Schools monitor Texas special session on education funding
BISD CFO Jay Lashaway notes budgeting hurdles as Texas lawmakers resume a special session to craft a new school finance plan after Governor Perry vetoed the prior bill. Senate and House members debate equity and funding while local districts struggle to project state support for the coming year.
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Lashaway
Austin
Rick Perry
Bisd Board of Trustees
Robert Duncan
Lubbock
Brownfield BISD Board meeting buffered by outages
Brownfield ISD trustees met at 8 30 p m after air conditioning failure forced a theater venue change. They discussed filling District 3 seat after Justin Tuggle resigns and approved $38 776 91 for science lab equipment from bond proceeds and travel for four Technology Students Association competitors to Chicago with no district cost.
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Mitch Word
Brownfield Isd Board of Trustees
District 3
Justin Tuggle
Technology Students Association
Chicago, Ill
McKee earns top honors in newspaper contest
Brownfield News Advertising Manager Russ McKee won top honors in the Texas Press Association Better Newspaper Con test. He entered three ads from 2004 and earned excellent ratings in Originality Enterprise/Initiative General Appearance Typography and Artwork. The News also placed second in News Photography.
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Brownfield News
Russ McKee
Texas Press Association
TPA
Las Casinas
McKee
Brownfield Church of Christ
Blake Decker
Mitch Ward
Brownfield
Brian Brisendine
Lynn Brisendine
Hereford
Dr Tedford's Move to BRMC Clinic Completed
Brownfield Regional Medical Center board met Monday evening and approved appointing Bob Simpson and Jimmy Jones to the Terry County Ambulance Board. Administrator Mike Click reported Dr Dennis Tedford and Family Nurse Practitioner Helen Hoover completed their move from Covenant Building to the BRMC Clinic and noted a need for more space for a procedure room.
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Brownfield Regional Medical Center
Bob Simpson
Terry County Ambulance Board
Jimmy Jones
Simpson
Mike Click
Dennis Tedford
Helen Hoover
Covenant
Tohoka Road
BRMC
Click
Tuttle resigns BIDCorp seat at Monday meeting
Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation board met Monday discussing cash on hand of 534,668.65 dollars and a slight sales tax uptick. They noted a April sales drop tied to Easter and approved resignations and new candidate search while reviewing incentives for All Safety Consulting Services to create six jobs.
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Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation
Bidcorp
Jack Cargill
Cargill
Rodney Keeton
Glenn Waters
Max Grice
Tom Hesse
Brownfield
Justin Tuggle
Terry County
Bob Cloe
Christie Cottrell
Patti Thomas
All Safety Consulting Services
Fairness and futures in Texas politics and schools
The author critiques Governor Perry's veto of school funding and the rushed 30 day special session. He notes lobbyists and capital players shaping outcomes, questions whether lawmakers will be fair to average Texans, and recounts the Texas Press Association meeting with Sen. Hutchinson and candidate Kinky Friedman. The piece ends predicting a contentious yet engaging gubernatorial race with fairness unlikely.
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Austin
Texas
Lynn Brisendin
Perry
Texas Press Association
Dallas
U.S
Sen. Hutchinson
el Camino Trail
Exas
D.C
Kinky Friedman
Friedman
Kinky
Ms. Strayham
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Mitch
Jay Lashaway
Brownfield Independent School District
Duncan
Pete Laney
Hale Center
Laney
Alexis Valdez
Alex Valdez
Dora Delgado
BISD
Dr. Tedford
Brmc Clinic
Tuttle
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