NBC DFW

Texas restaurant industry makes huge comeback since pandemic, passing $100 billion in annual sales

After a tough four years since the pandemic, Texas restaurants are finally seeing a turnaround with two major milestones. The Texas Restaurant Association announced this week that the Texas food ...
San Antonio Current

Texas schools got billions in federal pandemic relief. It is coming to an end as the school year starts.

Students at Lorenzo G. Alarcon Elementary School this summer open boxes of school supplies paid for with Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds in San Elizario. Credit: Texas ...
KSAT

Despite post-pandemic improvements, STAAR scores show Texas students are still struggling with math and reading

A calculator and a test sheet on a desk at Elsik High School in Houston in 2018. (Pu Ying Huang For The Texas Tribune, Pu Ying Huang For The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s ...
KSAT

After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic

Read full article: CodeRED experiencing ‘cyber incident’ resulting in service outage, Kerr County Sheriff’s Office says A sunny stretch followed by more dampness. Cooler for Thanksgiving. From the ...
KXAN

Texas’ top educator recommends major change to pandemic-era law meant to help children

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) commissioner testified at the first meeting of the Texas Senate Public Education committee on Wednesday, and gave an update on the state of public ...
The Bond Buyer

Pandemic's financial toll weighing on Texas hospitals

The percentage of Texas hospitals at serious risk of closing nearly doubled since 2020 to 9.2% in 2022 with rural facilities facing the highest peril, as operating margins fell amid soaring expenses ...
KERA News

Despite low scores, Texas is doing better than most states at catching up to pre-pandemic reading

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. National test scores released late last month painted a ...
KERA News

There were fewer uninsured kids in Texas during the pandemic — experts fear that could change

Federal pandemic dollars funded insurance for low-income families during COVID-19. Children’s advocates fear when that money goes away, the percentage will rise again. The percentage of children in ...
Houston Public Media

Texas schools got billions in federal pandemic relief. It’s coming to an end as school begins

The $43 million infusion the Port Arthur Independent School District received in federal COVID-19 pandemic relief funds accomplished more than Phyllis Geans could have ever imagined. The money allowed ...
Click2Houston

After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic

Read full article: ‘I’m still processing’: Woman says SW Houston apartment fire is second fire she has endured Read full article: Future of the Astrodome: Harris County receives cost estimates for two ...
Odessa American

After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic

From the moment Steve Young canceled the Milam County Junior Livestock Association show, his days as county judge were numbered. Young didn’t realize that at the time, of course. It was March 2020, a ...