpaceX launched a passel of satellites to orbit early Tuesday morning (July 7). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 81 payloads lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday at 3:12 a.m. EDT (0712 GMT; 12:12 a.m. local California time), kicking off a mission SpaceX called Transporter-17. As that name suggests, Transporter-17 was the 17th flight of SpaceX's Transporter rideshare program. The company operates another rideshare series as well, called Bandwagon, which has launched four missions to date.
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Restore Education opens a free adult high school for students up to 50
San Antonio is getting a public high school for 18- to 50-year-olds who want a second chance at earning a diploma. This March, the state granted Restore Education, a local nonprofit focused on dropout recovery and job training, a charter license for an adult high school. It took three different application cycles and a 500-page application for a green light, but now the nonprofit is getting ready to open Restore TECH Academy at its Eastside campus at 4603 E. Houston St.
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City of San Antonio is the new owner of Hemisfair property slated for Project Marvel development
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced Monday it has closed on the sale of a federal building at Hemisfair that is key to the city’s plans for a downtown arena district. The City of San Antonio acquired the building for $30 million with funds from Spurs Sports & Entertainment, as outlined in a non-binding term sheet approved by city council nearly a year ago. Credit: Brenda Bazán / San Antonio Report •
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Talarico: GOP picked Dallas for convention to blunt growing opposition to the party ‘extremism’
Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on Monday dismissed the Republican convention coming to Dallas as an effort to blunt what he called a growing “bipartisan backlash” against “extremism and corruption.”
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Houston ISD overhauls central office organization, promotes new deputy chiefs of schools
Houston ISD is overhauling its central office again, creating four new offices and promoting senior administrators, June district records show. The roles are critical because managers in these offices supervise principals and make decisions that campus leaders and teachers must carry out in schools.
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Felix Named Interim Superintendent Of Edinburg School District
Felix Named Interim Superintendent Of Edinburg School District The Edinburg school board is naming a new interim superintendent after their previous pick decided to withdraw. Former La Joya ISD Superintendent Gisela Saenz was picked for the position last week. But Saenz decided to turn down the job for undisclosed reasons. The school board voted Wednesday to appoint Chief of Finance and Operations Adel Felix as the interim superintendent. Felix has been with the Edinburg CISD since 2023 and previously worked as an assistant superintendent in the McAllen school district.
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Vaccination rates in Texas schools have been dropping. Look up the latest vaccination rates in your district.
The Texas Tribune has created a searchable database of the latest vaccine rates for school districts and private schools and how they’ve changed in the last year. The rates of students exempt from required immunizations for conscientious or religious reasons increased statewide this past school year. Meanwhile, the percentage of students up to date on vaccinations — also known as coverage rates — varied by vaccine. Kindergarten vaccination rates across the state and nation have dropped in recent years compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic as exemption rates have risen.
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Texas leads nation in proposed power plants for data centers, which would emit large amounts of greenhouse gases
Texas leads nation in proposed power plants for data centers, which would emit large amounts of greenhouse gases
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UT Appoints New Dean to the College of Education
Daniel Hamlin will assume the position on Aug. 16, ahead of the upcoming semester.
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Gov. Greg Abbott calls for ban on data center development in rural Texas neighborhoods
Abbott previously outlined a broad regulatory framework around data centers amid backlash from rural communities around their impact on residential neighborhoods
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New federal student loan rules bring repayment changes, borrowing caps. Here’s what to know.
New student loan rules went into effect Wednesday, from new repayment plans to caps on professional and parent loans. Many of the changes stem from the Trump administration's budget overhaul, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. They also come as the Biden-era SAVE repayment plan ends. A federal appeals court ruled to eliminate the cost-cutting, income-driven plan after its constitutionality was challenged.
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School choice, vouchers and the future of Texas education
After much deliberation and debate in the 89th Regular Session, the Texas Legislature approved Senate Bill 2 (SB2) in 2025, the state’s first-ever universal voucher program. This new $1 billion taxpayer-funded program is structured as an Education Savings Account (ESA), allowing eligible students to use $10,330 in fiscal year 2027 for private school expenses. Homeschooled students will be eligible to receive approximately $2,000, and students with special education needs will get up to $30,000. Texas parents will be able to use vouchers for the first time beginning in the 2026-27 school year.
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Paxton Cracks Egg Antitrust Case, Hatches Settlement for Texans
The settlement is a result of a multi-state antitrust case, which accused three egg companies of illegally conspiring to inflate prices.
Food banks across Texas will receive over seven million free eggs after Attorney General Ken Paxton alongside other state attorneys general and the Department of Justice secured a settlement with three egg companies, which were accused of purposefully manipulating consumer prices. Texas, along with 16 other states, filed suit against Cal-Maine Foods, Centrum/Versova, and Hickman’s Egg Ranch, alleging they conspired to inflate egg prices between 2022 to 2025. This was discovered during an investigation conducted with the U.S. Department of Justice and other partners. Details from the investigation revealed that the three companies had allegedly conspired to coordinate their bidding in a way that would influence daily egg price quotes published by a benchmark pricing service company Urner Barry. Urner Barry prices are used in egg supply contracts with retailers and the food service industry.
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Interview: RNC Chair Joe Gruters Gives New Details on Dallas Midterm Convention
The Republican National Committee chairman discusses why the party is holding its first-ever midterm convention, what delegates can expect, and the role the Texas GOP will play.
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Texas AG Freezes Foreign Site’s Domain for Ignoring Age-Verification Law
Attorney General Ken Paxton obtained a court order freezing the web domain of a foreign pornography company for failing to comply with age-verification requirements. As Mary Berg reports, state law requires pornographic websites to implement age-verification measures to ensure minors are not accessing obscene material. Texas' law was passed with bipartisan support in 2023 and was subsequently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2025.
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Nearly 73,000 School Choice Accounts Receive Initial Funding
Nearly 73,000 education freedom accounts received initial funding Wednesday as part of Texas’ new school choice program. The Texas Education Freedom Account (TEFA) program allows eligible families to use state funds for approved educational products and services. Participation in the program is determined through a lottery system based on the student and family needs. Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock said the program includes both private school and homeschool families in the first group to receive funding from the program. Homeschool families will receive their full annual $2,000 award, while private school students will receive the first 25 percent now, with the remainder being awarded throughout the rest of the school year.
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Republican leading Texas voucher rollout to step down at end of July
Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced Wednesday he plans to step down from his post later this month, dealing a shakeup to the agency as it rolls out the state’s fledgling private school voucher program. Gov. Greg Abbott shared a copy of Hancock’s resignation letter on Wednesday and thanked the former state senator for his service.
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Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock to resign at end of month
Gov. Greg Abbott chose the former GOP lawmaker for the role last year, giving him the reins of Texas’ $1 billion school voucher rollout. Hancock was defeated in his bid for a full term in March. Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock will step down from his post as Texas’ chief financial officer at the end of July, according to a resignation letter he submitted to Gov. Greg Abbott Wednesday. Hancock’s departure notice, first reported by Texas Bullpen and confirmed by Abbott, comes one year to the day after he took over the agency. He was chosen by the governor after the previous comptroller, Glenn Hegar, stepped down to become the chancellor of the Texas A&M University System. Hancock oversaw the beginning of the state’s $1 billion program to offer parents vouchers to send their kids to private schools, one of the agency’s biggest and newest responsibilities.
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship
The court’s ruling means children born to undocumented immigrants in the U.S. will continue to be citizens. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday shut down President Trump’s attempt to reverse a 170-year-old constitutional right that gives American citizenship to babies born to undocumented immigrants. In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court said that children born on American soil to undocumented parents are “‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship clause.”
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Overreliance on Wind and Solar Drives Permian Basin Energy Issues
Unreliable energy and a “mockery of republican form of government” take center stage in transmission line battle. In response to lawmakers’ request for a pause on extra-high-voltage transmission lines, transmission service providers admitted reliance on wind and solar power, along with government intervention, is driving Permian Basin energy issues. This aligns with a third-party report that the lines are primarily built to support wind and solar, while local reliable generation alternatives were never fully examined. Providers argued that public utility commissioners do not have the power to grant lawmakers’ request to pause the project. The next day, state senators announced they would hold a hearing on the proposed lines in late July.
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San Marcos becomes the first Texas city to ban data centers, testing its local control
San Marcos has become the first Texas city to ban data centers within city limits, banking on its local authority to stop the data center boom and setting a precedent for other municipalities to follow. San Marcos City Council voted 4-3 on June 16 to define data centers and make them ineligible for any part of the city in its zoning laws, citing concerns that these developments would funnel water and energy resources from the local community.
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One year after the July 4 flood, Kerr County shows signs of trauma and healing
Crider’s dance hall is back. Homes are rebuilt. Kids swim in the river. But there’s also deep grief after the river killed 119 people and traumatized more. Alicia Baker can’t bring herself to clean her daughter’s bedroom. Eleven-year-old Madelyn “Emmy” Jeffrey left a pile of craft supplies on the floor in their San Antonio home before heading off to the Guadalupe River with her grandparents, where they drowned in the flood last Fourth of July. A year later, the pile is still there.
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Gov. Greg Abbott calls for ban on data center development in rural Texas neighborhoods
Abbott previously outlined a broad regulatory framework around data centers amid backlash from rural communities around their impact on residential neighborhoods.Gov. Greg Abbott called for blocking new data center development in rural parts of the state during a campaign stop in East Texas on Tuesday. “I made clear already: Any AI data center even thinking about coming here — they got to bring their own money, bring their own power, reuse their own water and do it in a way that reduces the cost of electricity for residents across our state,” he said. “We must eliminate the tax break they are getting. They must be responsible for funding their own projects here in Texas. We will get that done.”
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