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The burn ban will stay in place until drought conditions improve and the wildfire risk goes down.
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Commissioner Stasi Kamoutsas’ comments come after students across the state participated in walkouts protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE.
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The attorney general’s revised contract slashes funds originally approved for State Attorney Monique Worrell’s office to help domestic violence victims.
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The bill -- Senate Bill 694 -- was sent to the House, where a similar bill has so far made no progress.
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The NASA administrator released a report that found multiple issues that led to the mission’s failure, including concerns with leadership at Boeing and NASA.
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The new board member fills the open District 3 seat, formerly held by Anthony Cook.
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There have been dozens of student walkouts protesting the actions of ICE held at high schools throughout the state this month.
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Texas’ Bluebonnet curriculum uses the Bible to teach math and language arts.
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Council members agreed they don’t like the idea of drinking reclaimed water, but disagreed on how imminently it could happen in Volusia County.
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The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for a Louisiana law requiring displays of the Ten Commandments in public classrooms to take effect.
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Many U.S. cities have too many office buildings and not enough homes. Developers are now converting some old offices into apartments and condos, but it's going slowly.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson died this week at age 84. NPR's Scott Simon remembers covering Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign in Mississippi.
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Researchers followed more than 400,000 teens until they were adults. It found that those who used marijuana were more likely to develop serious mental illness, as well as depression and anxiety.
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Kenya's intelligence service warns that over 1,000 citizens may have been recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine, many under false pretenses.
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The battle over the tariffs began on day one of the president's second term when he signed an executive order that let him impose a wide range of tariffs on virtually every U.S. trading partner.
