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Houston animal shelters could soon have access to millions of dollars in state funding for increased spay and neuter programs. On Sept. 1, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services' Spay and ...

A classroom at Alfonso Borrego Sr. Elementary School in San Elizario on July 23, 2024. (Justin Hamel For The Texas Tribune, Justin Hamel For The Texas Tribune) TEXAS – Texas’ new school choice program ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Last month, Southeast Texas experienced two separate blasts of Arctic air, one that even brought sleet and freezing rain to Houston. Now temperatures have swung in the other ...

Texas launched its $1 billion school voucher program one week ago, and thousands of families across the state have raced to apply. The controversial program gives taxpayer dollars to families to send ...

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BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Texas recently launched a new program to tackle pet overpopulation and disease prevention across the state. The “Texas Spay and Neuter Pilot Program,” funded through the 89th ...

CHARLOTTE — State leaders estimate North Carolina could be short nearly 19,000 nurses in less than 10 years, but UNC Charlotte is working to get ahead of the growing crisis. The university is now ...

Several damage reports have surfaced across Southeast Texas. The National Weather Service will review the reports to determine whether surveys are needed to classify the damage as straight-line wind ...

More than 100,000 families have submitted applications for Texas's new school choice program, according to the office of Gov. Greg Abbott. The governor's office said Monday the number of applicants ...

HOUSTON — Storm chances are expected to increase across the Houston area this weekend as a weather system and cold front move through Southeast Texas, bringing rounds of rain and possible ...