President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded a travel ban by adding five more countries and imposing limits on others. The move came as the Trump administration continues to tighten U.S. entry ...

President Trump on Tuesday more than doubled the list of countries subject to his travel ban or to heavy restrictions, bringing the total number of nations affected by the sweeping set of immigration ...

The Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) has published the Proprietary System Operator (PSO) 2026 Onboarding schedule to the TMHP EVV Proprietary Systems webpage. HHSC encourages program ...

In public schools across the country, states are implementing "bell-to-bell" cell phone bans—policies that restrict smartphone use among students throughout the entire school day. As of this fall, 30 ...

Nearly 3 in 4 principals believe banning cellphones has big upsides for school climate, according to a report published this month by the research think tank RAND Corp. “Principals overwhelmingly felt ...

Banning smartphones has become one of America’s favorite school policies. In 2023, Florida became the first state to prohibit cell phones and similar devices, and since then about 25 other states have ...

States are banning cellphones in schools, but do these policies actually work to improve student behavior and achievement? A pair of research projects led by noted academic scholars provide some ...

TULSA, Okla. — Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) is moving forward with a major infrastructure upgrade first announced in 2022, aimed at strengthening the electric grid in south Tulsa and Jenks ...

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission approves PSO’s request to purchase a power plant in Jenks. PSO first asked OCC to buy the Green Country Power Plant from Tokyo-based J-Power back in September. The ...

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this article misspelled Douglas Lechner’s name. Louisiana public school librarian Amanda Jones loves helping kids find the right book. It’s her 25th ...

According to a new report from PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the 2024-25 school year. A new documentary, “The Librarians,” examines the experiences of ...

PEN America's report found 6,870 instances of book bans in 2024 and 2025. Books bans in public schools have become a "new normal" in the U.S., escalating since 2021, according to one advocacy group.