Education funding priorities for Texas lawmakers urged
The piece argues education must get higher state funding as new money becomes available, but warns it is not free money. It highlights past budget shortfalls, three failed school finance fixes, and calls for fiscal conservatism while noting 28 percent of Texas residents are children who are 100 percent of the future.
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State House
Texas
New State
Susan Combs
Combs
Today in History highlights and notable events
The January 9 history digest lists key milestones across centuries. It notes Nixon’s birth in Yorba Linda in 1913, Connecticut’s ratification of the Constitution in 1788, Blanchard’s balloon flight in 1793, Mississippi secession in 1861, Lingayen Gulf landings in 1945, Eden’s resignation in 1957, and other events including Space Probe Surveyor 7 in 1968, Iran arms-hostage link memo in 1987, and Broadway milestones. It also recalls Comair crash in 1996, Pakistan tanker crash in 2001, Gaza combat, hydrogen car push, Alito hearings, Phantom of the Opera record, and Don Stewart death.
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Associated Press
Richard Milhous Nixon
United States
Yorba Linda
Calif
Connecticut
U.S
Jean Pierre Blanchard
Philadelphia
Woodbury
N.J
Panama Canal Zone
White House
Reagan
Iran
Lebanon
Comair
Detroit
Pakistan
Gaza Strip
Washington
Supreme Court
Samuel Alito
Don Stewart
Santa Barbara
Target Iran lobbying war talk riles U S readers in column
Charley Reese cites a book by Ritter accusing the Israeli government and its American lobby of steering the United States toward attacking Iran. He argues the lobby operates with dual loyalty and urges registration as a foreign agent while criticizing Holocaust rhetoric and claims of anti Semitism. He contends Israel seeks a U S strike on Iran and warns Americans against dying for a foreign country.
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Iraq
Iran
U.S
Ritter
Israel
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
Oded Tira
Bush
Democratic Party
Hillary Clinton
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
U.N
America
Tran Inetts
Iaw
London
Hezbollah
Contact details for U S government officials in Texas
A list of offices for President, Senators Hutchison and Cornyn, Representative Lamar Smith, Governor Rick Perry, and state legislators Nathan Macias Jeff Wentworth Judith Zaffirini. Includes addresses in Washington Austin San Antonio and Laredo with phone and fax numbers and web/email notes.
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Senate
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Russell
Washington, D.C
Hutchison
San Antonio
Duncan Drive
John Cornyn Russell
Hart Room
Austin
West Sixth St
Navarro
Lamar Smith Rayburn
Lamarsmith
House
Loop 410
Suite
State Senate
Jeff Wentworth
Jeff.wentworth
State
Viewpoints on Madrid bombing and Basque ETA role
The Victoria Advocate surveys terror threats beyond al Qaida noting Spain’s Barajas Airport bombing raises questions about ETA and Batasuna roles. It contrasts Zapatero’s push for peace with Rubalcaba’s warning that the peace process is over while authorities weigh who to talk with and how to prevent further attacks.
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Victoria
Osama bin Laden
Madrid
Barajas International
Jose Luis Rodrguez Zapatero
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna
Basque Homeland and Freedom
Batasuna
ETA
Spain
ETAS
Sanguesa
Associated Press
Alfredo Prez Rubalcaba
Rubalcaba
Barajas
Zapatero
Socialist Party
Popular Party
al-Qaida
Jos Mara Aznar
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New Braunfels
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Heraldzeitung.com
Charley Reese
King Features Syndicate
Orlando
Fla
George W. Bush
Pennsylvania Ave
Henry Cuellar
Longworth
Rick Perry State Capitol
Nathan Macias
Congress Ave
Austin TX
Nathan.macias
Judith Zaffirini
P.O
Laredo
Toepperwein Road