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Legislature Roundup – Day Two
AUSTIN (1080 KRLD) – Here are some of the stories making news today in Austin: Making The Budget Work The leader of the Senate Finance Committee has some ideas on making the budget work. Senate Finance...
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State Senate Votes To Stretch Teacher Deadlines
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – The Texas State Senate has approved a bill that would extend some teacher contract deadlines. The senate says the purpose behind Dallas Democratic Senator Royce West’s bill is...
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Resolution Would Allow Leach To Sue Texas Tech
AUSTIN (AP) – A state lawmaker has introduced legislation that would allow football coach Mike Leach to sue Texas Tech for wrongful dismissal. State Rep. Craig Eiland filed the resolution Friday, on...
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GOP Claims State Bill Would Help Texas Schools Cut Budgets
AUSTIN (AP) – Republican House members on Thursday were pushing legislation they say will give relief to Texas schools buckling under a strapped state budget over protests from the very people they...
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School Bus Ads Become Popular Amid Budget Woes
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A lot of North Texas school districts fighting budget shortfalls are enthusiastically getting on board with a plan to sell ads on the side of buses. The plan to sell ads on the...
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Texas Legislators Still In An Education Funding Battle
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s the 11th hour for school education funding in Texas. Legislators have a self-imposed 5 p.m. Friday deadline to work out differences between House and Senate funding bills....
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Filibuster Propels Wendy Davis Into Spotlight
AUSTIN (The Texas Tribune) – Texas Democrats never had much hope in this Legislature, where Republicans have a huge majority and an unshakeable drive to slash spending without raising taxes or dipping...
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Arlington State Senator: “Why Aren’t You Speaking English?”
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – An Arlington State Senator is taking heat after asking a man testifying on immigration “Why aren’t you speaking in English, then?” Earlier this week State Senator Chris Harris...
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Expert Says Texas Standardized Test Isn’t Too Hard
AUSTIN (AP) — A state expert denied Monday that Texas made its latest standardized test too difficult, saying such exams have always gotten harder but that students still tend to improve their scores...
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House Committee Approves New State Abortion Regs
AUSTIN (AP) – Texas took a major step toward enacting tough new abortion restrictions on Friday, after cutting short an 11-hour hearing and denying hundreds of people the opportunity to testify...
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