Texas Views editorials collection from Associated Press
A compilation of Texas editorials drawn from various newspapers, organized by the Associated Press. The collection reflects statewide opinions on politics society and public issues from multiple Texas publications.
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Texas universities seek $66 million to boost research grants
Texas university officials urge the Legislature to allow them to keep 75 percent of indirect costs from research grants, up from 50 percent, to reinvest in new projects. They argue Texas ranks sixth in federal research funding and must compete with East Coast institutions.
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Texas University
Texas
Mits
Harvards
Rick Perry
Border czar proposed to boost U S Mexico region
Texas senators Sibley and Shapeleigh push for a border czar to oversee commerce and drug war efforts along a 2000 mile frontier from Brownsville to San Ysidro and Matamoros to Tijuana. The plan envisions a Washington ambassador for the region mirroring Mexico's northern border affairs coordinator.
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U.s.-Mexico
Brownsville
San Ysidro
Calif
Matamoros
Tijuana
Los Fronterizos
Washington
Mexico City
Texas
David Sibley
R-Waco
Eliot Shapeleigh
Bush
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Bush education push signals shift to output over inputs
Mona Charen notes President Bush quickly advances an education reform plan, aiming to move from funding inputs to measuring outputs. The column cites international tests showing weak U.S. math and science performance, calls for annual testing in grades 3 to 8, and proposals to direct funds to parents if schools fail for three straight years.
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George Bush
Washington Post
Drudge Report
Clinton
White House
Bush
America
Patrick Henry
Jefferson
Lincoln
Beavis and Butthead
Washington, D.C
Charen
Reagan White House
Golan Heights Seen Beyond a Strategic Asset
Feder explores the Golan's full profile from its water, soil and agricultural output to its growing Israeli communities and the Golan Heights Winery. He recalls past diplomacy, defense lines, and the insistence on retaining strategic depth, with notes on bio of residents and a vision tied to Jerusalem and Judea.
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Golan Heights
Israel
Syria
Golan
Yitzhak Rabin
U.S
Clinton
Hafez Assad
Geneva
Ehud Barak
Saddam Hussein
Gamla
Rome
Jerusalem
Judea
Samaria
Hebron
Jordan Valley
Feder
Boston Herald
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Ken Brodnax
Mona Charen
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Alan Greenspan
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Don Feder
Maria van Meter
van Meter
George W. Bush
Illmore
Wiallama
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