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Leander ISD planning new initiative to boost math performance

Leander ISD students have seen their academic achievement with reading return to “at or near” pre-pandemic levels, but their mathematical achievement has still not recovered.  In an effort …

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Krystall Williams named principal of RRISD's Elsa England Elementary

Krystall Williams has been named the new principal of Round Rock ISD's Elsa England Elementary School. She will replace longtime principal Jana Stowe, who will retire at the end of this school year. …

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Austin FC winless streak continues after loss to FC Dallas

Austin FC has been in a constant state of ‘almost’ for the last two months.

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When it comes to upping mental health services, Texas has a Medicaid problem At the Clarity Child Guidance Center in San Antonio, some 200 children covered by Medicaid have been waiting as long as three months to see a mental health therapist. That’s because few mental …
Gov. Greg Abbott says Biden in cahoots with cartels WASHINGTON — With Title 42 about to expire, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott deployed another 450 National Guard troops to the border Monday, a move the White House denounced as a stunt that will only worsen …
Texas mall gunman was terminated from Army over concerns of perception, behavior DALLAS — The man authorities said killed eight people and wounded seven others at the Allen Premium Outlets on Saturday was terminated from the U.S. Army in 2008, an official said. And a social …
Bill to raise age on AR-style gun purchases advances through committee days after Allen shooting Facing pressure from parents whose children died in the Uvalde school massacre, a Texas House committee voted Monday to raise the minimum age to buy AR-style rifles from 18 to 21. Two …
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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