Supporters of Dallas arts magnet will meet tonight to discuss district budget...
Friends and supporters of the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts are meeting tonight to talk about how the arts magnet might be affected by the budget crisis that...
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“What we’re attempting to do is provide women all available information and allow them adequate time to digest this information.” – Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, the sponsor of a bill that would...
View ArticleGovernor declines to comment on appointee who profited in office
Gov. Rick Perry loves to talk about how to fix what’s broken in Washington. He even wrote a book on the topic. But when asked to comment on this story by Staff Writers James Drew and Steve McGonnigle,...
View ArticleWith a hefty pay hike, Duncanville’s school chief is doing way better than most
After writing about Duncanville School Superintendent Alfred Ray’s recent 16.5 percent raise (which, the school board president says, was not a raise, but a contract restructuring “for a job well...
View ArticleIn praise (again) of the tollway rescue crews
This morning, my 17-year-old had a flat tire while driving to school on the Bush Turnpike. It was the second time this has happened since he got his driver’s license just over 18 months ago. (The...
View ArticleLive chat coming up: Dallas school board hears update on budget woes
Beginning at 11:30 a.m., trustees of the Dallas Independent School District will hear details of an updated plan to cut spending by about $150 million, in anticipation of dramatically reduced state...
View ArticleTexas Senate likely to OK expanded use of state tax fund for big events at...
On our Trail Blazers blog, Senior Political Writer Wayne Slater writes that the Texas Senate is fast-tracking a bill to help bring the Country Music Awards or a future national political convention to...
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“If you’re a business that depends on a lot of intellectual talent and a well-educated workforce, we win that fight,” – Bill Lockyer, California treasurer “If you want to go somewhere where they’ve...
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Yet another proud Texan hopes to wrest Alamo flag from Mexico
Staff Writer Tom Benning reports: Houston Rep. John Zerwas knows he’s only the latest in a long line of Texas politicians … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleHouse Appropriations chief says Gov. Perry has signed off on tapping...
UPDATE 3:27 p.m.: Bob Garrett has posted details of the agreement on Trail Blazers. === A week ago, during a stop in Dallas, Gov. Rick Perry was adamant that legislators should not dip into the...
View ArticleIn Austin today, House panel takes up bills to permit guns on college campuses
On our Trail Blazers blog, Staff Writer Erin Mulvaney reports that the House Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee will hear several bills today that would permit licensed Texans to carry...
View ArticleBooker T. student takes to song in protest over budget
Thanks to Arezow Doost of CBS 11 News for pointing this out. When students, parents and other supporters of the Dallas arts magnet got together earlier this month to protest potential deep budget cuts...
View ArticleDallas area has lost clout in Legislature — see our district-by-district...
Staff Writers Robert T. Garrett and Theodore Kim have a front-page story saying North Texas has lost influence in the Texas Legislature, largely because of “key retirements and an infusion of tea...
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Mrs. Caraway: No comment
Karen Brooks in our Austin bureau had the unenviable assignment of asking the Dallas mayor’s wife, State Rep. Barbara Mallory Caraway, about the newly released police tape from a domestic-disturbance...
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“I’ve never had anybody except reporters bring it up.” – Texas Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth. Geren, the chairman of the House Administration Committee, said he’s not bothered by the widespread...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Texas Senate halts debate on bill to permit guns on campus
The Associated Press reports: AUSTIN, Texas — The sponsor of a bill to allow guns on college campuses abruptly withdrew the bill because he apparently did not have enough votes to move it forward....
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“You can read, just like I can read the speedometer, I can read a bumper sticker or a billboard. I’m reading all the time while I’m driving.” – Rep. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, arguing to amend a...
View ArticleTexas Senate committee approves bill requiring sonograms before abortions
From the Associated Press: AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry’s emergency legislation requiring doctors to do a sonogram before performing an abortion is moving forward. The Senate State Affairs Committee...
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The Texas Legislature isn’t afraid to take on the tough issues
The state budget is a wreck. Don’t worry, though — the Texas Legislature will get to that. In the meantime, rest assured that other vital business isn’t being ignored in Austin. There’s visit site to...
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“In the Texas Legislature right now, it’s like Lakers and Mavs, game four, fourth quarter. It’s pretty ugly — flagrant foul on the way to the layup.” – Bill Miller, Republican consultant and lobbyist,...
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