In the Republican runoff for the U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has been breaking his back – and destroying his credibility trying to prove that he is politically goofier than his tea party opponent, Ted Cruz. But Dewhurst really popped some brain cells yesterday with an Obamabashing diatribe he posted on his campaign website […]
Campaigning in Copperas Cove yesterday, state Rep. Sid Miller said he was a “strong supporter” of education, and his nose grew longer. Gov. Rick Perry, who campaigned with him, wasn’t there because Miller supports public education. The governor was there because Miller did his bidding last year and voted to slash state funding for public […]
Some 2,955 people in Texas die prematurely each year because they don’t have health insurance. That is one premature death, on average, every three hours, according to recent reports by Families USA and the Center for Public Policy Priorities. Many of those are children, students in our public schools. And in a state with the […]
You would think that San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro would have enough to do without worrying about the availability of prekindergarten programs in his city. The Texas Constitution and state law, in fact, make state government and local school districts – not mayors – primarily responsible for the quality and funding of public education. But […]
