Absenteeism spiked in the pandemic. Texas schools want the state’s help to keep students in the classroom.
Chronically absent students — those who missed at least 10% of their school days — are more likely to drop out, education ...
China's retaliatory tariffs on crude likely to push US exports lower in 2025
China's retaliatory tariffs on the United States may cause U.S. oil exports to decline in 2025 for the first time since the ...
15 American and Canadian downtowns that are bouncing back, and how they did it
Spokeo used data published in the Journal of Urban Studies to explore which cities across the U.S. and Canada have ...
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Social media isn’t the only cause of mental health woes among Texas youth, advocates say
Over the last five years, the rate of Texas youth who reported at least one major depressive episode has increased from 12% ...
The Texas job market is thriving amid strong national numbers; here's what to know
As the U.S. job market is thriving, so is Texas'. Data from the Texas Workforce commission outline impressive employment numbers.
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Several bills filed to weaken vaccine mandates as more Texas families opt out of immunizations
Emboldened by Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s nomination and disdain for pandemic-era mandates, skeptics are pushing for bills to make ...
Nation's Report Card shows how North Texas students are performing in reading and math
The National Assessment of Educational Progress is given to fourth and eighth grade students to gauge their performance in ...
‘A Dangerous Virus’: Bird Flu Enters a New Phase
A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including ...
COVID-19 pandemic drove significant rise in patients choosing to leave ERs before medically recommended, study suggests
Researchers have long known that patients who leave emergency departments before medically advised use more emergency care ...
Texas trio faces 20 years for defrauding pandemic relief programs
They're accused of conspiring to submit multiple fraudulent applications for EIDL & PPP loans requesting millions of dollars of SBA funds.
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Austin rents have fallen for nearly two years. Here’s why.
Among Texas’ major metros, the San Antonio-New Braunfels region ... Landlords are filing more evictions than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic, figures from Eviction Lab show. And the number of ...