Courts weigh impact of CED taxes on Texas schools
Texas officials warn that halting CED tax collection or distribution could cripple funding for fall programs in Fort Worth and Arlington. Governor Richards plans a post election special session to craft a new school finance system as judges consider Keahey’s challenge to state revenue.
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Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Arlington
Joe Ross
Keahey
Ann Richards
Richards
Court-appointed lawyers face pay limits in criminal cases
Attorneys note pay is set by the county and judges discretion. Ector County pays 350 for pleas averaging 4 to 5 hours. Hourly rates for necessary work hover around 50, with 100 as a low cited figure. Judges acknowledge indigence tests, while defense lawyers stress constitutional right to counsel and equal access to justice.
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Connally
Deaf children weigh mainstream school path at Clarke program
In Northampton Massachusetts Elizabeth Fischer a 13 year old deaf student attends Clarke School for the Deaf to study this summer in a program promoting mainstreaming in public schools. The Clarke program highlights both gains and gaps as hearing impaired youth face shortages of interpreters note takers and trained teachers in regular classrooms.
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Mass
Elizabeth Fischer
Clarke School For the Deaf
Elizabeth
Dennis Gjerdingen
Clarke School
Alexanderraham Bell
Clarke
Orf
Cincinnati
Stephanie Joyce
Lems
Alan Vagules
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Clinton campaign mocks Bush aides in tabloid style quiz
A Clinton campaign release distributed on Friday features quotations from Bush and Democratic figures attacking negative campaigning. The material targets Bush, Gore, and Brown, labeling the Bush team as engaging in tabloid trash while defending Clinton tactics as issue driven. The quiz mocks Bush aides and implies a campaign trend toward snide, personal attacks.
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al Gore
Ron Brown
Brown
ash-Quayle
Ross Perot
Matalin
James Carville
GOP
Harkin
Waters
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