Education board seeks balance after primary elections
Texas voters see moderates still edging conservatives on the 15 member Board of Education. Moderates won key seats in 2010, resisting social conservative debates on science and history standards. Runoffs loom for remaining seats, notably North Texas where Tracy Miller faces Gail Spurlock. Balance matters for classroom benchmarks and uniform accountability across districts.
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State Board of Education
Texas
Thomas Ratliff
Hard Right
Sue Melton
Gail Lowe
Marsha Farney
West Texas
Ratliff
Geraldine “Tracy” Miller
Gail Spurlock
North Texas
Dallas
George Clayton
Miller
Dallasite
Lawmakers and Officials Contact Lines From Texas Delegation
A listing of federal and Texas state officials with offices in San Antonio, Odessa, Midland, Amarillo, and Austin. Includes U S Representative Francisco Canseco, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, and state lawmakers Tryon Lewis Tom Craddick Kel Seliger with office addresses phone numbers and email or web contacts.
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U.S
Francisco
Quico’ R. Canseco
San Antonio
Longworth Hob
Washington
D.C
Canseco
House
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Russell Senate
Hutchison.senate.gov
Tryon Lewis
Republican
Odessa
West 4Th Street
Austin
Tryon.lewis
State
Tom Craddick
Midland
Capitol
Tinyurl
Sen
Kel Seliger
Amarillo
E. University Blvd
P.O. Box
Senate
Freedom Theme Page Tribute From 1988 Pulitzer Winner
A newspaper prints a dedication recognizing Laura Editor for the 1988 Pulitzer Prize and frames freedom as a moral gift. The piece states peace begins within, self-control as the core, and aligns freedom with moral guides and the Declaration of Independence.
Walker victory signals tea party rise in GOP focus
Charen argues Scott Walker’s Wisconsin win embodies the tea party’s push for limited government and reduced debt. She cites governors like Jindal Christie Daniels Martinez McDonnell and Walker tackling union power, spending, and education rules as evidence of reform and fiscal restraint shaping the Republican stance.
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Scott Walker
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Bobby Jindal
Louisiana
Chris Christie
New Jersey
Mitch Daniels
Indiana
Susana Martinez
New Mexico
Bob McDonnell
Virginia
Walker
Victor Gotbaum
New York City
McDonnell
Jindal
Shariah law bans spark debate in state legislatures
Steve Chapman argues that anti Shariah measures in Kansas Oklahoma and elsewhere misfire by targeting foreign legal codes while the Constitution and state laws already prevail. He notes no Kansas case uses Islamic law and warns such bans risk religious discrimination.
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Supreme Court
Arizona
Tennessee
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
House of Representatives
Iran
Peggy Mast
United States
Steve Chapman
Chicagotribune.com
Chapman
Ector County Library Summer Programs Get Thumbs Up
Odessa American notes support for the library’s summer programs for kids while inviting readers to submit opinions on current topics via email, framing the piece as an encouraging community input.
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Ector County Library
Odessa
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