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January 24, 2022

Texas Parks and Wildlife has closed most all of the oyster fisheries on the Texas coast. Here’s why.

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January 24, 2022

North Texas counselors discuss how they’re helping people navigate grief during the pandemic

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January 21, 2022

More Vietnam vets now qualify for disability benefits, but it may be years before they see the money

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January 21, 2022

Hays County is still struggling to give out COVID-19 rent relief. Now, the program is losing money.

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Five people from the cast of the TV show Queer Eye standing around their client Jereka Thomas-Hockaday at her COVID-19 clinic with a banner in the background and some boxes and a chair in the background too
January 21, 2022

‘Queer Eye’ star hopes exposure helps keep her East Austin COVID-19 clinic up and running

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January 21, 2022

Acclaimed Mexican filmmaker takes North Texas audiences on a harrowing trip through the desert

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January 20, 2022

11 GOP candidates crowd the race to replace Woodlands Congressman Kevin Brady

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a helicopter in the distance dumps water onto a wildfire in bastrop, while another helicopter sits in the foreground
January 19, 2022

Wildfire causes evacuations in Bastrop County and closure of State Highway 21

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A botanic garden with three elephant statues at the edge of a lake
January 19, 2022

Fort Worth residents can weigh in on the Botanic Garden’s new master plan

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January 18, 2022

At healing service, faith leaders from Congregation Beth Israel share words of gratitude, hope

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January 18, 2022

Who is the woman who sings at Austin City Council meetings?

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January 18, 2022

The Rio Grande Valley is a 2022 political hot spot, but voter turnout has been historically low

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January 17, 2022

Bexar County election officials deal with SB 1 voter suppression

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January 17, 2022

Past incidents targeting Jewish Americans may have saved lives during Colleyville synagogue ordeal

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January 17, 2022

Students in Dallas MLK oratory competition mine inspiration from Dr. King’s life and words

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January 14, 2022

School districts ask parents to fill in as substitute teachers as COVID cases rise in Central Texas

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January 13, 2022

How to avoid a false negative when using an at-home COVID-19 test

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January 13, 2022

Airport plan to store jet fuel within 500 feet of homes faces pushback

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January 12, 2022

‘We’re back to square one’: Rio Grande Valley schools reopen amid omicron spike

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January 12, 2022

As Texas schools reopen amid a COVID wave, new teachers adjust to in-person classes

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January 11, 2022

Texas law allows residents’ sensitive personal information to be exposed on county websites

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January 11, 2022

Former San Antonian makes her mark on iconic New York City park

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January 7, 2022

Over 200 Dallas first responders are out with COVID-19

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January 6, 2022

Texas had the 2nd most arrests at the Capitol Insurrection. 1 year later, that still matters

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January 6, 2022

A state park in Central Texas may soon become a private development

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January 5, 2022

Biologists are optimistic about return of freshwater mussels to upper San Antonio River

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January 4, 2022

Natural immunity from COVID-19 may be weaker in people who’ve had severe disease

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January 4, 2022

U.S. Rep from Plano reaches across aisle (again) to recognize high school dual-credit programs

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December 29, 2021

Austin restaurateur wants Texans to save the environment — by eating wild hogs

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December 29, 2021

Stigma persists around hunger in military as pandemic numbers remain high

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December 28, 2021

Latinos are disproportionately impacted by Alzheimer’s. South Texas researchers want to find out why.

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December 28, 2021

Move over, telenovelas. The latest binge-watching craze? Turkish dizis.

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December 27, 2021

Could the return of this South Dallas landmark undo decades of disinvestment?

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December 24, 2021

Here’s what happened after last February’s blackout

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December 23, 2021

How deregulation laid the foundation for Texas’ February blackouts

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December 22, 2021

Here’s how Texas lawmakers – and Enron – shaped the state’s electrical market

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inside ERCOT
December 21, 2021

Why is Texas on its own electric grid?

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September 7, 2021

Texas Workers Are Dying In The Summer Heat, And Companies Aren’t Being Held Accountable

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December 17, 2021

Texas adoptees lose access to their original birth records. Getting them back is a challenge

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Members of the Legislature st a committee room dias.
December 16, 2021

How Texas almost banned forensic hypnosis

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December 15, 2021

Forensic hypnosis is big in Texas. Here’s how it got its start

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December 16, 2021

Harris County unveils its first fully-inclusive park for visitors of all abilities

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December 14, 2021

In the wake of a global pandemic, loneliness has become a crisis of its own

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December 14, 2021

Forensic hypnosis in Texas prompts questions about death row case

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December 13, 2021

Gonzalez’s nomination for ICE director, in limbo for months, could soon go back to square one

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December 10, 2021

US Supreme Court allows abortion providers to sue over Texas’ six-week abortion ban, but keeps law in place

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December 10, 2021

Teachers in Fort Bend ISD are facing extreme pressures as staffing shortages continue

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December 10, 2021

These Texas State students are turning invasive plants from the San Marcos River into menstrual pads

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December 10, 2021

San Antonio Tubameisters put on huge holiday blowout at the Arneson River Theatre

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December 9, 2021

This weekend, you can take a holiday trip to Funkytown

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December 7, 2021

Family violence funding for Bexar County courts stalled

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December 6, 2021

A toxic neighbor: Grand Prairie Latinos want answers about hazardous waste site

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December 3, 2021

‘Elf’: The Musical charming those at the Woodlawn Theatre

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December 2, 2021

Taking the cake: New TV doc tracks the great Texas fruitcake embezzlement case

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December 1, 2021

It’s not just about Congress: Gerrymandering is sweeping through Texas towns and counties

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December 1, 2021

Gov. Abbott targets LGBTQ+ books as ‘pornography.’ Texas librarians say he’s wrong.

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November 30, 2021

15 years of work comes to a head for San Antonio musician in massive mariachi competition

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November 29, 2021

A pandemic-fueled labor shortage has put a strain on some Houston restaurants

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November 23, 2021

North Texas Episcopal factions divide up money and property as their divorce plays out in court

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November 22, 2021

Extreme winter weather still threatens Texas’ electric grid, ERCOT assessment finds

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November 22, 2021

‘111 years in the making’: Dallas advocates unveil historical marker for Allen Brooks

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November 19, 2021

The role of the National Guard is expanding, and some say its numbers should too

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November 19, 2021

Summer burning at Huffines development led to dispute over who could stop it

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November 18, 2021

Texas Pecan Growers report good crop just in time for the holidays

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November 17, 2021

Texas primary care doctor shortage spikes during the pandemic; rural Texans hit hardest

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November 17, 2021

History of Black cowboys told in new exhibit at San Antonio’s Witte Museum

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November 17, 2021

Here’s why 45,000 people are fans of North Texas’ Quarantined Cabaret

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November 16, 2021

The Houston Symphony brings the orchestra to the classroom

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November 16, 2021

This Dallas program is helping moms who’ve been to prison launch tech careers

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November 15, 2021

Progressives hope State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr.’s retirement signals new era

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November 16, 2021

Meet the mushroom hunters behind North Texas’ new mycology club

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November 15, 2021

Texas will receive $35 billion in federal infrastructure funds. How much will go to Houston remains uncertain

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November 12, 2021

Is Texas ready for the next big wildfire?

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November 11, 2021

Psychedelic therapy research is on the horizon for Texas veterans with PTSD

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November 10, 2021

Republicans solidify control over Texas’ 22nd Congressional District in Fort Bend County with redrawn map

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November 10, 2021

Austin’s LBJ High marching band finds its beat after Liberal Arts and Science Academy moves to new campus

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November 9, 2021

Victims from Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival have begun to sue the Houston rapper and concert organizers

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November 9, 2021

Castroville working to protect Alsatian heritage amidst major developments

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November 9, 2021

Amid controversies over COVID-19 and fired professors, some blame Collin College’s president

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November 4, 2021

It’s not just Mariah Carey. Dallas bar also bans ‘Frosty the Snowman.’

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November 4, 2021

A sexually transmitted disease is killing Texas babies

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November 3, 2021

Constitutional amendments recap and election results from Austin, San Antonio and Fort Worth

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November 3, 2021

2021 election results: Texas’ eight constitutional amendments

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November 3, 2021

Feds bail out Texas after years of insolvent-level unemployment taxing

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November 3, 2021

North Texas searches for more water as growth and climate change loom

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November 2, 2021

Texas power plants need to ‘winterize.’ But what does that mean?

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November 1, 2021

While some soared, others took small steps: An anti-poverty program tries to define success

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October 29, 2021

After a pandemic pause, the Texas International Beauty and Wellness Expo returns to Dallas

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October 27, 2021

A Fort Worth program aimed to end poverty. It didn’t work for everyone.

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October 28, 2021

Author says students are ‘more than ready’ to learn about race after book challenge in Carroll ISD

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October 29, 2021

As deadlines near for service members to get COVID-19 vaccines, the vast majority have complied

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October 28, 2021

Lawsuits and protests: Texas county jails are on the brink

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October 28, 2021

Inaugural fair and rodeo highlights the rural heart of urbanizing Williamson County

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October 27, 2021

Two separate elections on Nov. 2 are requiring some San Antonio voters to visit the polls twice

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October 27, 2021

Jewish communities in Austin and San Antonio targeted by neo-Nazi group

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October 27, 2021

No turning back: Why the Dallas Symphony’s new robotic cameras are here to stay

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October 26, 2021

After a cheating scandal, the Astros head into Game 1 of the World Series with a lot to prove

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October 26, 2021

Austin’s Prop A would mandate 2 police officers per 1,000 residents. Where does that ratio come from?

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October 25, 2021

Without access to abortions, Texans are trying to find the right birth control. It isn’t easy.

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October 21, 2021

More than half of Houston households continue to face pandemic financial struggles, survey says

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