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What grows best in Texas? Here’s your ultimate gardening guide

What grows best in Texas? Here’s your ultimate gardening guide

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Whether you’re growing food for home snacking and cooking or want outside decor to spruce up the yard, these nine plants are ideal in Texas conditions.
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As Texas’ energy demand soars, a pilot program looks to bolster grid with “virtual power plants” fueled by people’s homes

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Some Texans who install residential batteries, solar panels and smart thermostats can now send power back to the grid and get a credit on their bill.
Despite pleas from women and doctors, Texas may implement even more abortion restrictions

Despite pleas from women and doctors, Texas may implement even more abortion restrictions

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Republicans in the state legislature have already introduced bills seeking to restrict the availability of the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol.
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Anti-abortion centers face little regulation. The SAD Act could change that.

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Democratic lawmakers are pushing for the federal government to better regulate anti-abortion centers, facilities that seek to dissuade people from terminating their pregnancies, The 19th is first to report.
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UNT Health Science Center’s $150M Alzheimer’s study could face cuts under new Trump rule

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The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth could lose millions in federal funding for medical research under a new Trump administration proposal.
12 foods Texas is famous for—and the stories behind them

12 foods Texas is famous for—and the stories behind them

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The Lone Star State has a hearty helping of foods and drinks it’s helped make popular, and some of these Texas classics sport legendary origin tales.
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Texas Senate panel votes to cut property taxes for homeowners

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A Texas Senate committee on Tuesday quickly and unanimously advanced a proposal to provide billions of dollars in tax breaks to homeowners in a bid to blunt the state’s high property tax bills.
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Spring forward? Maybe not in Texas as lawmakers mull ending daylight savings time.

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Texas lawmakers are reviving efforts to eliminate the decades-long practice of changing the clocks twice a year.
Celebrate Black History Month by heading to the 2025 Bill Pickett Rodeo

Celebrate Black History Month by heading to the 2025 Bill Pickett Rodeo

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Honoring one of the most important cowboys in U.S. history, the Bill Pickett Rodeo mixes education with entertainment.
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Taking a toll: Why tollways are the worst part about living in North Texas

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North Texas tollways are becoming predatory, hurting the region's most vulnerable residents as they shell out $100+ a month on toll fees.
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Texans are ready to puff, and pass, marijuana reform, new poll finds

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A new poll from the Hobby School of Public Affairs shows that 69% of Texans support decriminalizing weed possession.
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Texas Senate passes $1B school vouchers bill to spend public funds on private schools

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The Texas Senate easily passed a controversial school voucher bill that Democrats criticized for not prioritizing low-income students.
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Texas lawmakers may ban certain lessons at state colleges under expanded DEI crackdown

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This year, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature is expected to pick up where it left off two years ago to address a perceived liberal bias at the state’s public, four-year universities.
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You may qualify to file your taxes for free in Texas—here’s how

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An estimated 4.2 million Texans will be eligible to use the IRS Direct File program to file their taxes this year. 
Texas Governor Greg Abbott delivers speech

A closer look at Greg Abbott’s Top 7 legislative priorities

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Gov. Greg Abbott laid out an ambitious legislative agenda during his State of the State address, including school vouchers, teacher pay, and property taxes.

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Tax forms, US currency, calculator, and a pen.

You may qualify to file your taxes for free in Texas—here’s how

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An estimated 4.2 million Texans will be eligible to use the IRS Direct File program to file their taxes this year. 
FILE - A partially burned yearbook is seen on the ground in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/John Locher, File).

Struggling with your mental health after surviving a disaster? Here’s how to look after yourself

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There's the initial shock and chaos in a collective disaster like the deadly and destructive California wildfires. Here's what you can do in the aftermath.
FILE - Washington players stand during the playing of the national anthem wearing warm-up jackets for Black History Month before an NCAA college basketball game against Arizona, Feb. 12, 2022, in Seattle.

Black History Month explained: Its origins, celebrations and myths

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Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation will mark the start of Black History Month, a celebration of Black history, culture, and education.
6 significant Texas sites connected to the Underground Railroad

6 significant Texas sites connected to the Underground Railroad

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While many enslaved people headed north to Canada, an alternate path sought freedom via a different route, traveling through Texas and into Mexico.
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VIDEO: Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s most viral moments

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, known for her clapbacks and viral moments in Congress, will celebrate her swearing in for her second term on Jan. 28 in Dallas.
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VIDEO: Will short-term rentals get banned in Dallas?

The Dallas City Council voted to ban short-term rentals throughout most of the city in 2023, but the ruling has been on hold for nearly a year following a lawsuit filed by the Dallas Short-Term Rental Alliance. Rental operators argue that the move by the city council amounts to an unconstitutional ban on their properties, […]
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10 Reality TV stars from Texas

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Some of reality tv's brightest stars are from Texas. Let's look at some of the most notable from the last decade.

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