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Texas libraries work to bridge stateās mental health services gap
Read full article: Texas libraries work to bridge stateās mental health services gapInformation-rich public libraries are using their websites and facilities to address the ever-increasing demand for counseling, housing and substance abuse services.
With no new funding from the state, Texas schools are breaking the bank to pay for teacher raises
Read full article: With no new funding from the state, Texas schools are breaking the bank to pay for teacher raisesLawmakers this year didnāt approve extra money to help schools pay for raises despite having an unprecedented $32 billion surplus ā even after Gov. Greg Abbott commissioned a task force last year to improve teacher pay and retention.
Texas National Guard teams will vaccinate residents for COVID-19 in five rural counties, Gov. Greg Abbott announces
Read full article: Texas National Guard teams will vaccinate residents for COVID-19 in five rural counties, Gov. Greg Abbott announcesSoldiers with the Texas National Guard work at a drive-through COVID-19 testing center in Smithville on May 5, 2020. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that National Guard troops will vaccinate residents in five rural counties as part of a new pilot program. (Credit: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via USA TODAY NETWORK)Starting Thursday, state mobile vaccination teams staffed by Texas National Guard members will be deployed to five rural Texas counties to administer coronavirus vaccines to qualified residents. National Guard teams will visit DeWitt, Marion, Real, Sherman and Starr counties as part of a newly-created State Mobile Vaccine Pilot Program announced by Gov. On Wednesday, President Biden ordered full reimbursement to states that use the National Guard to increase the pace of vaccinations nationally.