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One Texas University Launches An Allergen-Free College Cafeteria
Posted on · The University of North Texas says it has opened the state’s first college cafeteria free of the “big 8” ingredients that cause most food allergies.
Texas
A Small Town In Texas Is Home To One Of The Last Baseball Glove Factories In The U.S.
Posted on · Texas-based Nokona has been making baseball gloves since 1934. Most of their domestic competition has moved operations overseas where America's oldest professional sport is little known.
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Do Current Active Shooter Drills Work? Abbott’s Plan Offers One Way To Change Them
Posted on · In several school shootings across the country, student shooters pulled fire alarms to create panic and send victims from the classrooms into their gunfire
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Poverty Poses Challenges For Schools – And Texas’ Future, Education Leaders Say
Posted on · College is getting more expensive and students need more help than ever to pay for it
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This School Program Trains Young Women To Run For Office, Take A Seat At The Table
Posted on · The program gathers every month and talks politics, campaigns and what’s hot in the news
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For The 1 In 5 North Texas Kids In Poverty, It’s Harder To Get To The Doctor, Succeed In School
Posted on · The Beyond ABC report only looks at the well-being of children in parts of North Texas, specifically six counties: Dallas, Collin, Denton, Cooke, Grayson and Fannin
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With Immigration Hot, Here’s A Republican And Democrat Backing Dream Legislation
Posted on · “They are Americans except they’re not U.S. citizens because their parents came here without permission when they were minor children," said Rep. Joe Barton
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They’re Breaking The Law And Using Marijuana, But They Want To Help Their Autistic Daughter
Posted on · In Texas, only a handful of people can legally use medical marijuana. So the vast majority who use it that way just keep quiet. One Richardson family with an autistic child has broken its silence.
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Dallas Mega Marchers Were Fewer Than 11 Years Ago But Equally Passionate
Posted on · Police estimate 3,200 people marched through downtown Dallas yesterday demanding an end to immigrant bashing and growing racial violence.
Education News
New Study Says Texas Must Improve Childcare
Posted on · A new report says Texas needs to do a better job of educating young kids. And parents also need help finding affordable, quality childcare.
Education News
A Passion For Engineering, One Marble At A Time
Posted on · How do you get girls passionate about engineering? On a middle school field trip, one group is using marbles.
Transportation
Dallas Has Something Many Other Cities Want: A Hybrid Streetcar
Posted on · Unlike almost every street car in the world – from San Francisco to Strasbourg, France - this one lacks a pole constantly connected to a live wire overhead.
Elections
VIDEO: Final Governor’s Debate Between Abbott And Davis Got Hot
Posted on · Sparks flew between Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis during last night's gubernatorial debate in KERA's Dallas studios.
Elections
GOP Lt. Gov. Candidates: Court Was Wrong In Pulling Brain-Dead Woman Off Life Support
Posted on · All four GOP candidates for Lt. Governor agreed the court erred when the judge approved removing life support from a pregnant, brain-dead woman.
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Pianist Cliburn Diagnosed With Cancer
Posted on · Legendary Fort Worth pianist Van Cliburn has bone cancer. He was diagnosed about a week and a half ago.