Lege Lines: "Texas Plan" Hits Home

School finance heads to the House floor

"...School district officials across Texas got their first look at..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Texas House: The Travis Delegation

Can Ana Jordan put a Democrat back in the HD 47 seat?

"...linked issues of skyrocketing property taxes and a broken school finance system, traffic congestion, and groundwater conservation...."

Oct. 21, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...It's hard to imagine the 86th Texas Legislature being any crazier than the last three, or..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Rep. Donna Howard on the 86th Texas Legislature

“Let’s target some new money toward childhood literacy, toward high school success, toward teacher quality – the kind of things that research shows make a difference”

"...a nurse and former member of the Eanes ISD school board, has represented west and northwest Austin since 2006...."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Texas Hammer: Public School Budget

Steal from the rich and give to the – well, not the kids

"...Robin Hood. That's the nice name for how Texas takes a big chunk of Austin's school district taxes..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Back to School

From Dallas to the Border, Texas shortchanges its children and its future

"...distance the state needs to travel to address the school finance crisis might be expressed in Mean Republican Units..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Column by Michael King

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

Will Texas Do Better?

Ongoing lawsuits are keeping everything in limbo, but after that …

"...Ongoing lawsuits filed by school districts against the current system are holding everything in..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Special Election for Texas House of Representatives, District 48

The 'Chronicle' endorsement for the state House District 48, special election: Donna Howard

"...to District 48 voters, and because of the public school finance crisis and upcoming special legislative session, likely to..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature

County Judge Sarah Eckhardt on Greg Abbott's Texas Hammer

“Local control had been a darling of the state for years, and now it has become the enemy”

"...person the county diverts out of the criminal justice system, that's one less body the state has to take..."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

11th Hour School Funding Bill Adds Abbott's Voucher Plan

Democrats in the House ain't gonna like it

"...Public school advocates are calling it a shady, backroom maneuver. Late..."

May 23, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

The Next Round of School Reform

AISD focuses again on Eastside schools

"...There's a consensus in the Austin Inde­pendent School District: The schools in East Austin should get the..."

Feb. 7, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: Don’t Ask Texas Schoolchildren to Fund Your Corporate Expansion

Central Texas Interfaith calls on tech companies to withdraw their applications for Chapter 313 tax breaks

"...Central Texas schoolchildren and taxpayers are getting ripped off by large..."

April 22, 2022 Column by Michael Floyd

Austin Film Festival: The Texas Promise

Oscar-winner Vanessa Roth finds the lie and the hope in Texas schools

"...There's a few billion dollars missing from the Texas education budget, and every capitol and education reporter was..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Hits of the 86th Texas Legislature

What antics did those state senators and representatives get up to this year?

"...1) "Bluer Than Blue." Twelve new Dems in the Texas House and two in the Senate lowered the fevered..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Ratliff Helps Both Sides in School Trial

The "Father of Robin Hood" takes the "West Orange-Cove" stand

"...witness in the ongoing West Orange-Cove CISD v. Neeley school-finance trial, has shown the contrast in strategy between the..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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”

"...Talarico (HD-52), one of the youngest members of the Texas House, was sworn in after his November election district..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Rep. Vikki Goodwin on the 86th Texas Legislature

“I worry when people talk about property tax caps [and not] where the revenue is going to come from instead”

"...in the community. My mom served on the Dallas school board when I was a teenager, so there was..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Med School Solution

A medical school, a teaching hospital, and a new health care system?

"...should Travis County taxpayers help pay for a medical school?"..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Lege Lines: Full-Day Pre-K Tops School Wish List

Bipartisan support emerges for plan to fund full-day pre-kindergarten

"...week to hear from the Legislative Budget Board, the Texas Education Agency, and members of the Public School Finance..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Chum in the Water at Finance Trial

Dueling 'adequacy reports' liven up the courtroom

"...dueling spending reports presented this week at the ongoing school-finance trial...."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Texas Joins the Inadequacy Club

School-finance decision consistent with national trends

"...District Judge John Dietz's decision earlier this month that Texas school funding is not adequate is just "one individual's..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Rep. Celia Israel on the 86th Texas Legislature

“Pandering to 3% of the electorate is not in anyone's best interest”

"...of lowering our property taxes and supporting our public school children...."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...moment captured the underlying conflict leading into the 85th Texas Legislature, it came on the afternoon of Thursday, Jan...."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

How Much Will Texas Spend?

The Legislature's conference committee spending proposals

"...1, the 2016-17 biennium budget for the State of Texas. His Senate counterpart, Finance Chair Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound,..."

May 21, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Goes to School: Education Bills

"...Taxes, finance, vouchers, graduation paths, "parent triggers," and community schools: Lawmakers..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Volunteers for Texas?

"...sales tax revenues teetering and other factors, some believe Texas may be closer to $8 billion in the hole..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

First-Ever Appraisal District Election Is Small Battle in GOP-Dem War Over Taxation in Texas

Elected Dem- or GOP-backed candidates would have outsized power over district

"...For the first time ever, voters across Texas will be asked to elect some of the people..."

April 5, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Texas Comptroller Gives Legislature More Money to Spend

But don’t go crazy y’all

"...Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar, the most normal dude in..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Back to School

Carstarphen and Austin ISD trustees wrestle over priorities, budget, and power

"...after a decade as superintendent of the Austin Independent School District, he left for his successor one piece of..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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