State Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, has checked out the birth certificate President Barack Obama released this morning — and he’s not satisfied.
April 2011
Posted inState Government
The Brief: April 27, 2011
The Senate will soon take up a budget bill with one proposal that has garnered some high-powered opposition.
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Criminal Justice
Guns on Campus Could Cost Colleges
Allowing students to bring guns to college could cost universities a pretty penny in insurance premiums — one of the hitches that is keeping the campus-carry bill stalled in the Texas Senate.
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State Government
Redistricting Maps Move Front and Center in the House
Texas state representatives will choose their voters today — grabbing the ones they want, ditching the ones they don’t — as the decennial drawing of political maps reaches the floor of the House.
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Higher Education
After Rick O’Donnell, Now What?
One week ago, Rick O’Donnell’s employment at the University of Texas System came to an abrupt end after 50 days marked by tension and confusion in the higher education community — especially at the University of Texas at Austin. So what happens now that he’s gone?
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Public Education
Technicality Slays House Bill on Class Sizes — for Now
The House was set to debate a bill that would scrap a 27-year-old law mandating a 22-to-1 student-teacher ratio in kindergarten through fourth grade today — but before it got the chance, state Rep. Borris Miles, D-Houston, derailed the legislation with a point of order.
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Public Education
House Tentatively Passes Ban on Sugary Drinks at Schools
House Bill 127 would make middle and high school students leave campus if they want to satisfy their soda fix.
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Criminal Justice
Bill to Test Rape Kits Comes With Big Price Tag
Thousands of untested rape kits could be examined for DNA evidence, but a bill considered today by a Senate panel carries a hefty price tag. The result could be that the boxes remain stacked on shelves in police storage rooms across the state.
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Economy
Perry: “No Faith” In LBB; Leave Rainy Day Fund Alone
Gov. Rick Perry says he is unswayed by estimates that the state’s Rainy Day Fund may end up being more flush than previously anticipated and blasted the Legislature’s budget office as an unreliable source of numbers.
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Criminal Justice
Outside Group Wants Investigation Into Data Exposure
The Texas attorney general and the FBI are already investigating the accidental release of personal information by the comptroller’s office. Now, as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, an outside group wants to start its own investigation.