Coalition urges education funding over tax cuts in Texas
A 21 member coalition led by the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project and MALDEF urged lawmakers to fund Texas schools before cutting property taxes. They presented a six point plan during the upcoming special session starting April 17, highlighting demographic shifts and funding gaps.
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Texas
Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Lydia Camarillo
Immigration Debate Splits Senate On Border Security
Frist backs tighter borders and penalties for employers while mulling a guest worker plan. Reid and Clinton threaten filibuster against criminalizing undocumented immigrants. Bush calls for a civil, dignified debate on immigration policy amid partisan divides.
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Bill Frist
R-Tenn
America
Frist
Amy Call
Time Magazine
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Harry Reid
D-Nev
Hillary Rodham Clinton
D-N-Y
Contested Ector County Election Prompts State Inquiry
Election officials report about 100 mail-in ballots missing while Mendoza claims only 263 applications were answered and 162 absentee ballots counted in Precinct 4 with 123 for Chavira, 31 for Ray, six for Rodriguez. He calls for a state probe into voting practices citing signatures, handwriting, identical postage and single-race voting patterns. Bryant did not respond to requests for comment.
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Bryant
Chavira
Ray
Rodriguez
Ector County
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