Daily Archives: February 27, 2011

Just a reminder: Save Texas Schools

Just a reminder: Save Texas Schools – Fund Public Education Now! Our Schools, Our Kids, Our Future Texas students are tough, but they’ve never faced a crisis like this. In every school district across the Lone Star State, the same … Continue reading

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Weekend link dump for February 27

Is that a lion about to come in? Keep Twitter short! Change is hard. But keeping things short doesn’t have to be. See, this is why I wasn’t a liberal arts major. How could outsourcing your core competency possibly have … Continue reading

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Harris County minus one?

Despite essentially keeping up with the state growth rate, Harris County may lose a legislative seat in the next round of redistricting. As Texas lawmakers turn their attention to the complex and contentious task of redrawing their own districts, that … Continue reading

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Sugar Land seeks someone to develop prison land

I hope they get their wish. Sugar Land city officials hope to convert a 330-acre state prison property into a light industrial business park and are looking for private partners for the development. The tract, which sits adjacent to the … Continue reading

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San Antonio moves past Dallas

They’re #2! Not that it really matters. [San Antonio’s] 1.3 million residents put it at the No. 2 spot for Texas’ largest cities and had the office of Mayor Julián Castro declaring San Antonio’s “rising prominence as one of America’s … Continue reading

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But it’s football! Football’s different!

Times are tough in Texas, especially for public schools and universities. Everyone is being asked to make do with less. Well, almost everyone. Several professors at a [Texas Tech] faculty senate meeting Wednesday questioned the university’s January announcement it will … Continue reading

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