Harbor Island Desalination Project Takes Major Step Forward for South Texas Water Security ROBSTOWN, TEXAS, JULY 16, 2025 –  The Harbor Island Desalination Plant took a major step forward in securing long-term water reliability for South Texas with the approval by the Port of Corpus Christi Commission of a lease with a The Nueces River Authority (NRA).…

New initiative will offer peer tutoring in select courses beginning fall 2025  TYLER, Texas (July 21, 2025) – The University of Texas at Tyler has established a new partnership  with Knack, a leading peer academic support strategy, to launch free tutoring services beginning  this fall. The initiative emphasizes UT Tyler’s commitment to supporting student success…

Historic Main Street nationally recognized for revitalization and economic impact GRAPEVINE, TEXAS (July 21, 2025) – Main Street America has once again named Grapevine’s Historic Main Street a nationally Accredited Main Street program. This top-tier recognition is awarded to programs that demonstrate exceptional commitment to preservation-based economic development and community revitalization. Grapevine joins more than one…

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Kilgore College a $1.4 million federal TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grant to help improve retention and graduation rates among low-income students, first-generation college students and students with disabilities. The $1,426,860 grant will fund KC’s TRIO SSS program for the next five years and marks the continuation of…

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By Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News July 21, 2025 https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/07/mp_20250718_seg_MMR_-_Rural_Health_64.mp3 The Rural Health Transformation Program calls for federal regulators to hand states $10 billion a year for five years starting in fiscal year 2026. But the “devil’s in the details in terms of implementing,” said Sarah Hohman, director of government affairs at the National…

By Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead July 21, 2025 Every time Ashton Alexander sees an ad for Georgia Pathways to Coverage, it feels like a “kick in the face.” Alexander tried signing up for Pathways, the state’s limited Medicaid expansion, multiple times and got denied each time, he said, even though he met the qualifying…

By Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune July 21, 2025 “Better testing, less vaccine messaging among lessons learned from historic Texas measles outbreak” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The…