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Texas school accountability ratings 2022-2023

TEA's official 2023 accountability ratings are finally out. Here's how Texas schools fared.

Houston-area schools slightly outperformed state averages in the 2023 Texas Education Agency accountability ratings released on Thursday, but the region still has 347 campuses that received either a "D" or "F.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 50m

Four Texas school districts at risk for state takeover after 2023 ratings released

Campuses across the Beaumont, Midland, Fort Worth and Wichita Falls school districts have chronically underperformed for years. Failing grades for districts were made public for the first time since 2019.

CBS Texas on MSN · 1h

Release of long-delayed 2023 TEA school ratings shows declines for major North Texas ISDs

The release comes after the TEA prevailed in a lawsuit which challenged the legality of changes to the rating system.

Texas Lottery executive resigns

USA TODAY on MSN · 5h

Texas Lottery Commission head resigns amid state investigations into controversial wins

Texas Lottery Commission Executive Director Ryan Mindell has resigned following state investigations into two controversial jackpot wins.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

The Texas Lottery's Top Executive Resigns as Scrutiny Over Big Jackpot Winners Intensifies

The executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission has resigned in the latest shake-up at the state’s retail gambling enterprise amid multiple investigations into large jackpots in 2023 and earlie

Newsweek on MSN · 2d

Lottery Chief Resigns After 'Biggest Theft' in the History of Texas

In recent years, the Texas Lottery has become embroiled in a number of scandals and is currently under investigation.

Texas creates its own version of DOGE

Newsweek on MSN · 1h

Greg Abbott Launches 'Texas DOGE'

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a bill to create a new Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office (TREO), which he dubbed "our own DOGE" on social media. Newsweek contacted Abbott for comment on Thursday via email outside of regular office hours.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 18h

Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill creating Texas DOGE, dubbed Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Wednesday creating an agency mimicking Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, according to a news release sent Wednesday afternoon. Senate Bill 14 was authored by more than a dozen Republican lawmakers including Houston-area state Sen.

FOX News on MSN · 19h

Texas creates its own version of DOGE as Gov. Greg Abbott says regulatory environment is 'too burdensome'

Texas has created its own version of DOGE that is intended to slash regulations and get rid of some rules that are too burdensome, officials said Wednesday.

The Texas Tribune6h

CPS took a Texas newborn for three weeks. Now the family is suing.

The lawsuit says the state investigated the family without a proper hearing and determined it had “reason to believe” that ...

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Texas executes 41-year-old man convicted of killing young mother in 2004

The State of Texas has executed a 41-year-old man convicted of the 2004 brutal murder of a 20-year-old mother, making Moises ...

Obscure ICE facility in West Texas at center of national deportation controversy

MTC Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Anson about 108 miles northeast of San Angelo is the Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN6h

Starbase, the SpaceX site, is likely Texas’ next city. What happens next?

City leaders, who will be elected in May, will have just a short window to decide what services to provide, like police or ...

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Starbase Voters Head to Polls as Elon Musk's Texas City Dreams Near

Voters will decide whether or not to formally launch Starbase as a Texas town, which the SpaceX CEO has long pursued.

The top 25 golf courses in Texas that cost from $75 to $124 (2025)

Fee is the cost of a greens fee and cart for a prime Saturday tee time. Fees are from April 2024. Actual rates may vary. To ...

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Elon Musk says he's refocusing on Tesla. Satellite images show Musk's growing business empire in Texas.

Since 2020, all of Elon Musk's major companies have moved headquarters to Texas. This includes Tesla, SpaceX, X, and The ...

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Texas man is executed for the 2004 strangling and stabbing death of a young mother

A Texas man has been executed for the killing of a young mother more than 20 years ago. Moises Sandoval Mendoza apologized to ...

The top 25 golf courses in Texas that cost $69 or less (2025)

Fee is the cost of a greens fee for a prime Saturday tee time. Fees are from April 2024. Actual rates may vary. To be ...

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Exclusive: Trump administration moved Venezuelan to Texas for possible deportation despite judge's order

President Donald Trump's administration moved a Venezuelan man who had worked in construction in Philadelphia to Texas for ...

North Texas mothers on opposing sides of school choice issue share their perspectives

Lacey Beasley spoke with two North Texas mothers about how they see the school choice debate going on in Austin.

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Texas school accountability ratings 2022-2023

Texas Lottery executive resigns

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