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Floor Play

Open Season on Public Schools During Voucher Debate

by John Savage | Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 19:14 CST

Dan Huberty

Enough is Enough: Texas Lawmakers Consider More Limits to Standardized Testing

Wed, Mar 25, 2015 |

Two years after scaling back high school testing, Texas lawmakers are considering more cuts to elementary tests, and studying whether the tests are worthwhile....Read More

A portion of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits site, near the Interstate 10 bridge in Harris County, remains visible as the sandy area in the center left of this photograph.

by Forrest Wilder

Bill Would Throttle Local Government’s Ability to Sue Polluters

Tue, Mar 17, 2015 |

In another fight over local control this session, state Rep. Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth), one of the more powerful lawmakers in the House, is pushing a bill th...Read More

by Alisa Semiens

Report: Texas Prosecutes More Truancy Cases Than All Other States Combined

Thu, Mar 5, 2015 |

A new report by Texas Appleseed finds Texas prosecutes kids for truancy twice as often as all other states combined, targeting minorities....Read More

Donna Campbell Battles to Protect the Alamo from Foreign Control

Tue, Feb 24, 2015 |

On this day in 1836, a group of Texians battled to save the Alamo from an invading foreign force. They lost. Today, 179 years later, Sen. Donna Campbell (R-N...Read More

by Forrest Wilder

Senate Committee Votes Out Legislation Limiting Citizen Challenges to Polluters

Tue, Apr 16, 2013 |

It's never been easy fighting powerful polluters in Texas. A bill approved by a Senate committee today would make it even harder....Read More

Hot List: Day 92 of the Legislature

Tue, Apr 9, 2013

Senator Dan Patrick (R-Houston) is one of several senators pushing for school choice and lauding it as the "civil rights issue of our time." Expect to see bigge...Read More

Hot List: Day 56 of the Legislature

Mon, Mar 4, 2013 |

Senate Finance committee chair Senator Tommy Williams (R-The Woodlands) said they’re shooting to get the bill out of committee by next Wednesday....Read More

Lawmakers Hope to Bring Stability to Eagle Ford Shale Boomtowns

Thu, Feb 7, 2013

The Eagle Ford Shale legislative caucus met for the first time to discuss the economic impact of the oil and gas industry in South Texas....Read More

Hot List: Day 23 of the Legislature

Wed, Jan 30, 2013

The Lead: Gov. Rick Perry gave his State of the State address on Tuesday, which followed the usual trend: Perry claimed credit for the health of the Texas econo...Read More

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