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Texas A&M System declines to reinstate fired lecturer despite faculty panel’s findings
Posted 9:03 AM 12/25/2025 by JESSICA PRIEST | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired in the fall after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
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Six dead and a family left reeling after Mexican Navy medical flight crashes near Galveston
Posted 1:55 PM 12/24/2025 by HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, FÉLIX MÁRQUEZ and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press
Air traffic controllers lost communication for about 10 minutes with a small Mexican Navy plane carrying a young medical patient and seven others before it crashed off the Texas coast in thick fog, killing at least six people, Mexico's government said Tuesday.
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12/22/2025
Texas National Guard’s deployment in Illinois blocked by U.S. Supreme Court
Posted 3:40 PM 12/23/2025 by ALEX NGUYEN
The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt a blow against President Donald Trump’s push for the National Guard’s deployment in Illinois, which included hundreds of troops from Texas.
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Texas law restricting kids from app stores
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Mexican Navy medical flight lost communication for several minutes before Texas crash
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Another exodus in Congress means Texas will need to start rebuilding its clout in 2027
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Camp Mystic's reopening plans in Texas has drawn outrage, but some families want to return
12/21/2025
2-year-old among those killed in crash of Mexican Naval plane near Galveston
Posted 5:51 PM 12/22/2025 by Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN
(CNN) — A 2-year-old child is among at least three people who were killed when a Mexican (More)
12/19/2025
Waco judge who refused to marry same-sex couples asks federal courts to overturn right to gay marriage
Posted 9:04 PM 12/19/2025 by ELEANOR KLIBANOFF | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
A Waco justice of the peace who refused to marry same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit Friday that asks the courts to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court decision that recognized same-sex marriage nationwide.
The case, filed by Judge Dianne Hensley against the State (More)
12/18/2025
With ACA subsidies set to expire, Texas Republicans in Congress remain hazy about path forward
Posted 4:49 PM 12/19/2025 by MARIJKE FRIEDMAN | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
Most Republicans in the U.S. House agree they don’t want to extend expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits, but the party — including members from Texas — still has not coalesced around an alternative plan heading into a critical midterm year.
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12/17/2025
More Texas students complete journey through college, but low-income students still left behind
Posted 5:28 PM 12/18/2025 by ROB REID, GRAPHICS BY ALEX FORD AND CARLA ASTUDILLO
Texas has long failed to get most of its students the higher education credentials the workforce increasingly demands. But recent laws that reward schools for helping students succeed later in life could help the state make up lost ground, experts say.
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