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Hitchcock ISD avoids more state sanctions after financial rating appeal
The TEA approved the district’s appeal of its 2025-26 School Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas, or FIRST, rating, awarding Hitchcock ISD a score of 79, equivalent to a C, or “Meets Standard Achievement.”...
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League City Position 1 race hangs on final ballots
League City’s Position 1 council race could head to a runoff between Gordon Bethel and Dinah Carpenter, but 213 outstanding provisional ballots might change the outcome....
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Proposed desalination facility faces tough crowd at Texas City meeting
EPCOR NR Holdings officials touted the Bayshore Desalination Facility as a potential source of water for growing municipal and industrial demand, while residents raised concerns about pollution, wildlife impacts and possible sales to data centers....