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[Readers can find the story in the Daily Buzz section of the Quorum Report.] From the QR story: HE 19 candidate James White this evening described as “a desperate lie” the disclosure by the Tuffy Hamilton campaign of student and parental complaints against White of inappropriate and sexual references made while teaching at the Livingston [...]
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Mail-in ballots exceed in-person voting in a couple of counties. For example, in the first day of voting in Harris County, 3,380 votes were cast in person. Mail-in  ballots totaled 10,027. The other big county for mail-in ballots was Tarrant (Fort Worth). On the first day of  voting, 2,147 votes were cast in person. An [...]
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Former Texas solicitor general Ted Cruz revels in the Houston Chronicle’s endorsement of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in an interview with Sean Hannity, who endorses him (at the very beginning, notes the Cruz camp):
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A ruling affecting health care, including contraception, for some 130,000 low-income Texas women probably won’t come until late this year as Planned Parenthood and the state of Texas plan for mid-October oral arguments in their legal fight.  The state is appealing a preliminary injunction that U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel granted  six weeks ago preventing [...]
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Press release: TEA Defers 15% Grading Policy Following Legislators' Request



Posted @ Friday, February 17, 2012

Following a request by Rep. Mike Villarreal and over 100 other state representatives, Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott today announced a one-year delay of the requirement that new state End of Course (EOC) exams count for 15 percent of a student's grade...

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Press Release: New Data Show Gas Tax Break Costs Schools $2 Billion



Posted @ Thursday, February 09, 2012

The state's high-cost natural gas tax exemption cost the state $2.3 billion during fiscal years 2010 and 2011, according to data provided by the state Comptroller's office...

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State Representative Mike Villarreal - Texas House District 123 San Antonio
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