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Applications are now being accepted for the 2026 Bluebonnet Master Gardener Intern Class, which will be held in Bellville. For anyone interested in participating in the Master Gardener training program, the deadline for signing up is Thursday, Jan. 15.

The Sealy Independent School District announced last week that a federal report is now available for families to see how the district compares to others in certain areas of education. Dr.

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott announced MP Materials Corp. will expand its presence in Texas and establish a rare earth magnet manufacturing campus in Northlake that will create more than 1,500 new jobs and represents more than $1.25 billion in capital investment. A Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant of $12,880,500 has been extended to MP Materials for the development of the campus’ corporate operations. In addition, a Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF) grant of $53,457,500 has been extended for the manufacturing facility on the campus that will scale the company’s capacity to produce neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets, which are a critical component for semiconductor manufacturing.

Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is opening the gates to a new state park in North Texas. This is the first state park to open in North Texas in more than 24 years. Palo Pinto Mountains State Park, located between Abilene and the Dallas- Fort Worth Metroplex, offers Texans 4,871 acres of former ranch land to hike, bike, fish, and explore.