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I write to you from the Texas Capitol, where the House just overwhelmingly passed a major school finance reform package, House Bill 3. If finally passed into law, this legislation
Read moreDear readers, my name is Joshua Orr. I am 19 years old and a first-year junior at Texas State University, where I will begin studying social work in the fall
Read moreAUSTIN — The Texas House of Representatives on April 3 approved much-anticipated legislation written to revise the state’s public school finance system. The vote was 148-1, and the bill now
Read moreWASHINGTON — U.S. Senator John Cornyn authored the following Op-Ed in the Houston Chronicle outlining the disastrous effects the Democrats’ failed Green New Deal proposal would have for Texans: This
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AUSTIN — Images of a stream of billowing dark smoke drew the nation’s attention last week to a fire that engulfed 11 petrochemical storage tanks at the Intercontinental Terminals Company
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At the beginning of the year, Governor Abbott charged the Texas Legislature with making school finance reform a priority. Our current school finance system is broken. The system is not
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AUSTIN — With the filing of legislation that would give teachers an across-the-board pay increase, Texas lawmakers showed progress toward solving the complex issues of school finance and property tax
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