Lawmakers ease prisons education funding cuts
Texas lawmakers restored billions to health and human services education and prisons in the 2004-05 budget to fix a 9.9 billion shortfall. The Appropriations Committee added 350 million for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice including probation programs and some 2,000 officer jobs but kept 240 million in other cuts. The panel also added 800 million to education and restored funding for Children's Health Insurance and Medicaid provider rates while estimating overall state spending at about 58 million more than initial levels.
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Appropriations Committee
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Sylvester Turner
Dhouston
Texans
GOP
Heflin
Houston
Arlene Wohlgemuth
Texas House panel OKs moment of silence pledge rule
A Texas House committee approved requiring a minute of silence followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and Texas flags in all public schools. Students could reflect or pray during the silence and stand for the pledge. Exemptions would exist via parent written requests. Critics cited loss of local control.
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Austin
United States
Texas
Bohac
Inmittee
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American Civil Liberties. Union
Paint leaks blamed for shuttle wing damage in Columbia case
Investigation shows primer zinc in paint may cause pinholes in carbon wing leading edge. Air pockets could oxidize carbon sheets, weakening edge that was struck by foam during liftoff. Barry notes pinholes appeared on all shuttles since 1992, with up to twenty per panel.
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Houston
Columbia
Air Force
John Barry
NASA
Accident Investigation Board
Texas
Barry
Smith bill shields hospitals from open records law
In Austin a House committee discussed a bill by Rep. Wayne Smith to exempt hospital security plans from state open records. The measure aims to protect sensitive details such as small pox vaccine locations and facility structures from possible harm. The bill was left pending in the House State Affairs Committee.
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Austin
House
Wayne Smith
R-Baytown
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