Beto O’Rourke leads Ted Cruz by 2 among likely voters in U.S. Senate race, new poll finds
O’Rourke has been closing the gap over the last several months, but this is the first poll that puts him ahead of Cruz. Full Story
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Kathryn Lundstrom
Kathryn Lundstrom was a 2018 reporting fellow at The Texas Tribune. Born and raised in Minnesota, Katie completed a dual master’s program in Journalism and Global Policy Studies from the University of Texas. Some of her previous work can be found in the Austin-American Statesman, the Austin Chronicle, the Texas Health Journal and Sports Illustrated, where she was a reporter intern.
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State Board of Education votes to keep "heroic" in description of Alamo defenders
Last week, Gov. Greg Abbott rallied his supporters on social media against the removal of defining Alamo defenders as "heroic" from social studies curriculum standards. This week, the State Board of Education tentatively voted to keep the language intact. Full Story
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![State Board of Education member Barbara Cargill speaks with spectators during a break in the State Board of Education meeting on proposed changes to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies and Economics, on Sept. 11, 2018.]()
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Texas education board workgroup changes course on "heroic" Alamo defenders
After submitting a recommendation to remove the word "heroic" from seventh-grade history textbooks, a Texas State Board of Education workgroup backed off its proposal after outcry from officials and the public. Full Story
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Texas considering cutting high school cosmetology courses
The Texas Education Agency says cosmetologists don’t make enough to justify continuing high school cosmetology programs. Teachers and students say reported salaries don’t tell the whole story. Full Story
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![Elizabeth Ruvalcaba and Rahslyn Stallings practice styling techniques in a cosmetology class at Jack C. Hays High School in Buda on Sept. 7, 2018.]()
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ICE arrests more than 100 workers at north Texas plant
An agency official called it one of its biggest workplace raids in a decade. Full Story
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Blocked from giving away 3D-printed gun blueprints, Texas man says he's selling them instead
Austin "crypto-anarchist" Cody Wilson says buyers can name their price for 3D-printed gun blueprints. Full Story
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![Cody Wilson, gun maker and founder of Defense Distributed, a Texas-based company developing and publishing open source gun designs for 3D printing and manufacture. Wilson shows The Liberator, a 3D printed plastic gun made several years ago.]()
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