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National teacher certification board told to scrub DEI mentions to comply with Texas law
If National Board officials don’t show compliance with state law, they risk Texas excluding educators with the credential from a pay-for-performance program.
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6mSubstance found in van after Houston ICE shooting wasn’t drugs, DA and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia say
The FBI suggested plastic bags in the van contained methamphetamine. The agency hasn’t released official test results.
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4mEleven people charged in the smuggling deaths of seven migrants in Texas
Six of the victims, including a 14-year-old boy, were found dead inside a train shipping container in Laredo in the sweltering Texas heat.
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7mFloodwater starts arriving in Corpus Christi reservoirs, sparking hope for a water crisis delay
Choke Canyon has almost doubled its supply of water this week, although the reservoir is still at 15% capacity.
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8mAfter the Houston ICE shooting, Sylvia Garcia demanded answers. Alex Mealer urges patience.
Mealer, the GOP nominee in Texas’ 9th Congressional District, would represent Houston’s Magnolia Park, where an ICE agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, under the GOP’s new redistricting map.
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6mKen Paxton has long crusaded against voter fraud. His Senate rival now accuses him of committing it.
James Talarico’s comments come after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that the attorney general may have broken state law by voting using an address where he no longer appears to live.