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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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12/16/2025
Texas, Florida sue FDA over abortion pill approval
Posted 4:45 PM 12/17/2025 by ALEX NGUYEN | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
Texas launched a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week over the agency’s approval of mifepristone, marking the state’s latest effort to crack down on access to abortion pills.
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Texans can use school vouchers for pre-K, but the pool of families who qualify is limited
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Texas Democrats fill every state and federal race on 2026 ballot, a first for either party
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Blamed for the nation’s historic measles outbreak, West Texas Mennonites have hardened their views on vaccines
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Texas AG’s lawsuit that sought to shutter Harris County program for undocumented immigrants rejected
12/14/2025
Texas universities deploy AI tools to review and rewrite how some courses discuss race and gender
Posted 2:41 PM 12/15/2025 by JESSICA PRIEST | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
A senior Texas A&M University System official testing a new artificial intelligence tool this fall asked it to find how many courses discuss feminism at one of its regional universities. Each time she asked in a slightly different way, she got a different number.
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12/12/2025
Enforcement of Texas’ “bathroom bill” draws challenges as colleges, cities implement new policies
Posted 11:49 AM 12/13/2025 by Ayden Runnels and Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune
In the week since Texas' new "bathroom bill" designed to target transgender people went into effect, some opponents of the restrictions have begun challenging both the spirit and letter of the law as questions remain on how it can be enforced.
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