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A study found AISD paid more than $710 million last school year — three-and-a-half times more Houston ISD, a much larger district. The program is meant to bolster districts in areas with less property wealth.

In Texas, schools are funded based on the number of students enrolled and the daily attendance on campus.

Springtime in Central Texas means bluebonnets, SXSW – and new KUT and KUTX T-shirts. We’re especially excited about this year’s design created by artist, illustrator and NPR Next-Gen graduate, Lauren Ibañez.

In addition to reducing the strain on the grid on days when demand for energy is highest, a spokesperson for Austin Energy said, the program can help reduce costs.

Hey, Texplainer: What are the State Comptroller’s Events Trust Funds, and how do they work?With ground broken on the Formula 1 Circuit of the Americas…

Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott sent a letter to staff this week, welcoming them back to work from the holidays and warning them they might be…

Gov. Rick Perry, struggling in the polls as he pursues the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, released atax and spending reform plan today aimed at…

Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi was in Austin yesterday for a human rights event. She was the reporter imprisoned in Iran on charges of…

Texas Monthly and the Witliff Collections at Texas State University-San Marcos will celebrate the career of Gary Cartwright on Thursday. The longtime…

The London Olympics' opening ceremony is a "show," director Danny Boyle says, that celebrates Britain, from the Industrial Revolution to its music and literature — even its socialized medicine. There's also time for thousands of athletes to enter Olympic Stadium. "We don't get lost in show business," Boyle says.