Texas budget battles loom as cuts edge toward schools
Governor and legislators face a $27 billion shortfall over two years. House budget plans reduce overall spending by 16.6 percent to 156.4 billion, with major cuts to public schools and four junior colleges proposed. Senate draft matches cuts but preserves four colleges, fueling debate over fiscal prudence and public services.
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Dio Rick Perry
Texas
Texas House
Jim Pitts
Appropriations Committee
Texas House of Representatives
Pitts
R-Waxahachie
Dennis Bonnen
Angleton
Brazosport College
Lake Jackson
House
Bonnen
Senate
McNeely
Budget fight and history highlights on January 27 2011
Quotes from Maya MacGuine and Paul Ryan stress deficits and spending cuts as the Fed signals recovery gains. The January 27 2011 page notes Today’s History events from Reagan hostages to Mozart, Edison patents and WWII milestones, including Soviet liberations and Apollo tragedy.
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Ronald Reagan
Nancy
Iran
White House
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Salzburg
Austria
Thomas Edison
Good news: Giffords released to begin rehabilitation
Donna Brazile notes U S national mood shifts after Gabrielle Giffords gunshot, recovery in Houston signals hope for unity. She urges Obama to use the bully pulpit to repair discourse, call Americans to work together, and focus on civility in politics.
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Gabrielle
Gabby” Giffords
Giffords
Houston
Congress
Obama
Tucson
Jared Lee Lour
Loughner
Gifford
United States
Sarah Palin
Polien
Shirley Sherrod
Ented Aney
Washington
Donna Brazile
CNN
ABC
NPR
Roll Call
Capitol Hill
al Gore
Baytown Sun letter policy and contact details
The Baytown Sun lists submission policies and contact routes for letters to the editor. It notes signatures required and various ways to submit, with editor contact JANIE HALTER and Community member Jay Eshbach mentioned.
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Caria Torres
P.O
Baytown
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Legislature
Dave McNeely
Maya MacGuine
Wisconsin
Paul Ryan
House Budget Committee
Fed
Chris Rupkey
Bank of Tokyo- Mitsubishi
Giuseppe Verdi
Milan
Italy
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Auschwitz and
Birkenau
Poland
Nevada Desert
Frenchman
Virgin
Gus” Grissom
Edward H. White
Roger B. Chaffee
Apollo
Paris
Vatican
Siahcer
Jeff Stahler
Barack Obama
Janie Halter Gray
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Angie Pages
Angie. Pagel
Denson
Baytownsun
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Hart
Newsroom
The
Memorial Drive
Oia
Fred Hartman
Editorial
Janie Halter
Aartant Brecece
Carla Torres
Todd Hreem
Jim Finley
M.A. Bengtson Community Member
Jay Eshbach
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