Texas Republicans are increasingly focusing on the Muslim faith, even proposing to regulate Islamic practices in the Legislature. Dallas-based New York Times reporter Ruth Graham joined NTX Now to talk about their look into the rise of Islamophobia in Texas.
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Commerce City Council meeting discusses budget, tax rate, water conservation plan, conditional use permits, equipment purchases.
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The non-profit Soup Angels works to feed unhoused Dallas neighbors and animals through homemade, comforting soup.
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City Council and County commissioner's update for Commerce, Greenville, Sulphur Springs, Paris, Caddo Mills, Quinlan, Cooper, Emory, Hutn County, Hopkins County, and Delta County
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UT Austin has proposed big changes to how future students meet graduation requirements as questions persist about a new Center for Humanities.
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Civil rights advocates have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Texas law requiring the state's public schools to display the Ten Commandments. Monday's petition tees up a case that could set a new national standard for the limits of religious expression in classrooms. Posters with the Ten Commandments began going up almost a year ago in classrooms across Texas, a state that educates about 5.5 million students. An appeals court earlier this year cleared the way for the Texas law and one in Louisiana, and similar laws have been passed in Arkansas and Alabama.
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From state and local food-safety response to the federal health agencies that fund that work, a record-breaking year for cyclosporiasis cases runs up against the Trump administration's cuts last year.
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In some tight midterm races, how farmers frustrated with the war and rising costs vote could make a difference.
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The U.S. federal debt hit a record $40 trillion this week. The debt has doubled since 2017, and just paying interest on the accumulated debt now costs the government more than $1 trillion a year.
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Dr. Heidi Overton is currently working as a White House policy aide. If confirmed, she would lead an agency of 18,000 staffers who study and regulate food, drugs, medical devices, tobacco and more.
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Sunday's course takes high-speed cars right past the National Gallery of Art and three Smithsonian museums. Art experts worry about the works inside, but organizers say they don't expect damage.