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Wi-Fi buses were a quick solution for students, but schools need their buses back
As more students return to school in person, some school districts are having to trim back programs that deployed buses as hot spots in neighborhoods for students with little or no internet access.
Hoping to ease teacher workloads in Fredericksburg
District still looks for ways to balance resources, safety while looking at ways to help alleviate the heavy workloads of teachers.
Texas politicians’ criticism of “Cuties” causes a small Texas county to fine Netflix.
The district attorney in Tyler County, where the grand jury indicted Netflix, is the son of U.S. Rep. Brian Babin, who has labeled the movie child pornography.
Texas has its First Black Male Teacher of the Year
Today is World Teachers’ Day, a day set aside to acknowledge and appreciate the role teachers play in providing quality education at all levels. In Texas, one teacher is being singled out for going above and beyond.
White-Tail Deer Hunting Season Has Started
Texas’ white-tailed deer hunting season began on Saturday. The archery-only season runs through Nov. 6, after which the general deer hunting season begins.
Texas U.S. Attorney John Bash resigns
Gregg Sofer — who was a counselor to the U.S. attorney general and formerly worked in the Western District of Texas office — was named as his successor.
Blanco man starts an organization that founds schools in Nigeria
Mike Arnold, co-founder of Africa Arise, toured Nigeria last year to speak with church and school leaders. Arnold, of Blanco, said he’s been to Nigeria 11 times, including this visit to Camp Abuja last year.
Governor states accusations against Texas Attorney General “raise serious concerns”
Seven senior officials said in a letter obtained by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE that they have reason to believe Paxton should be investigated for "abuse of office, bribery and other potential criminal offenses."
Texas colleges offer free coronavirus tests. Why aren’t more students getting tested?
Halfway through the semester, schools are reporting participation rates far below their goals, prompting at least one school to go so far as to offer prizes to students who volunteer to get a coronavirus test.
Texas Game Warden Field Notes
Compilation of recent Texas Parks and Wildlife law enforcement reports.
Voting rights groups sue Governor over order to close ballot drop-off locations
The Texas and National Leagues of United Latin American Citizens, the League of Women Voters of Texas and two Texas voters asked a federal judge in Austin to overturn the governor’s order, which forced Travis and Harris counties — two of the state’s most important Democratic strongholds — to shutter a number of drop-off sites they had already opened this week.
President Donald Trump says he and the first lady have tested positive for coronavirus
The president’s physician wrote that Trump and his wife “are both well at this time, and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence.”
