Six Public University Systems Establish The Commission for Public Higher Education Boca Raton, FL (June 26, 2025) – Today, the Commission for Public Higher Education, a consortium of six public university systems, was unveiled. This Commission will create a first-of-its-kind accreditation model for public higher education institutions that will offer high-quality, efficient services prioritizing academic…

AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has issued a Notice of Alleged Violation (NOAV) and assessed an administrative penalty of $381,400 to the Jubilee at Texas Parkway, a senior living complex in Missouri City, for operating outside of the standards and codes required for elevators in Texas. According to media reports, residents…

MAGNOLIA, AR (06/27/2025) The Southern Arkansas University System Board of Trustees met in regular session on Thursday, June 26, at the SAU Tech Student Center in East Camden. SAU President Dr. Bruno Hicks opened his report by introducing two new academic leader appointments to the SAU campus community: Dr. Gerald Plumlee, who was named the…

AUSTIN, Texas— Today, Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is proud to introduce the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB’s Voices of Veterans oral history program. This week, we highlight the service of Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt) Rene Avendano who served in the Marine Corps. A native of…

Champions for Children is pleased to announce the recent recognition of four East Texas Early Learning Program Centers by the Texas Healthy Building Blocks program. These centers earned state recognition after adopting the evidence-based obesity prevention practices into their Early Learning Programs. The centers that received recognition are The Family Learning Center, Vikki’s Daycare, Ebenezer Daycare, and Treehouse Growing and Early…

Workers Want Fair Contract at Largest Beef Processing Plant in U.S. (AMARILLO, Texas) – Teamsters Local 577 members at Tyson Foods of Amarillo, the largest beef processing plant in the United States, have voted by a 98 percent margin to authorize a strike. The Teamsters represent 3,100 workers in slaughtering and processing at the facility…

June 25, 2025 Pictured (from left) is:  Stephanie and Gracie working at their microscopes, Prescott, Arkansas. Two NTCC Biology 2289 students, Gracie Gray and Stephanie Hernandez, and Dr. Chris T. McAllister, Natural Science Division, traveled to the Prescott, Arkansas, area on 16-20 June 2025 and continued their research on fish parasites in the lower Ouachita…

Sat, Jun 28, 2025 Enews Sign Up  |  Visit My Website  |  View Online Dear East Texans, President Trump and I agree: Iran must never possess a nuclear weapon. When it became clear that Iran posed an immediate threat, the United States acted swiftly and decisively. On Saturday night, Operation Midnight Hammer was launched. U.S. B-2 Spirit bombers flew…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican governors sent a joint letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on the State Artificial Intelligence (AI) moratorium included in the One Big Beautiful Bill. In part, the governors wrote: “President Trump’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill is a win for the American people, cutting…