State government

On the day Gov. Rick Perry removed three forensic science commissioners, citing their expired terms, at least 100 appointees whose time was also up remained in their jobs.

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Annoyed at a recent federal ruling that could nullify the credentials of thousands of public school teachers, Texas education advocates want Washington to waive a technicality they say would cause teachers and districts needless headaches.

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"The real issue here is, you don't do something like this after school starts," Scott said in an interview this afternoon. "And you don't just decide it in a letter or an email... They leave themselves open to criticism and litigation when they do something outside the rule-making process."

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Thousands of "highly qualified" Texas public school teachers don't actually meet the federal definition for that standard — which could jeopardize their jobs and will certainly cause bureaucratic headaches for them and their school systems.

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El Paso state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh's surprise announcement that he won't seek another term in the Texas Senate in 2010 set off speculation about his plans for higher office — and a vigorous fight to replace him.

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Texas should create a committee to promote participation in the 2010 U.S. Census, state Rep. Mike Villarreal told Gov. Rick Perry in a letter Tuesday.

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Emergency medical technicians and entry-level nurses could be cut out of the telemedicine equation under a proposal the Texas Medical Board is considering. The change would prohibit anyone but doctors, physicians' assistants and advanced practice nurses from presenting patients for care via long-distance videoconferencing – a move rural hospitals and prison doctors adamantly oppose.

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An interview with Katherine Youngblood Glass, the Libertarian Party of Texas' candidate for governor.

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Most elected officials greet a chairmanship with some excitement. Gail Lowe, the Lampasas Republican who recently became the chair of the State Board of Education, is approaching her new title with some apprehension.

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Just days before it was set to review a case in which the state has been accused of executing an innocent man, Gov. Rick Perry replaced the chairman and two other members of an independent state forensics panel.

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The executive director of the state's data and information technology agency stepped down last month. Brian Rawson, who spent the last three years overseeing the state's data consolidation and telecommunications efforts for the Department of Information Resources, will run "statewide data initiatives" for the Texas Education Agency.

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Wedding bells rang for state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, this weekend in the tiny old mining town of Shafter, near Big Bend National Park.

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The State Auditor says the Texas Education Agency’s process for monitoring average daily attendance in public schools needs a few adjustments.

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It may not be Mad Men, but the State Board on Education will begin broadcasting its meetings online on Wednesday.

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An interview with Katherine Youngblood Glass, the Libertarian Party of Texas' candidate for governor.

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An interview with Katherine Youngblood Glass, the Libertarian Party of Texas' candidate for governor.

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An interview with Katherine Youngblood Glass, the Libertarian Party of Texas' candidate for governor.

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An interview with Katherine Youngblood Glass, the Libertarian Party of Texas' candidate for governor.

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An interview with Katherine Youngblood Glass, the Libertarian Party of Texas' candidate for governor.

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An interview with Katherine Youngblood Glass, the Libertarian Party of Texas' candidate for governor.

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