Studies find declining employment opportunities for early-career workers in AI-exposed fields
| January 23, 2026
AI | AI exposure | AI-exposed jobs | AI-exposed occupations | Community | DFW | DFW-hardgate | ECONOMY | EDUCATION | employment | LABOR | TEXAS | young employees | young workers
Studies have recently found that young workers in AI-exposed fields are seeing a decline in employment opportunities. Several factors are at play.
Parents and students must ‘demand excellence’ from Texas universities
| January 22, 2026
EDUCATION | EXCO-Player | HIGHER ED | HIGHER EDUCATION | local politics | old texas | TEXAS | Texas A&M
Dr. Leonard Bright, an ethics professor at Texas A&M University, is urging students and parents who are concerned about ongoing attacks on academic freedom in Texas to fight back at the ballot box.
Texas Comptroller wants to bar Islamic schools from voucher program
| January 16, 2026
As private schools in Texas register for the state’s new voucher program, Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock suggests that schools with Islamic ties be disqualified from participating.
James Talarico teases new teacher pay policy
| January 14, 2026
EDUCATION | EXCO-Player | James Talarico | local politics | old texas | teachers | TEXAS | US SENATE
Watch as former educator and US Senate candidate James Talarico—an Austin Democrat—shares how he plans to boost teacher pay in Texas during a town hall on Monday in Plano.
How & where to give back on MLK Day in DFW
| January 12, 2026
Community | CULTURE | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | EDUCATION | FAMILY | family friendly | HARDGATE | HOLIDAYS | MLK Day | North Texas | THINGS TO DO | volunteering
Volunteer your time, donate money, and learn more about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this MLK Day in North Texas.