Texas school funding deadlock and looming court date
Texas lawmakers face a stiff, decade long impasse over school finance with an $8 billion funding gap. A late June special session seems unlikely without a shift in leadership or strong constituent pressure. A July 7 court deadline looms, with options likely to end in litigation rather than legislative success.
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Rick Perry
East Texas
L.M. Boyd
Perry
Texas
Alamo
Tom Craddick
David Dewhurst
Craddick
House
Dewhurst
Senate
Baytown Sun Editorial Board Meets Weekly for Community Input
The Baytown Sun editorial board holds weekly meetings at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays. Readers are encouraged to visit or contact Managing Editor David Bloom at 281-422-8302 to discuss issues affecting the community with board members Wanda Garner Cash, Meredith Darnell, Jim Finley, and Jane Howard Lee.
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Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Wanda Garner Cash
Meredith Darnell
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
Submissions Guidelines for The Baytown Sun Letters
The Baytown Sun invites letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Include writer signature and a non publishable address and phone. One submission per month recommended. Submissions subject to editing. Sun may refuse publication. Send to Wanda Garner Cash or David Bloom at P O Box 90 Baytown 77522 or fax 281 427 1880 or email sunnews baytownsun.com.
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David Bloom
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CAFTA Debate Signals Fight Over Constitution and Trade
Republican Ron Paul contests CAFTA arguing it violates the Constitution by ceding trade authority to international bodies. He urges lower tariffs and taxes at home, warning CAFTA expands government and erodes sovereignty. He cites WTO influence and ILO provisions as risks to American autonomy. Paul represents Texas's 14th district.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
CAFTA
Henry Hazlitt
Hazlitt
Ludwig von Mises
Friedrich Hayek
Murray Rothbard
World Trade Organization
House
Ways and Means
WTO
Legisla
Ture
International Labor Organization
Karl Marx
America
NAFTA
Brussels
Zurich
Mexico City
Ron Paul
Texas
Chambers County
Today in History June 7 highlights and events
On June 7 notable events include Richard Henry Lee's 1776 declaration proposal, Daniel Boone's early exploration in 1769, Lincoln's 1864 nomination, Dorothy Parker's 1967 death, the 1972 Broadway opening of Grease, and the 1998 Jasper Texas crime that shocked the nation. A year ago, Reagan's body lay in repose in Simi Valley before state funeral travel.
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Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Continental Congress
Daniel Boone
Abraham Lincoln
Baltimore
Dorothy Parker
New York
James Byrd Jr
Jasper
Texas
Ronald Reagan
Simi Valley
Calif
Washington
SUN HISTORY Highlights from Pelly to Fort Anale Park
A timeline of local events from 1944 air-raid wardens with 500 plus volunteer hours in Pelly to 2000 Chambers County plans inviting hunters and anglers. It notes 1953 radio theft at a Baytown Hardware display on Market Street and 1990 TEA report accusing Barbers Hill School Board of hampering Superintendent Louis Bates. The county added a lighted fishing pier and a Fort Anale Park boardwalk in Anahuac.
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Pelly
Baytown
Market Street
Texas Education Agency Committee
Barbers Hill
Louis Bates
Chambers County
Jimmy Sylvia
Fort Anale Park
Anahuac
District 1 Change Candidate Fred Aguilar Praised
A resident thanks the West Baytown Civic Association for a district festival honoring students and endorses Fred Aguilar, president of the association, as District 1 City Council candidate. The writer urges votes for Aguilar, arguing district change is needed and he will benefit the community.
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West Baytown Civic Association
Fred Aguilar
West Baytown
Project Graduation: parent involvement and outcomes
Steffani Robinson and Jane Howard stress more parent participation after Sterling’s graduation event, where about 530 students existed and only a few parents joined. About 265 seniors attended safely, proving the effort pays off despite low turnout and last minute committee drops.
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Jane Howard
Sterling
Steffani Robinson
RSS
Project Graduation
Teaching Excellence Awards Honor Chinquapin School Support
Bob Maeser thanks sponsors for the 2005 Teaching Excellence Awards on May 17 at Chinquapin School Highlands. He praises Pat Lohan for 26 years of impact on students and the school community.
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Pat Lohan
Chinquapin School
Highlands
Lohan
Pat
Texas nuclear waste dump controversy sparks local fury
A May issue note alleges radioactive waste from Ohio being sent to West Texas. Residents of Chambers County protest actions by state representatives and question kickbacks while urging relocation to West Ohio or an abandoned government site. They demand Dallas and Texas officials stop the plan.
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West Texas
Ohio
Chambers County
Texas
West Ohio
Washington
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