State school leaders from across the West are complaining of too much federal intrusion into local curriculum decisions, along with inflexible rules – including that national standards be adopted “word for word.”
State Government
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TribBlog: Hodge Can Draw State Pension Despite Guilty Plea
A federal conviction for lying on her taxes may send embattled Dallas Democratic Rep. Terri Hodge to prison. But it won’t stop her from drawing a state pension.
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Criminal Justice
On the Records: Combs Studying Open Data
Her office is studying efforts to release raw data in New York and San Francisco for ideas.
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The Midday Brief: February 3, 2010
Dallas Democrat Terri Hodge pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom Wednesday and agreed to resign her post as a state representative.
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State Government
TribBlog: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Change
Sen. Cornyn said allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the U.S. military would hinder recruitment efforts.
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2010: Terri Hodge to Resign, Plead Guilty
The embattled state representative admits making a false statement on a federal tax return.
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The Brief: February 3, 2010
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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State Government
Seat Warmers?
Dallas County Republicans are jockeying for a chance to topple two freshman Democrats who seized House districts in 2008. The incumbent Dems — hoping to claim their first House majority in eight years — are girding for battle.
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Economy
Burned Orange
A clash over a beloved campus music club at UT-Austin portends the gnashing of teeth at schools statewide as a budgetary winter threatens to envelop higher education.
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Barack the Knife
What happens in Washington doesn’t stay in Washington. Lawmakers, industry leaders and special interest groups are studying President Obama’s 2010 budget to figure out how spending cuts and other changes at the federal level could impact Texas. Ben Philpott, who’s covering politics and public policy for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report.