Texas view: education funding must be top priority
The Texas View argues education funding must be addressed by the 83rd Legislature. It notes the 82nd session funded schools at about 45.8 percent of the budget, with growth outpacing enrollment and billions needed to restore adequacy. It proposes local control options and cautions against cross district tax transfers while acknowledging a $15 billion deficit.
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Tom Craddick
House
Midland County
Craddick
West
Texas
Midland
Lawmakers and officials contact details listed for Texas delegation
A compilation of contact addresses phones and emails for U S representatives and senators from Texas including Conaway Neugebauer Canseco Cornyn Hutchison and state officials Lewis Craddick with office locations in Midland Odessa Lubbock San Antonio and Austin. The list provides Capitol and district office numbers and web contact pointers.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Midland
Cannon House
Washington, D C
Fox
W. Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Conaway
House
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Washington, D.C
Randyhouse.gov
Francisco
Quico’ R. Canseco
San Antonio
Longworth Hob
Washington
D.C
Canseco
John Cornyn
Hart Senate
Cornyn
Senate
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Russell Senate
Hutchison. Senate Gov
Tryon Lewis
West 4Th Street
Austin
P.O
Tryon.lewis
State
Tom Craddick
Republican
Capitol
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Let Peace Begin With Me by Laura Dennis
A brief note presents Laura Dennis as a 1988 Pulitzer Prize winner and echoes a call for freedom and self control. The piece links liberty to moral guidance and religious grounding, asserting peace begins with individual restraint aligned to moral law.
Obama misreads mob fury in Libya and U.S. crowds
Charen argues President Obama misjudges Muslim anger after embassy attacks and uses cautious rhetoric to tamp down domestic outrage. She links past comments on rural bitterness and terrorism to a pattern of downplaying threats, contrasting Bush era rhetoric with today’s reactions.
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Mueller
Hasan
St. Louis
Dick Cheney
America
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George Bush
Bush
Obama
Cairo
Time for an honest Texas budget reform
Guest View by Bill Hammond and John Colyandro argues to restore transparency in the Texas budget process by limiting dedicated revenue funds. It cites SB 3 reforms, growing general revenue account balances, and urges spending only for statutory purposes, with a push from Perry Straus and Dewhurst for disciplined, targeted budgeting.
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Perry
Texas
House
Joe Straus
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
General Revenue Fund
Dewhurst
Straus
Bill Hammond
Texas Association of Business
John Colyandro
Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute
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