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Open Season on Public Schools During Voucher Debate
Enough is Enough: Texas Lawmakers Consider More Limits to Standardized Testing
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
Bill Would Throttle Local Government’s Ability to Sue Polluters
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
Report: Texas Prosecutes More Truancy Cases Than All Other States Combined
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
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
Senate Committee Votes Out Legislation Limiting Citizen Challenges to Polluters
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
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
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
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
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