Representatives from Northeast Texas Community College traveled to UT Tyler on Monday, March 3rd to attend a special Transfer Summit. NTCC is collaborating with UT Tyler to establish co-enrollment pathways that would allow students to take classes at both institutions simultaneously to work toward their educational goals.
Critics say a House bill proposing $7.5 billion in new funding for public education doesn’t go far enough, The Dallas Morning News reported. House Bill 2 would raise the per-student allotment by $220, to $6,360 a year. It would also invest $750 million in teacher pay and $450 million in teacher training.
Residents and leaders from multiple counties of Northeast Texas gathered in the Northeast Texas Water Municipal District’s main office in Hughes Springs on Monday, February 24. The crowd spilled outside of the meeting room and filled the lobby with worried faces, dozens of people demanding that the NETMWD board listen to them and put a stop to the potential water sale of Lake O’ the Pines.
On Thursday, February 27, just before 1 p.m., a fire broke out at the U.S. Steel plant in Lone Star.
