Opinion

Body The State Board of Education gave final approval last week to a new required reading list for every grade level and also passed a rewrite of the state’s social studies requirements for kindergarten to eighth grade, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Body There was no way I was going to let a breakaway soccer opponent score on me while my dad was in the stands.

Body Rural counties trying to slow or even block data center construction are finding they have limited legal authority, the Texas Standard reported.

Body Texas high school students showed improvement in every subject in this spring’s end-of-course STAAR exams, the Texas Education Agency reported. The results include assessments in Algebra I, English I, English II, biology and U.S.

Body One of my great drive-in memories dates to 1969, when my parents took my five sisters and me to see “Herbie the Love Bug” in our Plymouth Fury III station wagon.

Body CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster declaration late last week after the New World screwworm was found in two calves in South Texas, according to The Dallas Morning News.

Body One of my great drive-in memories dates to 1969, when my parents took my five sisters and me to see “Herbie the Love Bug” in our Plymouth Fury III station wagon.

Body Attorney General Ken Paxton and his allies began working to repair fissures among GOP voters after he routed incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the March 26 runoff, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Body “You get a line and I’ll get a drone, honey / You get a line and I’ll get an app, babe…” Or something like that.

Body My late mother would have been tickled by a front-page Wall Street Journal story that appeared on her 99th birthday.