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Leander ISD named 2023 AP Large District of the Year

Leander ISD was named 2023 Advanced Placement Large District of the Year by the nonprofit College Board. The district beat out over 12,000 districts across the U.S. and Canada on the annual AP …

EDUCATION

Leander ISD release possible future zoning for Elementary School No. 30

Leander ISD has released its proposed attendance zoning maps for Elementary School No. 30 and members of the community now have an opportunity to give their feedback on the zoning scenario. The …

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Vandegrift girls win silver, three Leander ISD athletes medal at state cross country meet

The Vandegrift boys cross country team finished second and earned a silver medal at the UIL State Cross Country meet in Round Rock on Saturday, while Cedar Park's Isabel Conde de Frankenburg finished …

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This week's football schedule

Bi-District Playoffs : Friday: Vandegrift (10-0) vs Lake Travis (8-2) Monroe Stadium, 7 p.m.; McNeil (6-4) vs Bowie (4-6) Kelly Reeves Stadium, 7 p.m. …

STATE & NATIONAL NEWS
Texas parents who care for their disabled children full time will lose money after pay raise Inside an Austin high-rise north of the Texas Capitol in August, tearful parents lined up for a state health commission meeting to beg agency officials not to increase caretaking wages. It would …
The summer’s record heat has caused costly damage to Texas water systems The hottest summer on record for many Texas cities has brought millions of dollars in damage to municipal plumbing and the loss of huge volumes of water during a severe drought. Authorities …
New Texas law bars animal cruelty offenders from owning animals for five years Texas lawmakers are making it harder for those convicted of animal cruelty to own any animals – at least for the next five years after their initial offense. The animal possession ban or …
Gas prices slide again Average gasoline prices in the Austin metro area slipped an average of 8.1 cents per gallon over the last week, to an average of $3.31 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 830 stations. …
Meta threatens to remove news content from Facebook, Instagram if forced to pay news publishers Meta Platforms Inc. said it would end news content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada if lawmakers pass legislation to force social-networking platforms to pay media publishers to feature their …
US job gains and wages pick up, signaling labor resilience U.S. hiring and workers’ pay gains accelerated in April, showing signs of labor-market resilience and fresh inflationary pressures in the face of economic headwinds.  Nonfarm payrolls …
Half of trans and nonbinary youth in the US ‘seriously considered’ suicide in the past year: survey About half of young trans and nonbinary youth in the U.S. seriously contemplated suicide in the past year, as a record-breaking number of bills restricting the rights of LGBTQ people — especially …
More young adults are living paycheck to paycheck in the US The share of young people who struggle to cover everyday bills jumped from a year ago, while that of seniors living paycheck to paycheck leveled off, according to a report. The survey, conducted by …
April 17 is deadline for filing business property tax renditions April 17 is the deadline to file property tax renditions with their county appraisal districts. Different deadlines apply for certain regulated property, according to Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar's …
Who pays for your rewards? Indebted cardholders, paper finds Credit cards with rewards are rewarding only for those who know how to profit from the system, according to a paper released by the Federal Reserve. Consumers with higher credit scores benefit …
Will the Fed go longer or higher? Maybe both How will the US Federal Reserve wage its battle with inflation — by keeping interest rates elevated for longer, or by taking them even higher? Investors are fixated on this question, which has …
Gen Z, pay transparency, flexibility move top of mind in 2023 workplace trends The past year has been rife with evolving ideas about what future workplaces might look like. There’s been a shift in what workers expect from their jobs and who those workers are.Employees are no …
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