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House unveils limited school choice plan The Republican chair of the Texas House public education committee has filed a bill that increases education funding with one-time bonuses for school employees as well as education savings accounts on a limited basis, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Letter To the Editor:

To the Editor: Corrected Letter to the Editorby Otis Shearer of Booker On the 2023 Texas Constitution Amendments Fourteen propositions are on the November 7 ballot to amend the Texas Constitution.

California Crushes Pennsylvania

by John Stossel Pennsylvania's Peter Brothers Trucking delivers goods all across America. Owner Brian Wanner says Pennsylvania bureaucrats now are driving him out of his home state. 'We have no say,' complains Wanner in my new video. 'We can't do anything about it.

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Abbott ties voucher passage to teacher pay, school funding Gov.

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor by Otis Shearer of Booker On the 2023 Texas Constitution Amendments Fourteen propositions are on the November 7 ballot to amend the Texas Constitution. I have read the Voter Guide of the League of Women Voters of Texas setting forth arguments for and against each amendment.

Schumer Tree Spending

Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York may serve as the Senate majority leader, but the press releases he posts on his official Senate website do not tend to focus on national issues. They focus instead on spending federal money -- in New York.

OnYour Payroll

President Joe Biden, 1600 Pennsylvania, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20500 (202) 4561414. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Russell Senate Office Bulding 404, Washington, D.C. 20510. (202) 224-5922. Dallas office: LB 606, 10440 North Central Expressway, Suite 1160, Dallas, TX 75231-2223. (214) 599-8749. U.S. Sen.

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Texas employment at historic high, but jobless rate is up For the 30th consecutive month Texas showed job growth, reaching just under 14 million jobs and outpacing the nation in its annual rate of employment growth, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.

Shut It Down!

by John Stossel This week Republicans and Democrats got together to avert a government shutdown. Too bad. There's so much that ought to be shut down. Useless Cabinet departments, for example, like Housing and Urban Development, Labor and Agriculture. Agriculture employs almost 100,000 people. Why?

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Special session to begin on Oct. 9 Gov. Greg Abbott issued a letter to legislative leaders indicating a special session will begin on Oct. 9 dealing with what he has called “school choice” but is more widely known as vouchers.