Harlandale ISD will stay with a five-day school week
After surveying families and staff, Harlandale Superintendent Gerardo Soto has decided against moving to a four-day school week next school year.
View ArticleTexas bill requiring 10-year prison sentences for gun felonies faces opposition
Under Senate Bill 23, all felonies involving a gun would incur a mandatory 10-year prison sentence. It’s meant to curb crime, despite the lack of correlation between harsher sentences and crime rates.
View ArticleA new map illustrates and celebrates San Antonio's growing greenway network
An avid bicyclist creates a comprehensive map of the city's greenways.
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel expects no slaps hosting the Oscars; just snarky (not mean) jokes
Jimmy Kimmel is taking the stage to lead the Oscars one year after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during the last ceremony, and raised a host of expectations about what we might see this time around.
View ArticleUkrainian refugee who settled in San Antonio reflects on the past year
Nearly one year after leaving their city of Dnipro to escape the Ukraine-Russia war, 37-year-old Maria Shvetsova and her 4-year-old daughter have gradually adjusted to life in San Antonio.
View ArticleTexas Matters: Child Brides, Legal Pot and Abbott's Big Government
Child brides forced to marry much older men. How it continues to happen in Texas and the effort to shut it down. Could this be the legislative session where marijuana is decriminalized? There’s reason...
View ArticleHouse unveils bill giving state authority to 'repel' and return migrants...
House Bill 20 by state Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, would test the boundaries of the state’s ability to enforce immigration law, which courts have historically ruled falls under federal purview.
View Article3 Texas women sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain...
In the first lawsuit of its kind since Roe v. Wade was overturned, a husband seeks damages from women who helped his ex-wife obtain the medications to terminate her pregnancy.
View ArticleTexas Republicans have filed dozens of bills targeting LGBTQ people
Texas lawmakers this year will debate whether to block transgender kids’ access to transition-related health care, classify businesses that host drag shows as sexually oriented establishments and limit...
View ArticleLost in translation: 4 perfect words that have no English equivalent
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary set out recently to document some of these words on Twitter, and was flooded with responses from people offering their own.
View ArticleHigh inflation and housing costs force Americans to delay needed health care
Close to 40% of surveyed Americans, a record high, put off medical care last year because of finances. Americans are delaying or skipping doctor's visits, dental and vision care, and medications.
View ArticleNewly found asteroid has a 'very small chance' of hitting Earth, NASA says
Less than two weeks after it was discovered, asteroid 2023 DW sits at the top of the "risk list" maintained by the European Space Agency.
View ArticleHow harmful is the myth of bootstrapping?
"Pull yourself up by your bootstraps." How many times have we heard that scolding? But what does that actually mean? We are told that if we work hard and rely on our own resources, we will ultimately...
View ArticleTexas Republicans unveil sweeping border proposals to raise state-based...
State Democrats immediately criticized the border and immigration proposals, signaling a bruising battle ahead. 'House Republicans have been warned,' one key Democrat cautioned.
View ArticleScientists explore the connection between viruses, cat cuddles and dog kisses
What's the risk of contracting a virus from your Fido or Kitty? It's not a frivolous question, as one cat-owning virologist explains. And there's another question: Can you give a virus to your pet?
View ArticleDo we need another 'Schoolhouse Rock'? Celebrating 50 years of the...
The animated songs that educated kids and grown ups about civics, multiplication and grammar is now 50 years old.
View ArticleCornyn hopes to block Biden plan that would allow tens of thousands of...
On FOX News, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said he plans to stop a proposed rule that would allow tens of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to stay in the U.S. as their asylum...
View ArticleLegislature has little appetite to fund Ken Paxton’s settlement with...
A lack of lawmaker support jeopardizes the attorney general’s $3.3 million settlement, which would resolve a lawsuit alleging Paxton fired high-ranking deputies who accused him of misconduct.
View ArticleA Dallas doctor offers hope for women with uterine fibroids who want to give...
Dr. Quanita Crable, an OB-GYN with Texas Health Dallas, explains to KERA's Sam Baker why she believes laparoscopic myomectomy is the best option to remove the fibroids.
View ArticleNonprofit aims to reverse Austin's 1928 master plan and get SXSW money to the...
DAWA is hosting a SXSW event called Vision:8291 to elevate and direct resources to Black, Indigenous and people of color in Austin.
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