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Key state programs see budget holes
AUSTIN Two key leaders of Gov. Rick Perry's team highlighted growing budget problems in separate speeches this week, with one projecting at least a $15 billion hole in the Medicaid program and the other warning that the ban on social promotions in schools will be lifted unless lawmakers provide money to help struggling students.
Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Key-programs-see-budget-holes-2976347.php#ixzz1lJx8KW00
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Feb 3, 2012, 08:39
Little Agreement on How to Fix School Finance System
A teachers group has urged Gov. Rick Perry to call a special session to address education funding, but there's still plenty of disagreement on what fixing the school funding system would actually mean.
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Feb 3, 2012, 08:38
TSTA urges special session on Rainy Day Fund
The Texas State Teachers Association today urged Gov. Rick Perry to call the Legislature into
special session now to appropriate $2.5 billion from the Rainy Day Fund and head off another
round of harmful cuts in local public school budgets for the 2012-2013 school year.
It is time to stop the bleeding and stop the cuts, now! said TSTA President Rita Haecker, who
appeared at a state Capitol news conference with State Rep. Donna Howard of Austin.
Feb 3, 2012, 08:32
Teacher group urges governor to call special session on school funding
The Texas State Teachers Association and a state lawmaker Wednesday urged Gov. Rick Perry to call a special session of the Legislature to head off another round of funding cuts for public schools in the 2012-13 school year. The TSTA and Rep. Donna Howard , D-Austin, said schools can be spared devastating cuts this fall if lawmakers and the governor will tap into the state's Rainy Day Fund and appropriate $2.5 billion for public education.
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Feb 3, 2012, 08:08
Legal wrangling over Texas redistricting misses the big story
Every redistricting cycle has a theme.
This year's big theme is the remarkable growth of the state's Hispanic population. After all, 65 percent of Texas' population growth over the last decade was Hispanic. Despite that, there's a compelling argument that Hispanic voting strength is actually diminished under the new voting maps approved by the Legislature.
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Feb 2, 2012, 08:31
Closing arguments wrap up in D.C. redistricting case
WASHINGTON--Federal judges voiced doubts about key arguments put forth by attorneys representing Texas on the last day of a trial to determine whether the Legislature's redistricting plans violated minority voting rights. The three-judge panel frequently interrupted the state's closing presentation on Tuesday, probed some of its most basic positions and questioned its interpretation of some evidence. Lawyers for Texas argued throughout the trial that the GOP-controlled Legislature created oddly shaped districts and used gerrymandering techniques to protect Republican incumbents--not to discriminate against racial minorities. Political gerrymandering is legal, if not pretty, they said.
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Feb 1, 2012, 08:31
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