UT-Austin edged out SMU and Texas A&M University surpassed Baylor University in the new U.S. News and World Report rankings of the best colleges in the country. Rice remains Texas’ top-ranked school.
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In Harvey's Wake
Texas GOP leaders pushing for high-dollar, long-delayed flood infrastructure projects
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and other state leaders are eyeing a long-delayed reservoir project experts say would’ve saved thousands of Houston homes from flooding.
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Texas congressman concerned about Beaumont prisoners after Harvey
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, an Austin Democrat, is asking about prisoner safety in Beaumont after Hurricane Harvey. Inmates stayed put at state and federal prisons while the city lost its water supply for about a week.
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Fifteen no-cost abortions scheduled through Harvey relief effort
Whole Woman’s Health Clinic has already put more than $8,000 toward providing abortions for women affected by the hurricane.
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State Rep. Larry Phillips not running for re-election
The Sherman Republican is retiring from the Texas House after eight terms.
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The Brief: Today’s the 16-year anniversary of 9/11. Here’s what Texans in Congress remember.
It’s been 16 years since Sept. 11, 2001 — the fateful day terrorists flew commercial airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
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Now on the Books
New school buses to have seat belts under Texas law
Newly purchased school buses in Texas must have three-point seat belts for all riders under a new state law.
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In beleaguered La Marque schools, Harvey stirs up old anxieties
Last year, the state forced Texas City ISD to annex, or absorb, its neighboring district. After months of work, efforts to improve conditions for students from annexed La Marque ISD hit a significant speed bump: Hurricane Harvey.
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Texans in Congress remember close calls and lives changed on 9/11
On that fateful day in 2001, Texans now in Congress were scattered across Washington, D.C. in buildings feared as potential targets for a terrorist attack.
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Harvey deals a blow to Texas’ already struggling child welfare system
Texas’ child welfare system was already in crisis before Hurricane Harvey. Now, perhaps hundreds of foster families have been displaced by the storm and hundreds of child welfare workers have been unable to return to work.
