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"...crippled by the state's recapture system for equalizing school finance...."

"...have squelched calls for a special session on education finance reform, so Texas lawmakers are settling for the next..."

"...blame to go around for the failure of school finance reform...."

"...Two lawmakers used last week's ongoing debate over school finance as a well-timed opportunity to pitch an income tax..."

"...Thanks to the foresight and perspicacity of campaign reform groups and Austin voters in 1994 and 1997, politically..."

"...Like Yeast" – literally embodies the concept), in practice reformers dourly point at political money as the root of..."

"...School Finance: Add Cash, Subtract Reform..."

"...to advance a fleshed out version of its school finance plan Wednesday morning, and the full chamber is expected..."

"...The Texas school finance system meets the minimum standards demanded by the Texas..."

"...If the question is "How do we fix Austin politics?" your answer probably won't be, "Pay Leslie and..."

"..."Dark money" is not exactly new to Austin politics. In the 2014 mayoral campaign, an out-of-state political..."

"...have six days to cast your ballot in the Austin Music Poll. How Big Is Your Inauguration?..."

"...will produce much more real progress on public school finance than the previous regular plus two specials managed to..."

"...encourage them to get involved in organizing for campaign finance reform. The 30-second ad features a cigar-smoking representative of..."

"...The latest petition drive to ask Austin voters to amend the city charter – not Save..."

"...Texas politicians took on the thorny issue of school finance. Now the heavy lifting may be delayed two years,..."

"...Ricky's special session has anything to do with school finance reform. Whatever twisted legislation, if any, comes slouching out..."

"...of public sanctimony. Pending the governor's signature, thousands of Austinites and other Texans served by Planned Parenthood clinics will..."

"...money, no whammies. It's tough to get the average Austinites to donate to Austin ISD trustee races. But the..."

"...and music festival kicks off its national tour in Austin on March 23 with a lineup of national speakers,..."

"...Straus. In the end no attempt to "relieve" or "reform" the state's unbalanced tax system proved successful...."

"...Judge John Dietz's ruling on the Texas' public school finance system lead lawmakers to make massive reforms. Now, eight..."

"..."People in Austin are spoiled to so much good music, but when..."

"...The longest-serving Austinite in the House, Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, still expects that..."

"...between Sept. 24 and Oct. 23. According to campaign finance filings, Equity PAC, which opposes the police staffing initiative,..."

"...the petition circulated by the Citizens for an Accountable Austin PAC, endorsing an "independent efficiency audit" for the city,..."

"...night for the Dems, the state representatives closest to Austin held on to their wins from 2018...."

"...too long, rather than face up to what we, Austinites, must do to save our own schools. Yes, the..."

"...Monday at the Four Seasons, sponsored by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce* and the Real Estate Coun­cil of..."

"...latest and cheerfully quixotic attempt at serious, bipartisan campaign finance reform (see "Bloggers and Pamphleteers," July 11)...."