The Evening Brief: Texas Headlines for Feb. 4, 2013
New in The Texas Tribune
• Updated: School Finance Ruling Favors Districts: "In a decision sure to be appealed to the Texas Supreme Court, state district Judge John Dietz ruled Monday in favor of more than 600 school districts on all of their major claims. He declined to find either the state cap on charter contracts or their lack of access to facilities funding unconstitutional."
• Piers Morgan to Hold Show at Texas Gun Range: "CNN host Piers Morgan, who has been fiercely critical of U.S. gun laws since the elementary school killings in Connecticut, is bringing his show to Texas ...
Comments (8)
Colin Strother via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It is a crying shame that we lack a Gov or Lite Gov who realize that basic, simple concept.
Luisa Inez Newton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
meanwhile how many Perry/Abbott tax dollars continue to stupidly fight the EPA?
Merryl Redding via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Most schools DO have a free lunch. Of coarse WE pay for it!
Jamie Barnes via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Why does the Texas Tribune logo look so much the state of New Mexico?
Jamie Barnes via Texas Tribune on Facebook
C O U R S E ... just sayin'
Phillip Sanders
Merryl, what is so bad about having to pay for the lunches of kids that can't afford them? That is a basic need, just like education, that all Americans have a right to. And if you live in Texas, the state constitution guarantees the right of a free public education. Judge Dietz re-affirmed it today.
Samdavis
Let em starve Meryl, you've got food what do you care?
gypsy314 ne
What did you expect from a liberal judge.