Texas moves to give local districts more control and options
Lawmakers approved a education reform bill shifting authority to local districts, expanding public school choice and setting a five year welfare time limit. The measure also includes a $170 million school construction fund and a tuition package raising undergraduate costs to $40 per hour by 2001 with a parity provision for out of state athletes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sadler
D-Henderson
House Public Education Committee
Ratliff
Greg Luna
San Antonio
Luna
Sen. Ratliff
George W. Bush
Conference Committee
Gov
Bush
Harvey Hilderbran
Kerrville
Texas
House
Senate
Teel Bivins
Ramarillo
Ken Armbrister
Victoria
Gov. Bush
Texas Railroad Commission
State Departments of Transportation and Public Safety
Clyde Alexander
Athens
Judith Zaffirini
D-Laredo
Newspapers for classrooms offer copies on request
The Wilson County News will provide copies to classroom teachers who request them. To arrange newspapers for classroom use contact News Editor Marty Rufus at 210-216-4519.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson County News
Call News
Marty Rufus
Water fight over Carrizo Aquifer in South Texas
Officials weigh funding and control as drought looms and cities farmers developers and military interests clash over water rights to the Carrizo Aquifer spanning Atascosa Wilson Frio and parts of Bexar counties. The dispute centers on distribution ownership and future development through this vital resource.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Texas
Big Brother
Brac Commission
San Antonio
Bexar County
Atascosa
Wilson
Frio
Carrizo
Local governments urged to fund water rights watchdog
The piece argues for all Evergreen area counties and cities to fund a water rights advocate in Austin to counter Bexar County pressure. Floresville leads by example allocating up to 525 for the effort while Wilson County seeks a hearing. It warns San Antonio planners eye the aquifer and calls for wider local funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District
Austin
Bexar County
Evergreen Water District
Evergreen Board
Evergreen
San Antonio
Evergreen Board of Directors
Stockdale
LaVernia
Poth
Floresville
Atascosa
Wilson and Frio
Ram Ramirez
Wilson County
Sylvia Torres Story Follow-Up Shocks Viewers at Jail Memorial
Sylvia Torres faced outrage after a televised memorial for her young son John-John, a case where police say her husband confessed to drugging and killing the child. The article recalls a stunned moment in a Bexar County jail conference room during a planned interview.
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God
Satan
Bexar County
Sylvia Torres
John-John
Sylvia
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Austin House
Conference
Bill Ratliff
Mount Pleasant
Senate Education Committee
Armbrister
John Sharp
Dallas
Sharp
Ron Kirk
Lakewood
Lyndell Williams
Ed Sterling
Iglesia Bautista
el Calvario
Trail St
Wilson County Crime Stoppers, Inc
Path
Martha Schnabel
Ling
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