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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for lawmakers to replace STAAR test as part of special session

Andrew Schneider

Abbott wants an alternative means to gauge student progress and school accountability, not necessarily an end to standardized testing in Texas. For many critics, STAAR tests are a focus of resentment when low test scores in a single school are used to punish whole school districts.

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The Kerrville Folk Festival has a few ways you can help victims of flooding

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Michael Minasi

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'There's a hell of a lot of good people in this country': Locals help clean Marble Falls RV park

Maya Fawaz

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Hearst buys The Dallas Morning News, ending 140 years of local ownership

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'Helping every dang soul': Beloved camp director was among those lost in Texas flooding

Frank Morris

Jane Ragsdale ran the Heart O' the Hills camp for girls in Kerr County. The camp was between sessions when the deluge hit. The only person killed there was Ragsdale.
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Federal judge orders stop to indiscriminate immigration raids in Los Angeles

Adrian Florido

Civil rights groups alleged that ICE and Border Patrol agents are rounding people up based on their race, and denying them access to lawyers. A federal judge said there's evidence what they're doing is illegal.
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David Gergen, adviser to 4 presidents, dies at 83

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David Gergen worked in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton as a speechwriter, communications director and counselor to the president, among other roles.
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Preliminary report says fuel switches were cut off before Air India Boeing 787 crash

Joel Rose

Indian investigators determined the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was properly configured and lifted off normally. But three seconds after takeoff, the engines' fuel switches were cut off.

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Senate candidate Colin Allred criticizes redistricting efforts, flood response during visit to Houston

Kyle McClenagan

Allred, a former congressman from Dallas, is one of two Democrats to have announced their runs for the Senate seat occupied by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican who is facing a primary challenge from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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Volunteers came to Kerrville to help, to pray, and to bring hope

Jack Morgan

From a rugby team in San Marcos to a pair of friends from Fort Worth, the volunteers in the recovery effort traveled to Kerrville to sustain the community and each other.
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Floods, abortion and THC: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces packed special session agenda

Blaise Gainey

On Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott released his official proclamation announcing a special legislative session. Texas lawmakers will be back in Austin starting on July 21. The session, which originally looked like it would focus on regulating THC, now includes several emergency preparedness topics.
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Hundreds of shelter pets from flood-hit Central Texas brought north for new homes

Olla Mokhtar

After last week's floods in Kerr County and surrounding areas, the nonprofit Wings of Rescue transported animals from shelters there to free up space for displaced pets.
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H-E-B, James Avery embrace their Kerrville roots with support for flood victims

Brian Kirkpatrick

Two Texas companies loved by Texans return the love to flood victims.
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'Another 45 minutes would have been too late': One family's flood survival story

Sarah Asch

Judy Dale has been coming to the Guadalupe River for the Fourth of July for over 30 years.

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Volunteers fill five gallon buckets with cleaning supplies, gloves, masks and other items that can be used to help clean flood debris from a house. Over two weeks, staff and students will pack 200 relief buckets to send to Kerr County where the flooding was most severe.

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