'What are you hiding?' Lawmakers grill Texas Central on Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail
Members of the Texas House Transportation Committee pushed for details about a long-discussed high-speed rail project linking Dallas to Houston, but the company behind the project had few answers to ...
TxDOT presents $55B plan to improve space industry highways in Texas
This week, the Texas Space Commission, a new governing body overseeing the state’s aerospace sector, received the results of ...
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Texas leaders on hand as Trump moves to dismantle Department of Education
WASHINGTON — The governor of Texas and other statewide officials joined President Donald Trump on Thursday at the White House as he signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of ...
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Trump has ordered the dismantling of the US Education Department. Here’s what that means
As Trump remakes the federal government, he has assailed the department as wasteful and responsible for spreading “woke” ideas such as programs to support diversity, equity and inclusion and ...
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4 things to know about Trump’s effort to dismantle the Department of Education
President Donald Trump kicked off the process of dismantling the Department of Education by signing an executive order on Thursday. The move aims to fulfill a longstanding campaign promise and ...
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Trump has ordered the dismantling of the US Education Department. Here’s what that means
President Donald Trump’s order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department has complex implications. The Republican president has argued the federal office hasn’t improved ...
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Here's why Trump highlighted Texas in dismantling Department of Education
Trump’s long-anticipated move to disband the federal Education Department comes after more than 60 Texas-based federal education employees were laid off in a group of 1,300 nationwide who were ...
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Measles cases in Texas, New Mexico rise to 351, state health departments say
the Texas Department of State Health Services said. Hospitalizations in the state rose to 40 from 36, it said. The Texas health department said it has classified 307 patients as "unvaccinated or ...
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Texas measles outbreak spreads to four more counties, 309 cases reported
The Texas measles outbreak continues to spread, with 30 additional cases from the last update on March 18. Texas Health and Human Services updates the public on Tuesday and Friday as the numbers ...
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Trump signed an order to ‘begin eliminating’ the Department of Education. Here’s what could happen next.
Ron DeSantis, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. Earlier in the day, Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told reporters the administration was “greatly reducing the size and ...
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Texas leaders show support for eliminating the Department of Education
President Trump signed executive orders on Thursday to begin the process of shutting down the Department of Education. He mentioned the state of Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott when talking about ...