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States had until the end of September to distribute federal rescue funds to school districts to help students struggling with housing get equal access to education. Barring extensions, most states will leave money on the table — including several in the Midwest. -
Gas prices at the pump in Texas for Thanksgiving are expected to be a few pennies a gallon less than last year. -
Such policy could have particular negative implications for workers in Texas, should they be raised on products from Mexico. -
Deli meats, carrots and fast food onions are some of the products that were recently recalled across the U.S. Experts say improved detection strategies means regulators are able to catch more health risks. -
Sen. Julia Kirt and Sen. Carri Hicks invited policy and legal groups to a community interim study, highlighting a need to decriminalize HIV through a public health approach.
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Aired twice, this holiday tradition features a two-hour conversation with author Thomas Fox Averill who discusses his book A Carol Dickens Christmas. -
This week Classical Music Amarillo presents a program of music by Antonín Dvořák, a Czech composer who spent considerable time in the United States. -
Courtesy/City of MerriamMidAmerica Nazarene University will study the Madam C.J. Walker School, which was the subject of an important desegregation lawsuit in the 1940s. -
Congratulations to HPPR Radio Reader Miriam Scott of Amarillo, shown here with a 2022 Kansas Association of Broadcasters first place award for her commentary in a Radio Readers BookByte written and produced in the 2022 Spring Read – Graphic Novels: Worth a Thousand Words.
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