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Texas releases school ratings

Texas released two years of A-F ratings for schools and districts. See how yours did.

In the 2024-25 school year, 14% of Texas school districts got an A, 71% got a B or a C, and 15% got a D or an F, new state data shows.

Houston Chronicle · 24m

HISD virtual school working to appeal 'D' rating from Texas Education Agency

School districts may make a data submission error “on very rare occasions," but there are processes to allow school districts to correct the data, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath said.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram on MSN · 3h

Texas releases 2024, 2025 A-F grades. See how your child's Tarrant school rates

Across Texas, 24% of districts and 31% of campuses improved their letter grade. See the grades for all Tarrant County public schools here.

Texas, Democrats and House

CNN on MSN · 4h

Texas Republicans call new special session for redistricting, this time with Democrats expected back

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday called a second special session to push through a redrawing of congressional maps to secure up to five more Republican seats in the US House.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 1h

Texas House ends special session, clearing way for Democrats' return

House Speaker said he expected the missing members to return by Monday to resume work on redistricting, THC rules and flood responses.

FOX News on MSN · 1h

Texas House Speaker vows runaway Dems will be arrested if they try to sneak home over weekend

Congressional redistricting battle intensifies as California vows to counter Texas GOP maps while Democratic lawmakers end their walkout protest.

Texas, Gulf and tropical depression

Austin American-Statesman · 4h

Gulf tropical low pressure moving into Texas will bring rain Friday. Here's a timeline.

Tropical atmospheric moisture will surge into Central Texas on Friday and Saturday as a stormy disturbance moves into South Texas.

Chron on MSN · 4h

Storm system could develop into tropical depression, bring heavy rain to Texas

Forecasters say there is a marginal risk of excessive rain over Southeast Texas on Friday. The area could also be hit by gusty winds and minor floods, as the system continues to develop. There is an increased risk of a rip current into the weekend.

KHOU 11 · 19h

Texas is on standby as a tropical threat builds in the Gulf

The Governor has activated state resources as a tropical wave moves toward Texas. It is running out of time to grow into a large storm, but rain chances are up.

California, Texas and redistricting

MSNBC · 20h

California official on redistricting: Time to ‘fight back or roll over’

California Democrats put Texas on notice over Trump’s gerrymander scheme, as Gov. Gavin Newsom calls a special election to counter Texas’ rigged map. California Assemblymember Isaac Bryan and Texas state Rep.

ABC News on MSN · 23h

California will move forward with redistricting vote to counter Texas

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state will vote on proposed new maps in a Nov. 4 special election in an attempt to counter mid-decade redistricting being pushed by Republicans in Texas.

Yahoo · 3h

California lawmakers fight back against Trump’s redistricting push in Texas

California Governor Gavin Newsom is calling for a special election to allow for a new congressional map that he says will help counteract the GOP's redistricting push in Texas. Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA) joins Erielle Reshef to share more on how Democrats are fighting back.

3mon MSN

What states are doing in the battle over congressional maps as Texas pursues plan President Donald Trump sought

A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN50m

U.S. will build sterile fly factory in Texas to stop screwworm from devastating livestock industry

Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who typically patrol the southern border to protect cattle from fever tick, ...

2hon MSN

Texas Attorney General Thinks DEI May Be Behind Devastating Fires

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into several utility companies linked to last year's ...

3hon MSN

Redistricting fight continues as Texas Governor Abbott calls new special legislative session

Texas Governor Greg Abbott called a second special legislative session on Friday, hiking pressure on Democratic lawmakers who ...

58mon MSN

California pushes left, Texas to the right, with US House control and Trump agenda in play

Republicans hold a 219-212 majority in the House, with four vacancies. New maps are typically drawn once a decade after the ...

4hon MSN

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls second special session as Democrats continue holdout over redistricting vote

Abbott called a second special session after the House again failed to reach a quorum amid a Democratic walkout over a ...

1hon MSN

USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworms

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $750 million to build a facility in Texas that produces sterile flies to ...

1hon MSN

The US plans to build a $750M fly factory in Texas to stop a flesh-eating cattle parasite

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts ...

3hon MSN

They lost 27 children in a flood. Now they’re demanding Texas leaders act

AUSTIN, Texas — The families of 27 Camp Mystic campers who died in the catastrophic Hill Country floods in July met with ...

12hon MSN

Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrival at Texas prison camp sparks tension and restrictions

Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrival to the federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, this month has sent a shot of tension across its ...

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