On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics with host Jim Douglas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram‘s Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey, the show opens with a discussion of the Dream Act. Dallas Independent School District Board President Miguel Solis explains the requirements for students to get in-state tuition, and what might happen if the program is repealed. 

Also: Ross and Jim talk about pre-K funding and sanctuary cities; a commenter says Texans must exercise their right to vote; a Mexico-born college student on her way to a business degree offers her perspective on the Dream Act; Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s entry into the presidential race is discussed from the left and right; the state House and Senate’s differing approaches to tax cuts; Hillary Clinton’s strengths and weaknesses as a presidential candidate; and legendary CBS newsman Bob Schieffer’s retirement. 

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