Before you head out for the long weekend, put this on your calendar for next week: Proposed changes to the Texas Medicaid Women’s Health Program get a public hearing in Austin next Tuesday afternoon. Here are the when and where details. There are real questions about whether this successful program, which provides basic health and […]
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SBOE Candidate: Dorothy Olmos
Because of redistricting, all 15 seats on the Texas State Board of Education will be up for grabs in the November 2012 elections. The results of those elections will determine whether the religious right’s corrosive influence over public education will weaken or grow as the board considers what the next generation of public school students […]
Your Morning Reads: The Case Against School Vouchers
Later this morning we’ll be at the state Senate Committee on Education hearing that will take up school vouchers. As we told you yesterday — and as we’ll be telling the committee today — vouchers are always a bad idea. But at time when school district budgets have been slashed, a scheme that drains even […]
New School Year, Same Old School Voucher Scheme. Plus, the Unabomber
This Friday we’ll be monitoring a state senate photo op committee hearing here in Austin on one of the longstanding pet causes for the far right: school vouchers. Yes, vouchers are back. Again. After failing to pass voucher legislation at each legislative session since 1995, the far right seems poised to try, try again next […]
Oct. 21: TFN’s Epic Evening, Featuring Susie Essman of Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Texas Freedom Network is celebrating 17 years of fighting the good fight in Texas. Thanks to you and TFN’s network of more than 50,000 supporters, there is much to celebrate. On October 21, you’re invited to join us in Austin for TFN’s Epic Evening. In addition to a cocktail hour where like-minded Texans can […]
