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Group gives bad grade to teacher education in Texas...comes amid growing criticism - notably from U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan - of colleges of education. Earlier this year, the Texas Legislature mandated a stricter accountability system for all teacher-training programs. For the first... In this article: Texas, Kate Walsh, and University of Houston |
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Dallas Morning News | 2 days ago
Dallas area may be first to see state's new plan to fund toll roads
...clear on one point: They wanted the Texas Department of Transportation out of the business of building privately financed toll roads. The Texas Legislature beat back attempts to extend the authority for so-called comprehensive development...
In this article: Texas Department of Transportation, Cintra, John Carona, Dallas, and Credit enhancement
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The Dallas Morning News | 2 days ago
TxDOT has new plan to fund toll roads
...Road on the State Highway 161 toll road in Grand Prairie. The toll road is open, but traffic is being diverted to one side. The Texas Legislature beat back attempts to extend the authority for so-called comprehensive development...
In this article: Texas Department of Transportation, John Carona, Credit enhancement, El Paso, Tax, and Dallas
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The Star-Telegram | 5 days ago
UNT regents vote for MD program at Health Science Center
...residency commitments from hospitals and planning for the school's first class to begin in 2013. The proposal will require approval of the Texas Legislature, since the enabling legislation for the UNT Health Science Center specifically...
In this article: UNT, George Cole, Texas College, Fort Worth, and University of North Texas
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San Antonio News | 5 days ago
The electronics recycling gap
...these items costs cities money, and if they are put in landfills, they have the potential to leak toxins such as lead, mercury and cadmium. The Texas Legislature in 2007 passed a law requiring computer manufacturers to provide free and...
In this article: Beaumont, Port Arthur, Waste, Mercury, Cadmium, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Toxin, and Waste Management
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NPR | 5 days ago
Hard Lessons From Two Mass Killings In Texas
...that if she'd had her pistol with her, she would have stood up, aimed and taken Hennard out. Hupp rode her grief and outrage into the Texas Legislature, where as a lawmaker representing Killeen, she won passage of the state's concealed...
In this article: Suzanna Hupp, Luby's, Fort Hood, Texas, Fort Hood shooting, Luby's massacre, and God
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The Dallas Morning News | 5 days ago
AT A GLANCE: TRANSPORTATION SPENDING
12:00 AM CST on Friday, November 20, 2009 WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM $2 billion - Amount the Texas Legislature authorized transportation officials to borrow, out of a total of $5 billion approved by voters in 2007. $1 billion - Amount...
In this article: San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth, and Dallas
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Dallas Morning News | 5 days ago
Dallas, Fort Worth get short straw in highway spending plan OK'd by state
...the funds to widen I-35 if all of the money made available by the Legislature were awarded by existing formulas. $2 billion - Amount the Texas Legislature authorized transportation officials to borrow, out of a total of $5 billion...
In this article: Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, Texas Department of Transportation, and Texas
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TC Palm | 7 days ago
Florida studies Texas' solutions to its own Texas-sized prison problem
...and combat recidivism; and parole more eligible prisoners (Florida abolished parole for crimes committed after 1983). In 2007, the Texas Legislature approved $241 million to do just that. The state added more than 10,000 slots for...
In this article: Texas, Florida, Tampa, Florida, Parole, Florida Department of Corrections, The St. Petersburg Times, and Victor Crist
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MyWestTexas.com | November 15, 2009
States continue to face growing deficit problems
...according to a report by the Pew Center on the States. Dewhurst told the Reporter-Telegram's editorial board he is glad the Texas Legislature doesn't have to face those problems, but added it is a continuing battle to control expenditures...
In this article: California, David Dewhurst, Texas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Washington, New Jersey, and Michigan
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | November 05, 2009
Education agency head shouldn’t match muscles with the Texas Legislature
Education agency head shouldn't match muscles with the Texas Legislature Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott's mouth might have been moving faster than his mind Tuesday in a talk to the Greater Austin Area Chamber of Commerce.
In this article: Attorney General, Texas, and Houston
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The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of the upper house Texas Senate with 31 members, and the lower Texas House of Representatives with 150 members. The Legislature meets at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. In Texas, the legislature is arguably considered the most powerful arm of the Texas Government due to its power of the purse to control and direct the activities of state government, as well the strong constitutional connections between the legislature and the Lieutenant Governor of Texas.
The Legislature replaced the Congress of the Republic of Texas following Texas' entrance into the United States in 1845. The first session of the legislature met from February 16 to May 13, 1846.
- Name:
- Texas Legislature
- Type:
- Bicameral
- Head:
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- Joe Straus
- David Dewhurst
- Website:
- http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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