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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.

Patricia Lim / KUT News

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

Kristen Cabrera | The Texas Standard

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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

Marcheta Fornoff

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President Trump says the EU and Mexico will face a 30% U.S. tariff rate starting August 1st

Scott Detrow

The potential impact of the new tariffs on key U.S. trading partners could be vast and bruising.
Reuniting stuffed animals with families after the Texas floods

Audrey McGlinchy

People are finding stuffed animals in the dirt and mud that were swept away when floods hit central Texas on July 4. They are working to reunite them with families who lost them.
Is the FIFA Club World Cup final a barometer of soccer's success in America?

Scott Detrow

President Trump will be at the final game in the FIFA Club World Cup, taking place Sunday. Paul Tenorio of The Athletic talks about this moment in the culture and business of soccer in America.
Why France and the U.K. have a new nuclear sharing agreement

Scott Detrow

Jon Wolfsthal on the rationale behind the U.K.-France nuclear sharing agreement, how it reflects a changed geopolitical reality and what the implications are for American security in the new nuclear age.

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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.

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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