North Texas colleges want to make transferring between schools easier, saving saving students time and money
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Thousands of Texas transfer students each year don’t get credit for some community college courses. The partnership seeks to address that.
I started reporting on the dearth of reproductive health care. Then I had my own emergency.
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Texas Tribune journalist Jayme Lozano Carver has written about health care for years. Most recently, she reported on how little access there is for women and new moms in the Texas Panhandle.
Texas teachers stand behind Kamala Harris after years of feeling targeted, neglected by Republicans
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At a gathering for teachers in Houston, educators saw Harris as a potential ally at a time when conservatives push for changes in Texas classrooms.
Texas sues Biden administration over confidential contraception for teens
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Federal clinics in Texas are already required to get parental permission to prescribe birth control after a 2022 court ruling.
CenterPoint CEO promises improvements as Texas scrutinizes company’s Beryl response
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Jason Wells told regulators the company will launch a new outage tracker by Aug. 1. It will also trim more tree limbs near power lines and hire an executive to focus on emergency response.
Kamala Harris’ historic candidacy energizes Texas’ Black and Indian American voters
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Black and Asian American voters collectively made up just 15% of the turnout in Texas’ 2020 and 2022 elections, according to exit polls.
Texans, what are your thoughts on the 2024 election?
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We want to hear from all Texans – even if you can’t vote or are not sure you want to vote.
In the Texas Panhandle, nurses make home visits to new moms in need
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Local leaders of the Nurse-Family Partnership hope they can secure money to expand the program to the region’s rural areas.
Uvalde school police officer set to appear in court on criminal charges over mass shooting response
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Hundreds of law enforcement officers waited more than an hour to confront a gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers in 2022.
U.S Rep. Lloyd Doggett took a political risk by calling on Biden to step aside. It worked.
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In a Q&A, Doggett, 77, discusses his role in the recent chain of historic events and his feelings about where the party goes from here.