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

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

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

After multiple failed attempts in recent years, State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) is once again trying to ...

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 ...

A family from Midland are now missing after they were swept away from the Hill Country floods, according to a post.

At the 2025 Texas Legislative Session, House Bill 2 was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. This bill, which was co-authored by numerous Texas state representatives including Tom Craddick and Brooks ...

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

State representative Brooks Landgraf said change is on the way for a deadly intersection between Odessa and Kermit. “Two ...