Texas just recorded its second hottest summer on record
By Erin Douglas and Yuriko Schumacher, The Texas Tribune
The summer of 2023 will go down as Texas’ second hottest ever, with an average temperature...
Texas avoids rolling blackouts during evening grid emergency
By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune
The state’s power grid operator triggered its emergency operations on Wednesday evening, allowing it to call on all available...
Expired tags lead to two drug arrests
An Odessa couple was arrested early Tuesday morning after a trooper trying to pull them over for expired tags saw one of them tossing more than 30 grams of methamphetamine out the car window.
West Texas Symphony to begin new season with tribute to Rachmaninoff
The West Texas Symphony will kick off its 61st season this weekend with a special tribute to Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.
The concert, which celebrates...
Man killed in crash near Midland
A La Féria man was killed Monday morning in a crash just outside Midland.
Texas prison lockdown over drug murders renews worries about lack of air conditioning in...
By JUAN A. LOZANO
The Associated Press
HOUSTON The Texas prison system’s 100 units have been placed on a statewide lockdown due to a series...
Poll centers on teachers’ perspectives on components needed for positive work environments
AUSTIN The Charles Butt Foundation Wednesday released findings from its 2023 Texas Teacher Poll in a report titled “Listening to the Educator Experience.” Since...
ERCOT expects tight grid conditions, requests conservation
AUSTIN Due to continued high temperatures, high demand, low wind, and declining solar power generation this evening, operating reserves are expected to be low...
Texas PSF Corporation provides increased support for public education
AUSTIN The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) on Sept. 1 approved the distribution of $1.56 billion from the Permanent School Fund (PSF) to...
New report details how K-12 systems are accelerating learning, making gains
Chiefs for Change, a bipartisan network of district and state education leaders, today released Accelerating Learning: How K-12 Systems Are Moving Forward and Making...