News
Articles - April 26 - 30, 2004
Friday
April 30, 2004
Dallas Morning News
House May Get School Plan Saturday
Taxes Tossed for Movie Tickets, Carwashes But Added on Bottled Water
Fort Worth
Star Telegram
Voucher opponents warn against pilot program
Houston Chronicle
School fund bill changes again
KTBS
Vote on Texas education funding is Saturday
KVUE
Lawmakers release school finance plan
Dallas Morning News
So far, no liquor tax on tap to help schools
Some lawmakers targeting
beer, wine sales to share burden
Austin American Statesman
Lottery battle brewing in House
Bipartisan opposition arising to key component of schools plan
San Antonio Express
News
House panel delays vote on plan
Abilene Reporter News
Lawmakers delay session vote
Brownsville Herald
Proposal would cut funding to Valley schools by millions
Dallas Morning News
Panel expected to pass school finance plan
Saturday vote likely for revenue measure, gambling amendment
Dallas Morning News
A Certain Logic: High schools do need more money
El Paso Times
Plan to cut property tax called too costly
Waxahachie Daily Light
Video slots proposal raises ire
Thursday
April 29, 2004
Dallas Morning News
Businesses
wail over tax proposal
House phones light up with complaints about options to fund schools
Allen American
Trustees
weigh in on school-finance changes
Austin American Statesman
House
committee delays school finance vote again
Dallas Morning News
Lottery
not school solution
Galveston Daily News
Lawmakers
are moving too fast
Herald – Zeitung
Casteel
discusses school finance reform
Houston Chronicle
Gambling
measure stirs school finance debate
Houston Chronicle
When
failure is adequate to Texas legislators
KGBT
Strayhorn
Critical of Perry Education Plan
KXAN
VLTs
Causing Plenty Of Debate In Special Session
Mexia Daily News
Mexia
ISD joining coalition for school funding equity
Austin American Statesman
Commentary:
Craig Tounget, Texas PTA
A simple guideline: If it hurts schools, scrap it
Austin American Statesman
House
committee re-writes its education plan
Austin American Statesman
Perry
urges appraisal caps; weighs in on sales tax
Austin American Statesman
Gambling
foes align against video gambling
Abilene Reporter News
Why can't they say 'vouchers'?
Dallas Morning News
School plan revised; proposed state property tax dropped
Dallas Morning News
Craddick: House school finance plan to include sales tax increase
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
House committee abandons parts of a proposed tax plan
Houston Chronicle
Revised House Plan Saves Array of Services from Tax
San Antonio Express News
Guidelines that Texas' gambling proponents should embrace
Austin Chronicle
Go and Sin No More
When it comes to sinnin', the Yellow Rose has nothing on the Lege
Brownsville Herald
Lawmakers
vent frustration over a school tax plan
Houston Chronicle
Alief sets Robin Hood forum
Lewisville Leader
School coalition insists on keeping local control
San Antonio Express News
Full
House could start school tax debate next week
Wednesday
April 28, 2004
San Antonio Express News
School funding proposals meet lack of support
Business Wire
As state legislature debates school funding, Koret task force releases
new book presenting education poligy recommendations for Texas
The Citizen
Seabrook airs concerns about state tax reforms
Houston Chronicle
Spring Branch ISD forum offers insight into platforms
WFAA
The Special Session: Fixing education finance
Austin American-Statesman
Commentary: Brad Shields
In bid for total 'equity,' we'll undercut
our top schools
Austin American-Statesman
House school plan opens to mixed reviews
Proposal cuts property taxes, raises sales taxes and creates a
new payroll tax
The Dallas Morning
News
Craddick: House school finance plan to include sales tax increase
Austin American-Statesman
Commentary: John Young
Why politicians tip-toe around voucher issue
The Brownsville Herald
Committees explore new tax revenue sources to fund school system
The Dallas Morning News
Sales tax eyed for schools
El Paso Times
Legislators ponder payroll tax
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Another
Way to Pay
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Letters
to the Editor: Funding our Schools
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
All in the funding
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Craddick
says sales tax increase planned
Longview News-Journal
State: School finance plan would raise sales tax
San Antonio Express-News
House plan includes sales tax increase, state property tax
Houston Chronicle
House plan shifts Texans' tax burden
Consumer taxes would rise,
property taxes fall
Houston Chronicle
OLD STORY
Wasn't horse racing going to boost rural economy?
Lufkin Daily News
East Texas lawmakers voice doubts about plan
McKinney Courier-Gazette
Opinion
Where will Gov. Perry's school funding plan lead?
San Antonio Express-News
House panel offers fund fix
Tuesday
April 27, 2004
Houston Chronicle
House looking at payroll tax plus expanded sales tax for Texas
KXAN
Reworking The Education Funding System
San Marcos Record
Committee considering video gambling at tracks; education budget
targeted
San Antonio Express
News
Craddick
prepares House for debate on state property tax Austin American-Statesman
Rick
Perry, Governor of Texas
Austin American-Statesman
Proposals to expand gambling surface in House
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Senators study tax solutions
Dallas Morning News
Officials all over the map on school finance
TX ISD
Replacing
Recapture With State Revenue: Why It Isn’t Equitable
Dallas Morning News
Lawmakers see slots as school funding source
Dallas Morning News
Commissioner touts benefits of video gambling at racetracks
Houston Chronicle
Expanded gambling endorsed
El Paso Times
1 gaming proposal wouldn't help Tiguas
Longview News Journal
State: Ag chief backs video gambling as aid to state's rural economy
San Antonio Express-News
Legislators eye video gambling
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Promising possibility
Fort Worth Star Telegram
7 tracks could be full-time casinos
Houston Chronicle
Give Texans choices on paying for schools
Monday
April 26, 2004
Plano Star Courier
Otto
expresses concerns about Perry's tax plan
Dallas Morning News
Lawmakers
All Over the Map on School Finance
Houston Chronicle
Special
Session Taking on Look of '06 Primary
Beaumont Enterprise
Some
Texans Don't Want to Take Perry's Gamble
Austin American Statesman
Highlights Monday from the Texas Legislature
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Legislators must focus on real issue
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