March 2012
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State of Texas’ evil plan foiled again: TX Supreme Court affirms coastal property owner’s claim to her own land http://ow.ly/9ZqhB courts
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Tornillo ISD supt Vranish gets more time to respond to audit of expenses; new district lawyer has ties-Vranish elpaso http://ow.ly/9Z2rN
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Records used in other states to uncover cheating on tests not open in Texas edu transparency http://ping.fm/ofqGj
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Auditors detail problems with Houston ISD procurement process hisd hounews http://ping.fm/AdH6z
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RT @txrxreport: 2 years on, ‘weak claims’ of states challenging health care law taken quite seriously by scotus http://ow.ly/9XuHi hcr
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Houston school district expects less money from federal program for disadvantaged students hisd hounews titleI http://ping.fm/P8tAN
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Nonprofit group sees ‘no real financial accountability’ in Texas public schools (via @mySA) txlege education http://ping.fm/2e1aO
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Tornillo ISD superintendent defends snowmobile expense, other purchases schools http://ping.fm/eHplG
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Walker Co. officials they had always planned to release election records, despite appeal to AG (via @HuntsvilleItem) http://ow.ly/9VW7n
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Supreme Court turns its attention to health care act’s expansion of Medicaid http://ow.ly/9VKLR scotus hcr
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RT @TXRXreport: Texas AG: Law has ‘gripped the entire nation’; SCOTUS undertakes day 2 reviewing healthcare law hcr http://ow.ly/9UhhS
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House members - incl 2/3 of TX delegation - boost family interests, report by @CREWcrew says congress nepotism http://ping.fm/8daL5
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Walker County election tests new law on ballot records (via @HuntsvilleItem) http://ping.fm/yk498
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Keller city manager seeks fiscal discipline, cuts his own job budget http://ping.fm/Sjj0U
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Fort Worth tries, fails to slow release of warrant in TCU drug case (via @dallasnews) badcopnodonut fortworth http://ping.fm/7FU1x
Resignation of Tornillo ISD superintendent - following revelation of $ for snowmobile - questioned http://bit.ly/GELq8z via @abc7breaking
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Corpus Christi simplifies process for filing ethics complaints corpuschristi (via @callerpolitics) cccouncil cctx http://bit.ly/GIvhx8
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TX discriminated by putting too much affordable housing in poor, minority areas, court finds http://bit.ly/GCOL9u (via @mySA) txlege
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Taxpayer funds for the disabled allegedly looted by CFO of Austin nonprofit to pay off credit cards txlege atx http://ow.ly/9Mg1t
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Documents on Galveston councilman’s potential conflict of interest withheld (via @galvestonnews) opengov http://ping.fm/OdaAX
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Texas gets D+ in study of risk of corruption txlege (via @iWatch) http://ping.fm/JWYSa
After year of throwing roadblocks at @elpasotimes, city of Socorro releases settlement w/ fmr city manager @elpasotimes http://ping.fm/VLjNl
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View complaints to the Houston Office of Inspector General here hounews http://ping.fm/Zdm12
Texas teachers’ health care fund projected to run short on cash (via @statesman) http://ping.fm/DkSp3
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Nueces Co commissioners dispense w/ public comment, closed mtg for hrs on redistricting http://ow.ly/9xuBE (via @kiii3news @callerdotcom)
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HISD weighs importance of free play time for Houston elementary students recess ece earlyed hounews http://ping.fm/Nd8p4
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State pursues voterfraud charges against Woodlands residents who registered to motel http://ping.fm/ofKbe
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Houston-area Congressional delegation gets wealthier even in recession congress hounews (via @HoustonChron http://ping.fm/rJQvo)
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Fees climb in Texas, tens of millions diverted from original purpose to balance state budget (via @statesman) txlege http://bit.ly/zsbrvw
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Elgin ISD parent’s complaints led 2 investigation of staff hot dog/donut fund paid for by students’ fundraising http://ow.ly/9pQRZ schools
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Plastic and paper grocery bags banned in Austin beginning in March 2013 http://ow.ly/9pC5t atx (via @kateweidaw)
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Competitive Congressional race in West Texas emerges following redistricting squabble http://ow.ly/9olhJ (via @DMNPolitics) txlege