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7 Students Injured In Texas School Bus Accident

HPM News Staff

Posted on May 30, 2018 · The Texas Department of Public Safety reports the students were taken to a hospital for examinations

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News

UPDATE: Bus Driver’s Autopsy Report Could Help Explain Deadly Bus Crash Involving Students From Channelview ISD

Jay Reeves, Associated Press

Posted on March 14, 2018 · Investigators on Wednesday will try to determine what caused a charter bus carrying band students from a Houston-area high school to veer off Interstate 10 in Alabama

Tags Alabama bus crash Channelview Florida hospital houston

Transportation

TxDOT Says It Didn’t Find Any Problems With Guard Rail At Scene Of Deadly School Bus Crash

Gail Delaughter

Posted on September 23, 2015 · Officials say the railing meets current safety standards even though it was installed over 40 years ago.

Tags bus crash hisd railing txdot

the school bus as it is being towed away from the scene

Transportation

In Wake of Fatal Bus Crash, Houston Union Leader Calls for Mandatory Seat Belts

Laura Isensee

Posted on September 17, 2015 · Since September 2010, new buses have to have belts – but only if the state agrees to pay for them. HISD doesn't require students to wear them.

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Posted on April 21, 2023 · Episode: 2574 Houston’s herons — especially the lovely snowy egret. Today, herons and egrets.

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Energy & Environment

State agency that oversees Texas power grid needs more money to do its job, Sunset Commission finds

Emily Foxhall, Texas Tribune

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How Texans helped plot, foment and carry out the Jan. 6 insurrection

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Posted on January 6, 2023 · From those who planted the seeds of Trump’s strategy to try to challenge the election, to others who sowed doubt and anger by spreading baseless election-fraud conspiracy theories, Texans played major roles in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol two years ago.

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Texas grid still vulnerable to extreme winter weather, ERCOT estimate shows

Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune

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