The 150 members of the Texas House who will be assembling in January will include 43 new legislators and 24 sophomores. That’s almost half the Texas House. These freshmen and sophomores will have a steep learning curve in order to effectively represent their constituents. The legislative session ... Keep Reading
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ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Lynn Moak, a leading education analyst in Texas for nearly five decades, told state District Judge John Dietz this week that nearly half of Texas' ninth-graders — about 150,000 — aren't on track to graduate because they failed at least one of the state's ... Keep Reading