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WASHINGTON — Former Texas congressman Will Hurd accused the Republican Party of using “arbitrary” polling hurdles to shut him out of its first presidential debate, saying Tuesday he was snubbed for refusing to “sign a blood oath to Donald Trump.” “The biggest difference between me and every single candidate who will be on the debate stage in Milwaukee is that …

An upcoming law llowing unlicensed religious chaplains inside schools will be “harmful” to students, more than 100 Texas chaplains said in an open letter Tuesday, urging school districts across the state to not allow what they described as an attempt by the government to insert religion in the classroom. The letter, organized by progressive religious groups, comes just before Senate Bill …

Texas may purchase the property where one of its leased state parks resides, preventing a possible situation similar to the ongoing Fairfield Lake State Park saga. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department commissioners are meeting Wednesday and Thursday. Included on the board’s agenda is an action for them to vote on whether to authorize department staff to “pursue acquisition of approximately …

The intense heat wave will stick around through the remainder of the week and this weekend. A Heat Advisory is in effect Wednesday across much of North Texas. High temperatures will be close to record territory on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Luckily, the heat dome will shift westward next week, allowing for temperatures in the 90s to return. Latest Forecast: …

PragerU announced this week that the conservative media outlet will expand its reach into Texas public schools, but state education officials said the controversial nonprofit has not been approved as a vendor. PragerU bills itself as offering an alternative to the “dominant left-wing ideology in culture, media, and education.” It publishes videos that explain hot-button and historical issues in bitesize …

A Mesquite ISD middle school will close Wednesday after a transformer near the building caught on fire and shut off power. Vanston Middle School will be closed Wednesday , the school said in a Tuesday night Facebook post. According to the school, Mesquite Fire Department responded Tuesday afternoon and cleared the area with no damage to the campus. Because of …

Brandy Bottone is sitting around her kitchen table, talking about post-partum depression after her fourth child. “I felt stuck,” she says. Before her baby was even born, Charlotte was something of an international celebrity. One very famous fetus. A year ago, when Bottone was pregnant, she was stopped by Dallas County deputy sheriffs for driving solo in a high occupancy vehicle lane …

As Andrea Reyes wrote her and her two sisters’ names on the front doors of the former O.W. Holmes Humanities/Communications Academy campus, she thought about how much the school meant to her growing up. “It was home away from home; it was a safe space,” said Reyes, who now teaches in Dallas ISD. “That was Holmes.” Reyes and more than …

The intense heat wave will stick around through the remainder of the week and this weekend. A heat advisory is in effect for Wednesday across much of North Texas. High temperatures will be close to record territory on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Luckily, the heat dome will shift westward next week, allowing for temperatures in the 90s to return. There’s …

Texas may purchase the property where one of its leased state parks resides, preventing a possible situation similar to the ongoing Fairfield Lake State Park saga. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department commissioners are meeting Wednesday and Thursday. Included on the board’s agenda is an action for them to vote on whether to authorize department staff to “pursue acquisition of approximately …