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Mobile PhonesIf you’ve been prompted by a text message to settle a toll fee, you’re in the company of many others facing similar scams.TxTag and the Texas Department of Transportation are warning people about an increase in smishing scams, where fraudsters posing as TxTag send text messages asking for payment.The messages are asking people to pay by a certain date “to avoid heavy fines” and the suspension of their vehicle registration. The message then asks …See the Story
Scam texts: TxDOT warns of fake TxTag toll notices
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Cancer · Harris CountyThe Texas Department of State Health Services, at the request of the nonprofit Texas Health and Environmental Alliance, studied cancer rates in a 65-census-tract area in the floodplain surrounding the San Jacinto River, both upstream and downstream of toxic waste pits. Instances of leukemia were more than three times the state average, according to the study, which examined the period between 2013-21.See the Story
Cancer rates near San Jacinto River waste pits ‘significantly greater’ than Texas average
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Houston, Texas · HoustonOrganizations that help newcomers, such as YMCA International Services, have started to cut programs and lay off staff due to the loss of funding.See the Story
This Houston program helped Afghan women learn to drive. Then Trump cut refugee resettlement
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Houston, Texas · HoustonOn Monday's show: The Texas House has its own version of a school vouchers bill that would tie the value of education savings accounts to public school funding. We learn how it would work differently than a plan in the Senate and how the two houses might work out conflicts between them.See the Story
Tying vouchers to public school funding (Feb. 24, 2025)
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