Bipartisan justice reform bill stalls amid GOP split in Congress
The federal justice reform measure, once seen as bipartisan, is effectively dead due to a divided GOP in the House and Senate. It would ease some harsh sentences, diversify prior drug conviction rules, and reward good time, but faces opposition tied to law and order stances and concerns over over incarceration. The piece notes broad concerns about minority impacts and cites statistics on prison demographics and ranks the bill among polarized political clashes.
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Georgia
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Congressional contact details for Texas lawmakers listed
A fragmented OCR listing lawmakers and office contacts for Texas representatives and senators. It includes names Mike Conaway John Cornyn Ted Cruz William Hurd Randy Neugebauer and their Washington DC and local district offices with phone numbers and incomplete email links.
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Mike Conaway
Midland
Cannon House
Washington
D.C
W. Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Conaway
House
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Hart Senate
Washington, D.C
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Senate
Ted Cruz
Dirksen Senate
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Cannon
Texas state officials contact details for Craddick Landgraf Seliger and Aresti
Rep Tom Craddick Rep Brooks Landgraf and Sen Kel Seliger and Sen Carlos Aresti provide district office addresses in Midland Odessa Amarillo San Antonio and Austin with phone numbers fax numbers emails and mailing boxes for constituent inquiries and official correspondence.
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Midland
Capitol
P.O
Austin
Tinyurl
Brooks Landgraf
Odessa
West 4Th St
Capitol Extension
Brooks.landgraf
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Grading Favors and Welfare State Polarize Black Students
A 1960s Ivy League anecdote mirrors later political shifts as claims that broad welfare expansion and lenient discipline hurt Black families and students. The piece links exemptions from standards to long term harms, cites charter schools as bright spots, and argues Democrats and NAACP oppose charter schools to serve unions and donors.
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Make Education a Priority urges bigger Texas public schools support
Craig Rothmeier president of Make Education a Priority argues for expanded advocacy as Texas legislators prepare for the 85th session. He notes hearings on school choice and funding, urges vocal, broad-based support to keep public education front and center for about 5.3 million Texas students.
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Texas
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