Under the proposed legislation, teens caught “sexting” could face up to a Class A Misdemeanor. Parents could also face penalties.
Bill Aims to Make Sexting Illegal
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Public Education
A Trio of Bills on Student Ticketing
State Rep. Armando Walle, D-Houston, has filed three bills aimed at regulating the practice of ticketing students for misbehavior in public schools.
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Energy
El Paso’s Water Crisis
El Pasoans are not supposed to shower today. Or wash dishes, or do the laundry. The city is in the third day of a severe water shortage, which was partly caused by last week’s rolling blackouts. Restrictions may be lifted tonight.
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The Midday Brief: Top Texas Headlines for Feb. 7, 2011
Your afternoon reading: Texas faces lawsuits over education cuts; bill targets “sexting”; and El Paso nears end of water crisis
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Criminal Justice
Watson Files Bill to Make Sexting Illegal
“Sexting” — sending or receiving pornographic images via cell phones — should be a criminal offense for teenagers, say Attorney General Greg Abbott and Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin.
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Health care
Hammond: No Time to Be Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish
We must continue to fight to ensure that we implement cost-saving reforms that reflect Texas’ commitment to prosperity and to economic growth. But our current budget shortfall isn’t a time to be penny-wise and pound-foolish.
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Politics
What They’d Do About the Budget Shortfall
We asked three big thinkers in the Capitol community — Talmadge Heflin, Eva DeLuna Castro and Bill Hammond — to tell us what they’d do if they had the power to take on the budget shortfall themselves.
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Health care
Castro: Start by Casting Aside Wishful Thinking
We need a balanced approach that uses our reserves and adds revenue. And we have to start by casting aside wishful thinking; we are writing the 2012-13 budget, with higher costs and increased enrollment in education and health care services — not some past budget.
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Health care
Heflin: Most Sensible Solution Is Reduced Spending
More money is not the answer to our current woes. Just as anyone managing a household budget knows, when a family’s expenses grow beyond its income, the solution is to cut back — particularly if its spending habits resemble the state’s.
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The Brief: Top Texas News for Feb. 7, 2011
The causes may have been explained away, but the fallout from last week’s rolling blackouts may just be heating up.
