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El Paso Times, Texas, Trish Long column
El Paso Times, TexasLast week's article was about Pearl Johnson, who, in 1951, was convicted of the murder of her newborn baby and sentenced to 15 years in prison. A May 13, 1953, headline read: "Woman in Prison Charges E.P. Officials Got Gambling Payoff" "Austin -- An...Tags: Prosecution, Government, Lawyers, Dwayne Johnson, Prisons
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EDITORIAL: Open government gest another test in Texas House
Fort Worth Star-TelegramIssues of transparency and ethics in government and political campaigns have received mixed reaction from the Texas Legislature this year, but they'll come up again Monday when the House considers an omnibus ethics bill. It should make for some...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Values, Laws, Government, Executive Branch
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RGV delegates reach compromise on med school
The Monitor, McAllen, TexasThe Rio Grande Valley's delegation reached a compromise late Thursday on legislation that would create a regional medical school and university, likely ending a dispute over location that threatened to derail the concept. Every House and Senate member...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Eddie Jr Lucio, Brownsville, Local Government, University of Texas-Pan American
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Cost of Detention
Kerrville Daily Times, TexasKerr County spent almost $8,000 in March jailing people suspected of violating U.S. immigration laws, and this expense has remained relatively flat over the past year, according to reports released by the state jail commission. Although none were in...Tags: Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, Laws, Police Arrests, Prisons, Barack Obama
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8-liner bill gains steam in Texas House
Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, TexasA bill that would put strict controls on eight-liner game halls in Willacy and Harris counties is moving quickly through the Texas Legislature, Willacy County Judge John F. Gonzales Jr. said. If enacted, the new law would require eight-liner halls to...Tags: Gaming, Judges, Business, Justice System, Elections
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Construction on Hutto's first community college nears completion
Austin American-StatesmanThe massive three-story, red brick and concrete building looks like it just sprouted up among the farmland in eastern Williamson County. Hutto's first-ever community college campus is in the final stages of construction. Classes are scheduled to start...Tags: Colleges and Universities
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Obama leaves Austin after Applied Materials speech
Austin American-StatesmanMaking a quick day's escape from what he called the political "gloom and doom" of Washington, President Barack Obama came to a gray and windy Austin on Thursday in search of some rays of light. His agenda stalled only five months into his second term,...Tags: Television Industry, State of the Union Address, National Economic Council, White House, Gene Sperling
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City Commission backs protests to change road name back to Alamo
The Monitor, McAllen, TexasThe City Commission reversed its own previous action under pressure here Tuesday and backed dozens of Alamo residents who have rallied to berate lawmakers for changing the main road bearing the city's name to the name of its former mayor. But the change...Tags: Brownsville, Eddie Jr Lucio, Medina (Saudi Arabia), Elections
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UT regents expected to OK $334.5 million plan for med school
Austin American-StatesmanA years-long effort to establish a medical school at the University of Texas is about to reach a major milestone. A committee of the UT System Board of Regents is scheduled to review the university's $334.5 million proposal Wednesday, and the full board...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, University of Texas at Austin, Health and Safety at School, Medical Research
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School bond backers target Austinites who dislike Perry
Austin American-StatesmanThe latest mailer in the campaign over the $892 million bond package for Austin schools arrived this week with an urgent appeal and images, front and back, of Gov. Rick Perry. Why is Perry wading into a local school bond election? He isn't. He is...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Government, Rick Perry, Executive Branch, Elections
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Nation and Melone: Will Supreme Court end affirmative action for college admissions?
Americans embrace the ideal of equality. However, we have had a difficult time with the concept in practice. The towering rhetoric of the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal" was shamefully belied by the enshrinement of slavery...
Tags: Racism, Colleges and Universities, John G. Roberts, Jr., Discrimination, Teaching and Learning
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COLUMN-Don't mess with Texas water, frackers warned: Kemp
Reuters(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) By John Kemp LONDON, May 1 (Reuters) - Eagle Ford in Texas is one of the fastest-growing shale oil and gas plays in the United States, but it is also in one of the driest parts...Tags: Conservation, Chemical Industry, Petroleum Industry, Organic Chemical Industry, Water Supply
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