Sort of repeating what it did last session, the House tonight repudiated -- or at least declared independence from -- two education nostrums popular with conservatives: merit pay for teachers, and vouchers to pay private school tuition for some low-income...
Scene from the sausage factory: Rep. Larry Phillips, R-Sherman (right), just got into a shouting match with Rep. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio, over this rather obscure question: Should the Texas Ethics Commission get a nudge from the budget bill to...
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