• • Pentagon under pressure after Supreme Court’s abortion decision

    The Supreme Court decision ending a constitutional right to an abortion puts immediate pressure on the Pentagon, which has struggled to clarify …

  • FDA orders JUUL to remove all vaping products from the market

    The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered vaping giant JUUL to remove its remaining products from the market, after roughly two years …

  • In Roe decision, Justice Clarence Thomas invites new legal challenges to contraception and same-sex marriage rights

    Tucked inside the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Friday that overturned the long-held constitutional protection for abortion was a concurring …

  • U.S. Supreme Court rules there’s no right to abortion, setting up Texas ban

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional protection for abortion and allowing states to set …

  • U.S. Senate approves first major gun legislation since 1994, one month after Uvalde shooting

    U.S. Sen. John Cornyn succeeded Thursday in passing landmark gun legislation in the Senate, an achievement that comes just weeks after 19 …

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• • Texas safety officials will begin “random intruder detection audits” of schools in September

    This fall, Texas public schools will be subjected to random inspections to detect weak access points in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting …

  • LISD relaunching its leadership program

    Leander ISD Leadership relaunched the program for the 2022-23 school year. The program meets once a month (typically the second Wed) from Sept. …

• • RRISD to hold Board of Trustee information sessions

    Round Rock ISD will hold several information sessions next month for community members interested in running for the RRISD board of trustees. …

• • Texas high school students slightly improve on some standardized tests — but haven’t fully regained ground since the pandemic

    After the COVID-19 pandemic’s education disruptions caused Texas students’ standardized test scores to drop, their performance is …

• • Almost 100 Texas school districts have added their own police departments since 2017, but not everyone feels safer

    In the 1980s, police officers were “almost nonexistent” in the Klein Independent School District north of Houston, according to David …

• • Locks on 340,000 exterior school doors across Texas will be checked as part of Uvalde shooting response

    In the wake of the deadliest school shooting in state history, the Texas Education Agency plans to check whether hundreds of thousands of …

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• • US job openings decline from record while remaining elevated

    U.S. job openings fell in April from a record in the prior month though remained elevated at roughly double the number of unemployed Americans, …

  • The Federal Reserve policy you’ve never heard of could have the biggest effect on your wallet

    The Federal Reserve made headlines at its May meeting when it raised interest rates by the single biggest hike since 2000, but another …

  • Is it time to freak out about the stock market and the economy?

    With inflation surging, the war in Ukraine roiling global markets and the after-effects of the pandemic still clogging supply chains, everyday …