The House’s chief budget writer on Thursday praised a proposal to overhaul the school finance system by grouping the state’s 1,026 regular school districts into a few “school finance districts” — a tax move aimed at equalizing per-student funding statewide.
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Public Education
Texas Supreme Court May Not Decide School Finance Case Until 2016
Giving both sides time to file briefs and responses will tie up the school finance lawsuit for at least another six months. Then come oral arguments, and the case could easily stretch into next year.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Supreme Court: Acquitted Educator Can Teach For Now
A Rio Grande City teacher acquitted on charges of having an improper relationship with a student may remain in the classroom as he continues to appeal the revocation of his teacher certificate, the Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday.
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Criminal Justice
High Court Sends Ford Rollover Case Back to Appellate Court
It’s been a decade since the lead juror in a rollover case against Ford Motor Co. sent a note to a judge that prompted Ford to settle the case for $3 million. On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court sent the case back to an appellate court again.
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Politics
TribLive: Glass vs. the Supreme Court
At our 10/2 Triblive conversation, Kathie Glass, the Libertarian Party nominee for Texas Governor in 2014, talked about why she doesn’t feel obligated to listen to the Supreme Court’s rulings on what is constitutional.
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Criminal Justice
Liveblog: The Justice Track at The Texas Tribune Festival
We’re liveblogging the sessions from the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival’s Justice track. The sessions include panels on criminal justice reform, the Texas Supreme Court, same-sex marriage and the death penalty.
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Energy
Texas Supreme Court Weighs Oilfield Fraud
For mineral owners, making sure oil and gas operators pay what they promise can prove incredibly difficult, as shown in a case the Texas Supreme Court will soon decide.
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Criminal Justice
In Supreme Court Races, a Clash Over Contributors
Three Texas Supreme Court justices up for re-election face GOP primary challenges. Backers of the incumbents are critical about where support for those challengers is coming from. And those challengers have questioned the current court’s conservatism.
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Criminal Justice
Court Hears Arguments in Online Defamation Case
The Supreme Court of Texas heard arguments Thursday morning in a case that could determine whether Texas courts can force individuals to remove remarks from the internet if they are found to be false or defamatory.
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Criminal Justice
Supreme Court Will Consider Online Defamation Case
The Texas Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday morning in an online defamation case that could have far-reaching effects on individual freedom to post online.
