School districts are taking advantage of the Texas Education Agency’s decision to waive the requirement that STAAR exams count for 15 percent of students’ grades for the 2011-12 school year.
Anna Whitney
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Higher Education
Texas Colleges Graduating High Numbers of Latino Students
A report finds Texas colleges and universities rank near the top when it comes to awarding degrees to Latinos.
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Criminal Justice
Harris County Stops Late Inmate Releases From Jail
Though a bill requiring that county jails release inmates only during daylight hours didn’t pass in the last legislative session, the Harris County Jail has implemented the policy.
Posted inState Government
Democrats Launch “Truth Team”; GOP Calls Them Copycats
Just like Democrats all over the country, Texas lawmakers in the president’s party are coming to his defense with a new “Truth Team.” Texas Republicans say they’ve already been there and done that.
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State Government
Humane Society Wants Tougher Exotic Pet Rules
Animal protection organizations are pushing for legislation in Texas that further regulates ownership of exotic animals as pets, but one East Texas resident says she’ll fight to keep her 22-year-old African lion.
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Criminal Justice
Consumer Group: High Court Favors Businesses
A report out today from the consumer advocacy group Texas Watch blasts the Texas Supreme Court for a decade of decisions that favor corporate interests and benefit the rich at the expense of consumers.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Supreme Court Moves Forward to Create Divorce Forms
Despite the State Bar of Texas’ suggestion to hold off on creating simple divorce forms, the Texas Supreme Court has decided not to halt the work of task force charged with creating forms that improve access to the courts for the poor.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Lawyers Divided Over Divorce Forms
The Texas Supreme Court is preparing to help out poor Texas couples who want to split up with a simple divorce form. But some family lawyers say breaking up is much harder to do.
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Health care
Lawmakers, Hospital Administrators Revisit Texas Medicaid Waiver
Texas lawmakers and hospital administrators took a hard look Tuesday at the state Medicaid waiver recently OK’d by the Obama administration.
