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Saturday is a special day for us Texans. March 2 is our Independence Day. On a frozen river bank in South Texas, 181 years ago, a group of men with
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The Beaumont Enterprise on the high cost of insurance for teachers: No Texas teacher would turn down the $5,000 raise that the Legislature is considering. That’s real money, and it
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AUSTIN — The Texas House Democratic Caucus on Feb. 21 announced its “Texas Kids First” education-funding package that would include all-day pre-kindergarten, teacher raises and retirement and property tax reform.
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During the 86th Legislative Session, lawmakers will consider improvements to the state’s data centers. In 2005, the Texas Legislature created twin data centers to centralize data management operations at several
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Since before the start of the 86th Texas Legislative session, our state’s leaders have prioritized reforming our state’s broken school finance system. Further, both the House and Senate have proposed
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What do you do because of love? Sounds like a simple enough question, but the response can go on forever. There are so many things we do because we love
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******** The Amarillo Globe News on the dangers of wildfire season: The dry winter weather and all-too-frequent recent high winds have helped usher in an unwanted time of the year
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I make no secret of my affinity for this great community. I feel fortunate to live here and I believe fervently that we all should. I attend enough board meetings
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