Texas Court deadline drives school tax reform push
Six months pale next to decades of debates over school finance and property tax reform. The Texas Supreme Court set June 1 to overhaul the tax system. The court previously upheld lower rulings against the $1.50 cap as unconstitutional statewide taxation. Gov. Perry named a business-led tax reform commission led by John Sharp, while Lt. Gov. Dewhurst formed a Senate committee. House Speaker Craddick said he would not form a similar panel, signaling the Perry-Sharp plan may move forward.
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Texas Supreme Court
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John Sharp
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David Dewhurst
Tom Craddick
Texas
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Tom DeLay
Department of Justice
John Ashcroft
Republican Party
U.S. House
U.S. Supreme Court
Bob Gammage
Llano
Gammage
Chris Bell
Houston
Felix Alvarado
Fort Worth
Laredo
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Perry
Strayhorn
Kinky Friedman
Laney
Pete Laney
D-Hale Center
Craddick
Six Months to Solve the Texas Education Funding Riddle
The piece traces the Texas education funding debate with Perry opposing more money as the sole answer, stressing property tax relief and better classrooms while teachers demand pay and resources. It notes legislative timing, DOJ memos on redistricting, and potential 2004 gubernatorial contenders including Gammage, Bell, Alvarado, Sanchez, Strayhorn, and Friedman, plus Laney’s announced retirement.
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Texas
Rural health care gains through collaboration and integration
Rural health care can improve through partnership across hospitals clinics and social services with shared electronic records and integrated care on Maine’s Mount Desert Island and Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna Valley. Education and technology support ongoing quality improvement while lawmakers transitions toward performance based pay. The column highlights NRHA led efforts and local hospital choice benefiting a patient narrative.
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National Rural Health Association
NRHA
Virginia
Maine
Mount Desert Island
Julian Kuffler
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Valley
America
Forrest Calico
High Plains Harvest Tracks Toward December Milestone
Benefiting from open harvest weather, Texas High Plains cotton growers push past 70 percent picked as of early December 2005. While wind caused brief delays, the season shows strong quality with potential record crop and high loan values per bale, aided by USDA NASS updates due December 9.
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Shawn Wade
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Texas High Plains
Lubbock
Lamesa
Usda National Agricultural Statistics Service
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NASS
USDA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Texas
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Texas Department of Agriculture
Texas Cooperative Extension
Hereford
Slaton
West Texas
Pampa
Dumas
St. Lawrence
Fabens
Riverwalk
San Antonio
Cotton Foundation
Beltwide
Beltwide.cotton.org
NCC
Debbie Richter
Memphis
Cotton.org
U.S
Letter to the Editor about stolen Christmas reindeer in Lubbock yard
A child recounts Christmas lights and a family reindeer in their yard, bought in Lubbock after a lonely first deer. One week later a second reindeer vanishes in the night, prompting a emotional plea to the thief. The letter pleads empathy for children, cites police notes of other thefts, and ends with a defiant Merry Christmas from Morgan Murray.
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