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3 hrs ago | MyFox St. Louis

Trials begin for 4 employees charged in 'fight club' at Texas facility for mentally disabled

Grainy cell phone videos showing developmentally disabled students forced to fight each other will likely be shown to jurors this week as four former employees at a Texas school go on trial.

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8 hrs ago | Houston Chronicle

Peggy Fikac: a Missed opportunitya to reform TxDOT

More than a year after the Texas Department of Transportation was labeled an out-of-control agency in need of reining in, lawmakers made their decision: No TxDOT reforms were put into state law.

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Related Topix: Texas, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

Sun Jul 05, 2009

KLTV

Cornyn draws boos during Austin tea party

Texans tired of big government and taxes rallied on courthouse and Capitol lawns, at times interrupting the remarks of Sen.

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Related Topix: Texas, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Cornyn, Life, Holidays, 4th of July

The Dallas Morning News

Long a leader in toll-road pursuits, Texas taps the brakes on efforts

Texas spent the past six years leading the nation in its pursuit of private toll roads.

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Related Topix: Texas, Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX

MySanAntonio.com

Viewpoint: Cap and trade: The best way forward for Texas?

As Texans swelter this summer, we are turning up our air conditioning and hitting the road for vacation.

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Related Topix: Texas, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Texas House approves $2.2B roads bill

The bonds were approved by voters statewide in 2007, but the bill approved Thursday authorized the spending.

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KQXT-FM San Antonio

KBH Visits Texas Trops in Iraq, Talks with 1200WOAI News from Kuwait

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has spent the last couple of days in Iraq, where she met with troops from Texas, as well as Texas National Guard units and top military officials like Gen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas, US National Guard, US Military, Rick Perry, US Governors

Hit and Run

InstaVision Talks With Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Who Makes a Lot of Economic Sense

Over at PJTV , Glenn "InstaVision" Reynolds interviews Texas Gov. Rick Perry on why the Lone Star State is doing relatively well compared to other giga-states such as California, which is in full-on breakdown mode .

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Dallas Morning News

Texas Baptists launch plan for Hispanic education

Texas Baptists say they want to do more than just pray about the problem of Hispanic youth dropping out of high school.

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Related Topix: Texas, Family, Kids, Baylor University, Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX

The Ellis County Press Online

Texas Construction Career Academies to Continue this Summer

A pre-employment training and recruitment program academy will open its doors this month to individuals who are interested in pursuing a construction-related career.

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Related Topix: Texas, Dallas, TX, Paul Quinn College, Texas Southern University

Houston Chronicle

Toll road plan falters as special session opens

A push to allow for new privately run toll roads hit a pothole Wednesday as the special legislative session opened, with the measure likely to be drastically scaled back or ditched.

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Victoria Advocate

Giant 'tea party' slated for Southfork on the 4th

Originally published July 3, 2009 at 1:12 a.m., updated July 3, 2009 at 2:13 a.m. DALLAS a ' Organizers of America's Tea Party hope to attract 50,000 people to Southfork Ranch on the Fourth of July.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Off the Kuff

Smith bashes Perry for vetoing HB3148

Rep. Todd Smith takes Governor Perry to task for vetoing HB3148 , which would have exempted some teenagers who had engaged in consensual sex with a minor less than four years younger than themselves from having to register as sex offenders.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Texas, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Lamar Smith

KHOU-TV Houston

House committee approves key bill

The House has passed a bill to keep a few important state agencies operating. The measure has already been approved by the Senate and will next head to Gov.

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District Administration

Texas Only State Yet to Apply for Stabilization Fund

When the federal government started dangling billions of stimulus dollars for education in front of states, many snapped up the money right away.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

The Dallas Morning News

Toll road bill faces tough fight in Texas Legislature's special session

Gov. Rick Perry's special session effort to win new approval for public-private toll roads in Texas may be hitting the skids.

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Related Topix: Texas, Rick Perry, US Governors

Click2Houston

Toll Road Measure In Limbo

The House sponsor of a measure that would allow the state to continue contracting for privately built toll roads said he's not sure the bill can pass before Friday.

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KTVT Fort Worth

Texas Lawmakers Convene Special Legislative Session

Share + Jul 1, 2009 12:03 pm US/Central Texas lawmakers have convened the special legislative session in Austin.

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Related Topix: Texas, Rick Perry, US Governors

The Dallas Morning News

Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison visits Iraq

With Texas Gov. Rick Perry stuck in Austin overseeing a special session of the Legislature, Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Kay Hutchison, Texas

District Administration

Texas Rejects Plan to Adopt National School Standards

USTIN a ' Texas has decided to steer clear of a national effort a ' involving 46 states a ' to develop uniform standards for English and math instruction in public schools.

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