Texas public school students continue to lag behind the national average in reading scores, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress scores released Thursday.
November 2013
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Economy
TribLive: Hilderbran on His Budget Vote
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, R-Kerrville, a 2014 candidate for comptroller, explained his 83rd session vote against the state budget.
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Economy
TribLive: Hilderbran on the Revenue Estimate
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, R-Kerrville, a 2014 candidate for comptroller, talked about how he’d make the biennial revenue estimate more accurate.
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Politics
TribLive: Hilderbran on Combs
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, R-Kerrville, a 2014 candidate for comptroller, assessed the performance of the current occupant of the job, Susan Combs.
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Criminal Justice
Facing Deportation, Activist Says He Has No Regrets Over Actions
A member of the “DREAM 34” — a group that marched to the Laredo port of entry to criticize U.S. immigration policies and to seek political asylum — is facing deportation. He says his actions were the right thing to do.
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Health care
The Brief: Nov. 7, 2013
So is New Jersey’s Chris Christie the next Bill Clinton — or the next George W. Bush?
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Higher Education
Paredes Questions Pauken’s Jab at “Elitist” Higher Ed System
Tom Pauken is the only statewide candidate who has made higher education a central issue in his campaign thus far. But his approach to it is drawing criticism from within the higher education community.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Texans Split on Pathway to Citizenship
Texans are wary of granting citizenship to undocumented immigrants in the U.S. as part of a comprehensive reform package, but they’re willing to consider it if certain conditions are met, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Health care
Texas Libraries Face Federal Funding Cuts
The federal government is threatening to cut about 70 percent of its annual funding for Texas public libraries, saying the state has failed to pull its own weight in library funding.
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Health care
During Texas Visit, Obama Calls on Perry to Expand Medicaid
During a visit to Dallas on Wednesday, President Obama called on Gov. Rick Perry to expand Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act.