Jess Huff

1 week ago | dentonrc.com | Jess Huff

Texas lawmakers are providing an extra $100 million in child care scholarships and giving regional workforce development boards more freedom to allocate money to key providers. Nearly 95,000 Texas children are on a waitlist for child care scholarships. Meanwhile, brick and mortar facilities are closing, and the cost of child care in Texas is making it difficult for working parents to make ends meet.

1 week ago | texastribune.org | Jess Huff

Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. LUFKIN — Kurth Primary’s campus was quiet as parents pulled their cars into line to pick up their kids on Wednesday, the last day of school. The peace didn’t last long. As noon approached, teachers began helping kids to their parents' cars for the last time. Kids waved goodbye to their friends and teachers.

2 weeks ago | m.farms.com | Berenice Garcia |Jess Huff

By Berenice Garcia and Jess HuffMultiple efforts are underway to stop a parasitic fly from swarming Texas and the rest of the U.S. and wreaking havoc on the nation’s multi-billion-dollar cattle industry. As screwworms fly closer to the southern border, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has again suspended live animal imports from Mexico. Meanwhile, U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas and Sen.

2 weeks ago | abc13.com | Berenice Garcia |Jess Huff

MCALLEN, Texas -- Multiple efforts are underway to stop a parasitic fly from swarming Texas and the rest of the U.S. and wreaking havoc on the nation's multi-billion-dollar cattle industry. As screwworms fly closer to the southern border, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has again suspended live animal imports from Mexico. Meanwhile, U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas and Sen.

2 weeks ago | texastribune.org | Berenice Garcia |Jess Huff

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. McALLEN — Multiple efforts are underway to stop a parasitic fly from swarming Texas and the rest of the U.S. and wreaking havoc on the nation’s multi-billion-dollar cattle industry. As screwworms fly closer to the southern border, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has again suspended live animal imports from Mexico. Meanwhile, U.S. Sens.