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Measles cases are spiking in Texas and New Mexico. Here’s what to know

Fast Company Tech

The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 58 cases as of Tuesday, and eight people in neighboring eastern New Mexico also have been diagnosed with measles. Public health officials in New Mexico have said they suspect some of the state’s cases are linked to the Texas outbreak, but haven’t confirmed it.

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Why some school districts are spending big on schools tailor-made for 4-year-olds

Fast Company Tech

Nationally, districts of all sizes have embraced the trend over the past few years, including the Troy School District in Michigan and New York City Public Schools. Between 2022 and 2023, for example, Texas saw more than 21,000 additional 3- and 4-year-olds enroll.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Brown Rudnick Center for Public Interest. The Emeril Lagasse Foundation provides grants related to nutrition and culinary education, life skills development, childhood hunger, and arts education. Brown Rudnick Center for the Public Interest. Areas served: Houston/Texas. Webb Family Foundation. The Victor C. The Bruce J.

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

NTEN

The Trust for Public Land TransForm Transportation Alternatives United Nations Foundation United Way for Southeastern Michigan United Way of Genesee County Vermont Foodbank Volunteers of America Wade Edwards Foundation and Learning Lab Women Employed World Food Program USA YES! Find them all at GivingTuesday.org 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares, Inc.

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The podcasting hype house from hell

The Verge

It filed to go public in the US in April this year and was reportedly valued at over $3 billion in 2018. HiStudios’ main office was based in Austin, Texas, out of a WeWork and states away from Vincer, who lives in California. Vincer’s behavior was allegedly hurting the company’s deals, too, prior to HiStudios’ public launch.

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Utah just passed the country’s first age-verification bill for app stores. But the fight isn’t over

Fast Company Tech

The controversial App Store Accountability Act , which will now head to the desk of Utah Governor Spencer Cox, has pitted app store giants Google and Apple against social media companies like Meta and is part of a wave of similar proposals that have been introduced in a number of states, including Texas and Alabama.

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Unvaccinated child in Texas dies of measles

Fast Company Tech

A child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas , officials there said Wednesday, the first U.S. The school-aged child had been hospitalized and died Tuesday night, state officials said, amid the widespread outbreak, Texas’ largest in nearly 30 years. Kennedy Jr.,

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