News
Articles - May 3 - 9, 2004
Sunday,
May 9, 2004
New York Times Magazine
The
tug of the new-fangled slot machines
Austin American Statesman
Issue
of slot machines is still in play
San Antonio Express
News
Workhorse
property tax pulls an extra-heavy load in funding schools
Austin American Statesman
Education,
not taxes, should be focus of senate
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Grusendorf's moment slips away
Abilene Reporter News
Texas house actions are an embarrassment
Baytown Sun
Lawmakers privately ponder state income tax
Beaumont Enterprise
Special session topics similar to 1984 session
El Paso Times
School finance process disillusions our teachers
Fort Worth Star Telegram
The job ahead
Houston Chronicle
Leaders flunk math exam
San Antonio Express News
Session progress is tough
Saturday,
May 8, 2004
Austin American Statesman
State funding helps Roma ISD build bright futures
Dallas Morning News
Anti-tax guru norquist haunts legislators
El Paso Times
Education package so far is weak, has deficit
Houston Chronicle
Texas taxpayers should feel discouraged
San Antonio Express News
Senators to go slow forging bill
Friday,
May 7, 2004
News 8 Austin
Education
reform still isn't
Austin American Statesman
Senate will take best shot at school finance
Texas ISD
Robin Hood is fair, equitable, and common practice San
Antonio Express News
More signs point to another session on schools
Austin American
Statesman
RIick Perry is a great uniter
Dallas Morning
News
Senators say school finance bill up to them, not perry
Houston Chronicle
Dewhurst sees difficutly ahead for school finance bill
Houston Chronicle
Tax measure offers little relief to lawmakers
Fort Worth
Star Telegram
Taxation tripod for Texas
Fort Worth
Star Telegram
Senators to work on school financing
Thursday,
May 6, 2004
Abilene Reporter News
School-finance plan goes to Senate
Austin American Statesman
School finance facts by the numbers
Austin American Statesman
House shirks its duty in sending school finance bill to Senate
Austin American Statesman
Scott McCown: No money for schools, so class warfare erupts
Austin Chronicle
Coming Up Lemons
Brownsville Herald
Senate to consider school
finance today
Corpus Christi Caller
Times
School finance moves forward without slots
Dallas Morning News
Stripped school finance bill passes House
Dallas Morning News
School plan gets another bumpy ride
Dallas Morning News
Texas House Passes School Finance Bill
Dallas Morning News
Austin's Burning: Dewhurst, business leaders should take control
Dallas Morning News
Democrats assail craddick for sending bill to senate
El Paso Times
Senate braces to rework House school finance plan
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Finance bill gets House's final OK
Fort Worth Star Telegram
School finance bill passes House
Houston Chronicle
On school funding plan
Longview News Journal
05-06, State: Education committee member wants second special
session called
Lufkin Daily News
Confident that senators can rescue school finance
San Antonio Express News
Guerra: Mired leadership void, lawmakers should do the right thing
Wichita Falls Times
Record News
House okays school finance bill
McKinney Courier Gazette
A
lesson on education reform
Austin American Statesman
Senate not planning to rush a school finance bill Austin American Statesman
School finance bill passes House
Houston
Chronicle
Cut-back school bill puts heat on Senate San Antonio Express
News
Video Lottery is a Bust
Wednesday,
May 5, 2004
Austin American Statesman
Struggling
schools need help
Palestine Herald
Schools
opposing House finance bill Conroe Courier
Local reps take 'wait and see' approach to school finance
KTBS
Video gambling out of Texas education-funding bill
Paris News
House to pass bare bones bill
Waxahachie Daily Light
House passes stripped finance bill
Pitts’ feelings
not hurt by loss of VLT proposal
Austin American Statesman
House approves tattered version of school finance bill
Austin American Statesman
Gambling foes win house skirmish
San Antonio Express
News
Craddick
pushing hard for school finance consensus Abilene Reporter News
Plan
for school finance moves forward in House
Austin American-Statesman
Perry,
others rain abuse on school finance plan
Gambling opponents say they have enough votes to kill slot machine proposal
and the $1.5 billion in revenue it would generate. Brian-College Eagle
House school finance debate falls apart, stripped bill passes
The Brownsville Herald
House narrowly passes amended plan for school finance
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
House adopts tax cut, but bill lacks new School funds
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
School-finance plan deserved to die
House defeats a measure that relied too heavily on regressive
sales taxes
Corpus Christi Caller
Times
Roberts: Where's the leadership in school finance debate?
Dallas Morning News
Appraisal cap aids the rich, local official claims
Dallas Morning News
A house united againt Rick Perry
Dallas Morning News
Talk about scary
Re: "School plan cuts taxes for richest," yesterday's
Page One
Dallas Morning News
No One's Fenced In: Slots, cigarettes not needed
to fund schools
El Paso Times
House sends bill on schools to Senate
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Freshman Irving legislator leads successful opposition to video
slots
Fort Worth Star Telegram
House passes stopgap tax plan
Fort Worth Star Telegram
House school finance debate falls apart,
stripped bill passes
Galveston Daily News
Eiland: House 'gave up' on school bill
Houston Chronicle
House bill trades modest property tax cut for nation's highest
sales tax
San Antonio Express
News
'Shell' of a school finance plan finally gets nod
San Antonio Express
News
Hospitality officials rap $1 entertainment surcharge
Times Guardian
CISD superintendent weighs in
on school finance reform
Expresses concerns over governor's
proposals
Valley Morning Star
House OKs school finance bill
Valley Morning Star
Property-poor districts gain little in house plan
Tuesday,
May 4, 2004
Quorum Report
The
Texas House Rebels
Galveston County News
Eiland
says house 'gave up' on house bill
Austin American Statesman
State senator making case for income tax Bandera Bulletin
Former teacher, business owner casteel sees hard choices in school
finance debate
Center for Public Policy
Priorities
Don't shortchange public education
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Where's the leadership on school finance?
Dallas Morning News
House redraws bill to eliminate payroll tax, video gambling
Dallas Morning News
House guts, then OKs school bill
Legislators narrowly
back new measure after divisive items are removed
KCBD
Texas House Give Preliminary Approval to School Finance
Plan
KXAN
First Education Finance Plans Hit The Texas House
Houston Chronicle
School finance plans disintegrate
Houston Chronicle
Tobacco tax also about saving lives
Houston Chronicle
Amended school funding plan advances
Tyler Morning Telegraph
House approves scaled-down bill
Austin
American Statesman
Opposition to House Plan Includes Coalition of Democrats and Republicans
Against Gambling
Austin
American Statesman
Education Bill Adds $1 Fee for Live Entertainment
Dallas
Morning News
School Proposal Pounded From All Sides
Abilene
Reporter News
Groups Scramble to Sway Lawmakers on School Plan
Austin
American Statesman
Highlights Monday from the Texas Legislature
Austin American Statesman
House plan comes under fire
Austin American Statesman
Perry: no payroll tax
Amarillo Globe News
School finance bill goes to House
If approved, plan will go to Senate
Brownsville Herald
Valley leaders prepare for House battle over school-funding bill
Dallas Morning News
Changing Needs Raise School Finance Costs
Dallas Morning News
State Benefits From Quirk in School Funding Formula
Dallas Morning News
DMN: Slots, Cigarette Tax Hike Not Needed to Fund Schools
Dallas Morning News
McCown: Don't Shortchange Education in Pursuit of Tax Cuts
El Paso Times
School Bill Falters; Tigua Tribe Looks for chance to Reopen Casino
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Perry Says Tax Cap Still Under Review
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Proposal for video lottery machines, new taxes drawing fire from
all sides
Houston Chronicle
House School Funding Plan on Uncertain Ground
Houston Chronicle
HC: School Needs Slighted During Special Session
Houston Chronicle
Lawmakers Agree on Little Else But Tax Cuts
San Antonio Express News
Guerra: When Things Go Quiet in Austin, It's Always About Money
San Antonio Express News
Plan Under Fire, Craddick Predicts Two Days of Floor Debate
San Antonio Express News
Saen: Linking Surplus to Tax Cuts is Bad Policy
Valley Morning Star
Valley Lawmakers Prepare for Debate on House Plan
Monday,
May 3, 2004
Amarillo Globe News, Associated
Press
School plan clears panel, heads to House for vote
Dallas Morning News
Parents Become Activists in School Funding Debate
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
An 'F' for effort
San Antonio Express News
Big school districts cost more money
San Antonio Express-News
All legislative votes should be recorded
Waco Tribune Herald
Neely: Keeping an eye on educational excellence |
