HB791 seems harmless. Like others, it seeks to create a specialty license plate that celebrates a bit of Texas history. But ...

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The phrase 'everything is bigger in Texas' has stood the test of time. It may be no truer than the state's production of elite high school athletes in a variety of sports. Texas may be known for ...

It was a picture of a black Utah license plate with white lettering. Cheryl Fillmore had ordered the plates weeks earlier, but there was a backlog on the state’s end. The picture was what his plates ...

Austin's automatic license plate reader program is coming to an end. An item to continue it has been withdrawn from Thursday's city council agenda. This comes after privacy concerns from the ...

At the high school ... of Texas also had a successful showing at the NJCAA DI World Series as five schools ranked among the 20 programs selected, including: No. 4 Grayson CC, No. 6 Odessa, No ...

Wells, a Texas Longhorns signee ... Wells also ended her high school career with a bang offensively, going 6-for-11 at the plate in her final four games with eight RBIs, seven runs scored ...

Few players anywhere in the Lone Star State have been as hot on the mound as Gordon junior Aiden Shank in the 2025 Texas high school baseball ... patience at the plate, 2) limited strikeouts ...

The Texas State Legislature adjourned its 140-day legislative session on Monday, Sine Die, with Gov. Greg Abbott accomplishing all of his legislative priorities for the session with laws like SB 2, ...

Since 2023, the largest school district in Texas, the Houston Independent School District, has been taken over by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Now, two years later, TEA has announced that it will ...

Of course, salaries for high school grads vary widely based on job, industry, and location. Stacker used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to find the highest-paying jobs in Odessa for high school ...