Want trumps need as Congress passes tax reform
The new tax law passed, and most Americans can be expected to get a few more dollars every paycheck. What will it cost us?
Academics
Things old and new in Austin in late fall
A $1bn bond issue, new technology, old and new books, movies, and a Texas Teacher of the Year who used to work in Hollywood.
FCC votes to end net neutrality
The federal government repealed the 2015 decree of so-called net neutrality, and the impact to schools is unpredictable at this point.
Unlike monkeys, we turn competition into cooperation
Games, like life, don't have to be a zero-sum game, as scientists at Ga. State found by looking at primate behavior in monkeys.
Alabama elects a Democratic senator
The next US senator from Alabama, one of the nation's reddest states, is Doug Jones, a Democrat, who won in an upset, to Trump's dismay.
31 Republicans challenge tax on grad tuition waivers
The provision in the tax reform act that makes graduate tuition waivers taxable might go away, thanks to 31 Republican reps.
Smartphone addiction linked to chemical imbalance
Being "addicted" to a smartphone or the internet can be linked to a chemical imbalance in the brain, new research suggests.
Noticeable yaw during a windy O’Hare landing
It's windy today in Chicago, which can cause problems for buses. It certainly caused issues for planes at the airports.
IL students now have to study cursive writing
IL schools will have to teach cursive writing by the time students finish 5th grade. Gov Rauner called the new law an unfunded mandate.
Kids from poorer families may know fewer words
Kids from low-income families are exposed to fewer words, but the fact is, vocabulary remains smaller than peers even after school starts.