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Texas’s Senate has passed antitenure, anti-DEI and anti-transgender sports access bills. But they may face stronger opposition in the state’s House of Representatives. Last month, Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick called the State Senate’s passage of four higher education bills “the strongest pushback on woke policies in higher education nationwide.” One of these bills was Senate Bill 15, which would ban transgender people from playing on sports teams matching their gender identity...

The City Council is poised to vote unanimously on allowing a special election for annexation. What's at stake in today's notable council vote.

The city council's unanimous decision sets up a special election on annexing more than 25,000 residents into the city.

Oklahomans came together to celebrate biking month as Oklahoma City makes strides to expand biking trails.

Yes, it’s sometimes true that April, along with March and May, can be the cruelest months. The lingering impact of the daylight saving time change may not be helping.

Sponsor says colleague swapped language to protect Confederate monuments without his permission.

A student's severe illness led to the creation of a charity helping childhood pancreatitis sufferers.

BEDFORD — Facing a divided crowd against and in support of a real estate tax increase, the Bedford County Board of Supervisors voted 4-3 Monday to adopt a tax rate

BEDFORD — Facing a divided crowd against and in support of a real estate tax increase, the Bedford County Board of Supervisors voted 4-3 Monday to adopt a tax rate

The Alabama School of Mathematics and Science in Mobile, during its 30th anniversary week, honored its founder -- Ann Bedsole, the first woman ever elected to the Alabama State Senate -- with an honorary degree during a luncheon at the school's cafeteria.