The score changes are part of an annual process to review the accuracy of STAAR results, state officials said.

More than 200 courses, including those on LGBTQ literature, cultural studies and climate change, could no longer count toward core degree requirements at 11 Texas A&M universities.

More Texans have become food insecure due to a rise in natural disasters and less qualifying for SNAP benefits. Rural food banks in particular face additional pressures.

This is the first year for education savings accounts, which allow Texas families to use taxpayer dollars for private and home schooling.

This story was updated to clarify that the total cost of the program would be roughly double the amount requested by the comptroller’s office if the families on the waitlist were funded.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s latest push to restrict what students can access adds to Texas school librarians’ angst, the educators said.

The federal government let U.S. citizen Brian José Morales García return to Texas on Sunday after deporting him to Mexico following a traffic stop in Central Texas.

Final debates on proposed changes will come after years of deliberations about race and religion in the classroom.

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Christian Castro was released from a Texas jail last week after Gov. Greg Abbott declined to immediately sign extradition papers from Minnesota.

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