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Texas Education Agency Finds STAAR Results 'Encouraging'

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has released the 2025 STAAR results for grades 3 through 8, calling them “encouraging” despite large numbers of students still failing to meet grade-level expectations in math and science. READ MORE.

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State Senator Roland Gutierrez: "Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom. 160 years ago the Union army marched into Galveston, TX, declaring enslaved Black people free two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. We must continue to fight for freedom and human dignity in America and around the world."

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Texas Education Agency Finds STAAR Results 'Encouraging' — By Texas Politics' Daniel Molina — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has released the 2025 STAAR results for grades 3 through 8, calling them “encouraging” despite large numbers of students still failing to meet grade-level expectations in math and science.

USDA Launches $8.5 Million Facility to Combat Screwworm Threat in Texas — By Texas Politics' Raeylee Barefield — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins (R) launched an $8.5 million sterile fly dispersal facility at Moore Air Base in Hidalgo County, Texas, aimed at stopping the advance of the New World screwworm (NWS), a deadly parasite that threatens livestock, wildlife, and even humans.

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Israel Denounces Iran's Attack on Hospital as US Weighs Involvement — By Texas Politics' Mateo Guillamont — Israel is condemning a recent attack on the civilian Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva by Iran's military.

Texas Education Agency Finds STAAR Results 'Encouraging' — By Texas Politics' Daniel Molina

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Daniel Molina

Daniel Molina is an award-winning senior reporter based in Miami. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Florida International University.

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