On Your Ballot: District 6
Throughout the week, we’ve been sharing the answers provided by city council candidates to questions we posed, as well as questions readers had for the candidates. Today we look at District 6.
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Author: Bethany Erickson
On Your Ballot: District 11
Take a look at how the candidates vying for the District 11 seat answered our questionnaire.
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Hockaday to ‘Phase Out’ Boarding
Ela Hockaday’s school celebrated its 107th birthday this year, and the board tasked with carrying out her mission has made a big decision — the school will begin phasing out its longstanding boarding program.
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Construction at Terminal at Katy Trail Moving Full Steam Ahead
One of the very first resolutions passed by the first legislature to convene in Washington D.C. after the Civil War ended recommended establishing what would eventually become the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, or the MKT.
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On Your Ballot: District 13
Throughout the week, we’ll be sharing the answers provided by city council candidates to questions we posed, as well as questions readers had for the candidates. First up? District 13.
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Puppy Nappers Strike Petland Store – Twice
If you’ve been in the market for a pure-bred puppy, you might want to beware of any too-good-to-be-true deals.
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What Does ‘Asymptomatic’ Mean?
Thanks to the pandemic, many of us have upgraded our internal glossaries to include a whole raft of new words and phrases — herd immunity, lagging indicator, novel (when we’re not talking about books), and mRNA, for instance.
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Texas Gets ESSA Waivers, But Not All States Were Lucky
The TEA announced in a weekly bulletin Friday that the state had received federal approval for accountability waivers it requested in relation to reporting requirements for the Every Student Succeeds Act — but not all states were so fortunate.
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Biden: All Adults Eligible for Vaccine by April 19
President Joe Biden Tuesday announced that anyone 16 or older will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by April 19, but also warned that even though vaccinations are happening at a rapid clip, it’s not quite the time to relax efforts to reduce the spread.
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TEA Says Some Districts Experienced Disruption During Online STAAR Testing
Students who were due to begin their State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness Tuesday may have to wait — the Texas Education Agency advised some districts to postpone testing after students had problems connecting to the online testing platform.
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Fully Vaccinated? Travel Options Just Got a Little Better
If you’re fully vaccinated, travel could become safer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
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