Items of Note [Politics]
- The infamous abortion sonogram bill has passed the Texas House and is on its way to the Senate.
- With all the brouhaha over school district budgets, you might like to see the rundown of salaries for Texas district superintendents.
- Over the weekend, the Texas Nationalists rallied for secession at the Capitol.
- Two proposed House bills would require drug testing for applicants for and recipients of state benefits.
- Public safety officials concerned about state/federal budget cuts.
- A snapshot of how proposed state budget cuts might affect the most vulnerable.
- The official notice isn't on their site yet, but the Texas Tribune is forming a COO (Chief Operating Officer) position, and has hired the Associate Commissioner for State Initiatives at the Texas Education Agency, Barbara Knaggs, to fill it.
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