Texas’ first special session of 2025 starts Monday, during which state lawmakers will consider new congressional maps approve ...

State Representative Brooks Landgraf is once again filing a motion to eliminate the STAAR standardized test in public schools.

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AUSTIN, Texas — State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) has filed a new bill to scrap the STAAR Test from Texas ...

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State Rep. Brooks Landgraf, has filed House Bill 92 in an effort to eliminate the STAAR test and reduce standardized testing ...

Landgraf, in a statement to NewsWest 9, said some West Texans are among those dead as a result of the flash flooding in Kerr County.

Brooks refrains from making empty promises about LaFayette’s future; instead, he concentrates on listening to the people he will represent with the goal of providing results to those who seek them.

An Odessa police officer is among several Odessans missing and feared dead amid catastrophic flooding in Kerr County. Heavy rain overnight Thursday and into Friday ...

Five-star Nyla Brooks, a McDonald's All-American, will play for Courtney Banghart alongside fellow freshmen Taliyah Henderson and Taissa Queiroz. Other than Nor ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 3, 2025 – The Oklahoma City Thunder has signed forward Brooks Barnhizer to a Two-Way Contract, it was announced today by Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam ...

The law, slated to take effect in September, requires health plans to cover the treatment given by in-network providers, not ...