Patrick's advisory boards reveal Texas business bias at the top
Lt Governor Dan Patrick unveils six citizen boards with about five dozen leaders from Texas business and finance to advise on taxes transportation water energy and the economy. Critics say boards favor privatization school choice and deregulation as the oil and gas sector dominates and geographic diversity is limited.
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Texans For Public Justice
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West Texas
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Texas Senate
Austin American-Statesman
Conaway Addresses Local Offices And Washington contact
U S Representative Mike Conaway Republican of Midland provides contact points for federal and local offices. Offices include House building in Washington D C and local Odessa and Midland locations with phone numbers and an email link.
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Mike Conaway
Midland
Cannon House
Washington, D.C
Fox
W. Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Conaway
House.gov
Early presidential prospects for Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and Stanford University, is cited as a potential early figure in presidential prospects. The note highlights his roles as a scholar and syndicated columnist.
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Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Conservative Commentary Promotes Online Viewers
A fragment notes a conservative commentary pitch directing readers to creators.com conservative for more content. The sparse text signals an online promotion page rather than a full article. No dates, places, or people are identified in the readable portion.
2016 presidential race thoughts and potential Republican picks
The piece argues for experience over rhetoric in choosing a 2016 Republican nominee, praising Scott Walker and Bobby Jindal as governors who can articulate and implement policy. It notes the need for clear principles, warns against glib talkers, and cites Jeff Sessions and Trey Gowdy as examples of capable conservatives.
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Louisiana
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Business view urges Texas to fund transportation and education
Guest View by Bill Hammond, CEO of the Texas Association of Businesses, calls for dedicating 100 percent of the motor vehicle sales tax to transportation, ending diversions from the state highway trust fund, and maintaining Texas Enterprise Fund incentives. It also advocates stronger education funding with TEXAS Grants, an A F grading system, affordable higher education, opposed repeal of in state tuition for undocumented students, expanded Pre K, a broader health care plan, telemedicine, lower prompt pay penalties, reform of Texas Mutual Insurance, streamlined environmental permits, and reform of non violent offender sentencing.
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