Texas schools have gotten creative about water education, sometimes even giving students low-flow shower heads and other water-saving devices to install at home. But funding is a perpetual challenge.
November 2012
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Voting With Just a Little Bit of Information
Most people don’t know all of the judicial candidates on the ballot, so they vote for the party, even when there is other information that might sway them.
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Public Education
Schools Turning to Technology to Monitor Students
To track attendance and avoid losing state funding, some school districts have begun electronically monitoring students’ whereabouts. Two San Antonio schools have added electronic chips to student ID cards, while some in Austin have issued students phones with GPS systems.
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State Government
Democrat Has Reputation for Political Brawling
The outnumbered Texas House Democrats have plenty of leaders, insists state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, of San Antonio. But that hasn’t stopped the chairman of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus from taking center stage.
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The Brief: Nov. 2, 2012
As early voting wraps up and Election Day approaches, new revelations about the state’s attempted dead-voter purge have surfaced.
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More Than $5 Million In Outside Money In CD-23
Voters in Congressional District 23 are getting a taste of what folks in swing states are seeing in the presidential contest: a real nailbiter of a race. Each side claims it’s winning, but the amount of money and the tenor of the attack ads suggest the race is a tossup.
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The Evening Brief: Nov. 1, 2012
Your evening reading: another volley in international election observers controversy; state executes 250th inmate under Perry’s watch; Post editorial compares Abbott to “post-Soviet autocrat”
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Demographics
House Democrats Want Hearing After Fatal DPS Shooting
House Democrats are asking to convene an emergency hearing on Texas Department of Public Safety policies after the fatal shooting of two Guatemalan nationals last week in La Joya.
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State Government
Oversight Committee Again Targets TWIA Costs
While coastal residents told lawmakers that increasing policy rates are harming the coastal economy, state lawmakers grilled windstorm insurance administrators over money spent on consultants at a legislative hearing Thursday.