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Texas lawmaker pushes to delay the start of the school year to avoid extreme heat
KARE11 (Tegna, Minneapolis) and WUSA9 (Tegna, Washington DC) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedAs Texas students face extreme heat when returning to school, state Rep. Jared Patterson proposes the "Save Our Summer Act" to delay the start of the school year.
The headline splitWBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville) frames it as "Texas lawmaker pushes to delay the start of the school year to avoid extreme heat". WMUR Hearst WLKY32 (Louisville) frames it as "Weekly weather planner: Breaks from extreme heat, humidity; more storm chances".
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CenterTexas lawmaker pushes to delay the start of the school year to avoid extreme heat
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Texas lawmaker pushes to delay the start of the school year to avoid extreme heat
As Texas students face extreme heat when returning to school, state Rep. Jared Patterson proposes the "Save Our Summer Act" to delay the start of the school year.
