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He's right about Texas politics. And also left.

[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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Texas Politics

All Texas politics all the time from the San Antonio Express-News and Houston Chronicle

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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    The population has changed immensely, but most public schools are teaching the same way they did 50 ...

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    Summer time is a great time to bake with the kids. It not only teaches math skills but life skills a...

    --Jules

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    The San Antonio Public Library has times called Family Fun times at all branches. Books are read to...

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Save Texas Schools event starts Friday - Pass it on



I hope to see you at the Save Texas Schools conference this weekend in San Antonio.



Press Release: Over 8,000 Texas Classrooms Exceed State Class Size Limits



The extraordinarily high number of waivers is largely a consequence of the legislature's decision to cut support for public education by $5.4 billion....



Following State Budget Cuts, UTSA Proposes Tuition Hike



The University of Texas at San Antonio is seeking to increase undergraduate tuition for fulltime in-state students from the current $2,891 per semester to $3,004 this fall and $3,121 in the fall of 2013....



Financial Aid Saturdays Start This Weekend



Seniors can get help filling out their college financial aid forms. We're still looking for more volunteers to pitch in.



My column in the SA Express-News on education cuts



I asked Tricia Najera, a kindergarten teacher at Blattman Elementary in Northside ISD, what this looks like in her classroom. “When you have 23 kids on the carpet for a lesson you try to meet the needs of the kids the best you can,” she said



Press Release: Education & Budget Challenges Await Perry in Texas



"I welcome the Governor back to Texas. I would be happy to fill him in on all the things that he missed while he was gone, from the harm done by his education cuts to the state's struggles for clean air and water."



Four Ways You Can Help "Save Texas Schools"



Attend the Save Texas Schools conference in San Antonio on February 3-4, and more...



State Representative Mike Villarreal - Texas House District 123 San Antonio
P.O. Box 830601, San Antonio, Texas 78283 -- 210.734.8937
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