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Leander ISD joins lawsuits over TEA accountability ratings

Leander ISD is joining more than two dozen other Texas school districts in a lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency's (TEA) planned changes to its accountability ratings. The Leander ISD …

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Leander ISD to seek exception to having officers at all campuses

Leander ISD said its board of trustees will consider a resolution seeking a "good cause exception" that would allow the district time to implement an "alternative standard" to meet the requirements …

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Vista Ridge downs Leander

Vista Ridge beat Leander 3-1 last Tuesday and went on to win eight of nine matches in the Bastrop ISD Invitational Tournament last weekend, coming in second overall.

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Baylor loses close matchup with No. 12 Utah

On the brink of upsetting a top-15 team, Baylor gave up two touchdowns in the last two minutes and lost to 12th-ranked Utah, 20-13, Saturday afternoon at McLane Stadium in a game the …

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The summer’s record heat has caused costly damage to Texas water systems The hottest summer on record for many Texas cities has brought millions of dollars in damage to municipal plumbing and the loss of huge volumes of water during a severe drought. Authorities …
New Texas law bars animal cruelty offenders from owning animals for five years Texas lawmakers are making it harder for those convicted of animal cruelty to own any animals – at least for the next five years after their initial offense. The animal possession ban or …
Federal judge bars Texas from enforcing book rating law A federal judge said Thursday he will stop a new Texas law aimed at keeping sexually explicit materials off of school library shelves on the eve of the law going into effect, according to state …
Judge declares new Texas law that would erode cities’ power to enact local rules unconstitutional A sweeping new Texas law aimed at undermining the ability of the state’s bluer urban areas to enact progressive policies is unconstitutional, a Travis County judge ruled Wednesday. State …
Meta threatens to remove news content from Facebook, Instagram if forced to pay news publishers Meta Platforms Inc. said it would end news content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada if lawmakers pass legislation to force social-networking platforms to pay media publishers to feature their …
US job gains and wages pick up, signaling labor resilience U.S. hiring and workers’ pay gains accelerated in April, showing signs of labor-market resilience and fresh inflationary pressures in the face of economic headwinds.  Nonfarm payrolls …
Half of trans and nonbinary youth in the US ‘seriously considered’ suicide in the past year: survey About half of young trans and nonbinary youth in the U.S. seriously contemplated suicide in the past year, as a record-breaking number of bills restricting the rights of LGBTQ people — especially …
More young adults are living paycheck to paycheck in the US The share of young people who struggle to cover everyday bills jumped from a year ago, while that of seniors living paycheck to paycheck leveled off, according to a report. The survey, conducted by …
April 17 is deadline for filing business property tax renditions April 17 is the deadline to file property tax renditions with their county appraisal districts. Different deadlines apply for certain regulated property, according to Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar's …
Who pays for your rewards? Indebted cardholders, paper finds Credit cards with rewards are rewarding only for those who know how to profit from the system, according to a paper released by the Federal Reserve. Consumers with higher credit scores benefit …
Will the Fed go longer or higher? Maybe both How will the US Federal Reserve wage its battle with inflation — by keeping interest rates elevated for longer, or by taking them even higher? Investors are fixated on this question, which has …
Gen Z, pay transparency, flexibility move top of mind in 2023 workplace trends The past year has been rife with evolving ideas about what future workplaces might look like. There’s been a shift in what workers expect from their jobs and who those workers are.Employees are no …
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