Odessa American

Absenteeism spiked in the pandemic. Texas schools want the state’s help to keep students in the classroom

In a typical school week, Delaila Constante makes more than a dozen calls to parents of students who are frequently absent from school. Last October, she made around 50 to 60 calls each week. As a ...
KVIA

Texas schools got billions in federal pandemic relief. It is coming to an end as the school year starts.

"Texas schools got billions in federal pandemic relief. It is coming to an end as the school year starts." was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that ...
Click2Houston

After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic

Father passes before seeing justice in his daughter’s murder Father who fought for justice in daughter’s unsolved 2019 murder honored at Harris County memorial Read full article: Father who fought for ...
The Texas Tribune

Classroom violence went up in Texas after the pandemic. Is more discipline the answer?

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NBC DFW

Texas restaurant industry makes huge comeback since pandemic, passing $100 billion in annual sales

After a tough four years since the pandemic, Texas restaurants are finally seeing a turnaround with two major milestones. The Texas Restaurant Association announced this week that the Texas food ...
Odessa American

For Texas’ program of blind merchants, the pandemic shrank opportunities, exposed income gaps

For almost 40 years, Jerry House has stocked vending machines and staffed cafes across Texas’ government buildings as part of the Business Enterprises of Texas program, a decades-old initiative that ...
Houston Public Media

Texas schools got billions in federal pandemic relief. It’s coming to an end as school begins

The $43 million infusion the Port Arthur Independent School District received in federal COVID-19 pandemic relief funds accomplished more than Phyllis Geans could have ever imagined. The money allowed ...
KSAT

Absenteeism spiked in the pandemic. Texas schools want the state’s help to keep students in the classroom.

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Houston Chronicle

After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic

From the moment Steve Young canceled the Milam County Junior Livestock Association show, his days as county judge were numbered. Young didn’t realize that at the time, of course. It was March 2020, a ...
San Antonio Current

Texas schools got billions in federal pandemic relief. It is coming to an end as the school year starts.

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KSAT

Texas schools got billions in federal pandemic relief. It is coming to an end as the school year starts.

Students at Lorenzo G. Alarcon Elementary School this summer open boxes of school supplies paid for with Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds in San Elizario. (Justin Hamel ...