Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect the Iowa Department of Education's response, provided after the article was initially published on Oct. 1, 2025. When a pulmonologist told Gail ...

If kids learned about radon in science class, their teachers would tell them there’s wide agreement on what the radioactive gas is, how it gets into buildings and the harm it can do to someone’s ...

A bill that would replace STAAR, the state's standardized test, with three shorter tests is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. (Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune, Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune) Sign up ...

BUSHLAND, Texas -- A school district in the Texas Panhandle will begin drug testing students as young as 12 years old who are interested in playing sports or participating in other extracurricular ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine again called on all schools to test for radon after The Dispatch's "Invisible Killer" investigation.

A law signed in 2022 requires public schools in Iowa to test and potentially mitigate for radon by 2027. Under state law, child care centers and early education facilities must also test for the ...