State Capital Highlights: Education Reform Moves Forward
Texas Senate advanced a sweeping education reform bill 28 to 2, shifting local control, raising teacher pay, and enabling charter pilots and a voucher plan. The measure would require home-rule districts to adopt charters and preserve some textbook duties. Senate Budget actions and other education updates follow.
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Austin
Texas Senate
House
Senate
Bill Ratliff
Mount Pleasant
Carlos Truan
Corpus Christi
Greg Luna
San Antonio
Ratliff
Senate Education Committee
State Board of Education
George W. Bush
Inevitability of progress presses Wimberley back to wall
Editorial notes the growing population in Wimberley and the inevitable pressures of change. It warns that as families move in to build homes, require services, education, roads, and goods, local business and politics face new opportunities and headaches. The piece questions who will shape the town’s future and whether incorporation will limit minority power.
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Wimberley
Wimberley Chamber of Commerce
Keep Wimberley Beautiful Committee
Danforth High *School Ecology Club
Chamber of Commerce
Lori Witten
Inc. decision urged to share costs across Wimberley
Marian Peacock argues in favor of incorporation to spread sewage system and other city debts among all residents with a Wimberley mailing address excluding Woodcreek. She recalls past votes and boundary disputes and warns against profits for a few.
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Wimberley
Woodcreek
Marian Peacock
Doyle duo plan comeback as crime legends rise
Watson and Holmes debate a dramatic return to fame after years of inactivity. Holmes envisions a new enterprise with merchandise, television, lectures, and a cartoon series to excite audiences in America. Watson frets about money, travel, and funding as they plot a bold revival.
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Peary Perry
Watson
Sherlock Holmes
Holmes
Old Boy
Kennedy
America
Oprah
Geraldo
American Express
Dr. Watson
Editor's Note Lapses Mark Incomplete Publication
An editor's note states the content may not reflect staff, management, advertisers, or publisher views and stresses the disclaimer as part of the newspaper page. The notice signals editorial independence while outlining potential variance from the paper's official stance.
Hays County seeks applicants for historical commission
The Hays County Historical Commission invites citizens to serve for the 1995 1996 term. Appointments are made by the Commissioners Court to oversee markers surveys brochures oral histories and cemetery preservation. Submit an application by April 10 1995 available in the county judge's office or on the third floor of the Hays County Annex at 102 N LBJ Drive. Call Lila Knight at 512 295 4936 for details.
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Hays County Historical Commission
County Historical Commission
Commissioners Court
Hays County Annex
Lbj Drive
Lila Knight
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Bill
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Teel Bivins
Bivins
Amarillo
Jerry Patterson
Pasadena
Jim Francis
Dallas
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Francis
Bill Clements
Tony Garza
Harvey Hilderbran
Kerrville
Judith Zaffirini
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Zaffirini
Wimberley View
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Manacine
Harrell
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Cornerstone Park
Suste
View, Inc
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Keep Texas Beautiful
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