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Greg Abbott threatens Dallas, Houston airports’ grant funds over Islamic washing facilities
Abbott’s letter to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s CEO said the airport would lose state and federal grant funds unless it stopped installing a facility commonly used by Muslim people…
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4mFifth Circuit reaffirms death row inmate Brittany Holberg’s conviction
A three-judge panel of the court had reversed Holberg’s sentence in 2025, but Friday’s split decision will keep the district court’s decision to affirm her conviction.
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3mLook up your Texas school’s A-F accountability grade, STAAR performance
Texas grades public schools largely on how well students perform on the STAAR tests.
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6mLawsuit seeks to stop Big Bend border wall construction
A tribal nonprofit and an outdoor recreation company filed the federal lawsuit, arguing the work threatens archeological sites and sacred grounds.
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10mTexas’ school A-F grades relatively flat as Austin ISD inches closer to takeover
Austin ISD had two campuses failing state ratings for five consecutive years.
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8mData center audit lacks specifics even as Gov. Abbott, industry leaders tout it
Without key details on the audits but the eagerness to support them, policy watchers question how impactful these audits will be in curbing data center growth.