Top 10 State Stories

Our state leaders bumble through the year

"...3) School Finance on Trial: Texas school districts – rich, poor,..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature

The Depot Comes to the District Hat in Hand

Austin ISD considers a tax giveaway to mendicant Home Depot, and the question is, who pays?

"...Most folks don't run for school board expecting to review economic development packages – or..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

On the Lege

Legislators offer school finance proposals, but find no consensus.

"...furious this week before the Select Committee on Public School Finance, which has abruptly become a surrogate for not..."

April 30, 2004 News Column by Michael King

West Lake Hills Under Siege

Urbane Mud-Slinging

"...and dispersed campaign materials at the annual Westlake High School football scrimmage and Meet the Team barbecue. They distributed..."

Sept. 18, 1998 News Feature by Wesley Oliver

Rep. James Talarico on the 86th Texas Legislature

“There isn’t a blue or red way to fix public education – there’s only a right way”

"...Harvard graduate formerly taught in the San Antonio public schools. – Austin Sanders..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Rep. Erin Zwiener on the 86th Texas Legislature

“We were always very clear that being progressive and being tribalist weren’t the same thing”

"...AC: I bet you’ve talked a lot about school finance in that time...."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

News Roundup: Confederates, Cookies, and Cream

Statues taken down, Blue Bell returns, all is well

"...• School Finance 101: Paying for public schools dominates the start..."

Aug. 31, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Bills of the Week: House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1

Texas Lege looks to finalize budget deal

"...Attention has increasingly turned to the deal's school finance component. The failure of the House to pass..."

May 29, 2015 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Republicans Search for New Normal

GOP rift appears in approach to education cuts

"...Texas schools know that they will be short roughly $4 billion..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...failed to do three times before – reform public school finance. Lawmakers cut property taxes, yes, but did they..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...have representation in an upcoming special legislative session on school finance (though he let two special sessions on school..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Money's tight at AISD

"...raise local taxes; the Legislature failed to fix a school finance system that has AISD sending $136 million to..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Forgotten but Not Quite Gone

The 79th Legislature ends not with a bang, but lots of whimpers

"...of a possible return engagement for another crack at school finance – or rather, property tax reduction. So enjoy..."

June 3, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

A Republican will take the stand for the Democrats

"...A campaign finance expert who has advised some of the nation's top..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Rick Perry waves at public school finance on his way to Italy

"...guv plans to call a special session for public school finance "reform." The orthodox buzz remains that Perry will..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...housing, while helping them obtain their general equivalency high school diploma. -- Lee Nichols..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Last Don

Bob Bullock: The Crusty Boss of Texas Politics

"...had high-decibel disagreements during recent meetings over tax and finance issues with Comptroller John Sharp. Altars, Hospitals, and "Drunk..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Education Funding May Require Special Session

Lawmakers at impasse over school finance

"...In most years around mid-May, independent school districts around the state are refining their draft budgets..."

May 20, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...announced that the long-awaited next special legislative session on public-school finance will begin April 17. Emphasizing the property-tax reform..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Guv's '65 Percent' mandate called arbitrary and a distraction

"...Neeley, to overhaul the state's financial accountability system for school districts. That includes the controversial rule that would require..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the state Senate passed its version of a public school finance plan while the House prepared to vote on..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Texas Budget Ping-Pong Begins

Chambers now start carving away at each other's proposals

"...voted 29-2 to approve the work of the Senate Finance Committee (the two nays were Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort..."

March 24, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

On the Lege

Lawmakers accomplish what they failed to do so many times – approve a new education funding package that doesn't look half bad on paper

"...Monday, the Legislature wrapped up a special session on school finance a day early, and Gov. Rick Perry declared,..."

May 19, 2006 News Column by Amy Smith

Clouded Prospects

Lege special session opens with glowing rhetoric, uncertain goals

"...Monday, the first day of a special session on school finance...."

April 14, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

2006 State Races

A sampling of some of the livelier contests taking shape in the March 7 primary and the general election in November

"...of value-added ingredients: There is widely held frustration over school finance, dissension in the GOP ranks, the toll road..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Hecht v. Dietz

Supremes find high taxes onerous, but lousy schools OK

"...past the nominal Oct. 1 deadline, last month's 7-1 school finance decision of the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court remained..."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Robbing Pedro to Pay … Highland Park?

The funds in the latest public ed bill appear much less than meets the eye

"...leadership is touting as the "Roadmap to Results" on school finance. As a nine-term legislator from El Paso, Haggerty's..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

Forgione on the Stand

"...the poster child for what's wrong with the current school-finance system in the state of Texas. Neither the wealthiest..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

The Batting Order

The major players in the special session feature a range of motives

"...special session without a consensus on how to fix school finance, but finally decided "to take his best shot."..."

April 23, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Top 10 Education Stories

School finance lawsuits, AISD board shakeup, and more

"...pro-"reform" Astroturf group Austin Kids First, the Austin Independent School District board was overhauled, with four new members –..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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