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Muslim Texans seek positive teachings of Islam as education board wraps social studies changes

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

Two UT System institutions experience leadership changes as new semester begins

UT Arlington’s Jennifer Cowley is returning to faculty. Meanwhile, MD Anderson’s Peter Pisters retires after 32 years with the cancer center.

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Paxton promises to ban Chinese technology and chatbots that endanger children in data center platform

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Ross Fire grows to one of the largest wildfires on record in North Texas

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Texas lawmaker wants oil regulators to explain why they ended public comment at meetings

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John Cornyn is raising money for competitive Senate races — just not in Texas

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GOP nominee for San Antonio House seat apologizes for “crude and immature” social media posts

Jorge Borrego said he has matured since the years when he used homophobic slurs and racist tropes, and referenced cocaine use, in a series of social media posts that bubbled up this week.

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Here’s what Greg Abbott, Gina Hinojosa say about education priorities in Texas governor’s race

From school takeovers to college affordability, the Democrat and Republican are rolling out their education priorities ahead of November’s election.

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California couple confront their surrogate in a Texas court as dispute over newborn escalates

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With costs up, healthcare a defining issue in South Texas’ battleground House races

In the state’s most competitive districts, Democrats are building their case around lapsed insurance subsidies and Republican-backed Medicaid cuts.

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A surrogate’s fight for parental rights in Dallas could discourage surrogacy use in Texas, lawyers say

A surrogate’s fight for custody over the baby she birthed last week could lead to more restrictions on the rights of biological parents and on abortion clauses in surrogacy agreements.

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Colorado school district rejects controversial reading curriculum because of errors, Texas focus

The Colorado district, which partners with Houston ISD to implement reforms, scrapped plans to use Bluebonnet reading materials.

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