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Thousands of Texas students lose college credits when transferring. Here are pitfalls to avoid.
Posted 1:17 PM 3/31/2026 by SNEHA DEY | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
Thousands of students take classes every year that won’t count toward their degree, losing transfer credits, setting back college careers and raising education costs.
In the 2023-24 school year, more than 19,000 Texas community college students didn’t get credit for at least (More)
3/25/2026
Speaker Dustin Burrows lists data centers, property taxes and annexing slice of New Mexico among 2027 priorities
Posted 2:17 PM 3/26/2026 by KAYLA GUO | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows directed lawmakers to study the secession of New Mexico counties to Texas, the development of data centers in the state, property tax relief and more in a list of his priorities for next (More)
3/24/2026
Texas quietly shuttered Operation Lone Star booking facility in Del Rio
Posted 9:25 AM 3/25/2026 by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune
The state quietly shuttered a jail booking facility in Val Verde County last summer that had operated as a hub of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border crackdown, state officials acknowledged Tuesday.
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