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Dewhurst talks higher education for 2013 session

Source: WFAA, Dec 6 2012, 2:13pm CST

FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says the state needs to produce more job-ready college graduates and invest further in higher education. Dewhurst on Thursday declined to identify specific proposals he would support in the upc ...

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Higher ed facility tax going to voters

Source: Albuquerque Journal  |   May 26 2013, 2:43am CDT

A special election to decide whether to halve the local higher education gross receipts tax will happen, over the protests of local economic development groups and others. The Rio Rancho Governing Body voted 4-2 to hol ...

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3 hours ago

Legislature may erase several high school tests, sparking debate about rigor in Texas schools

Source: Dallas Morning News Business  |   May 26 2013, 12:08am CDT

AUSTIN — Six years ago, when the Legislature approved the toughest high school testing program in the nation, former House education committee Chairman Paul Sadler confidently predicted: “It’ll never last.” The one-time East Texas le ...

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3 hours ago

Senate approves $197B budget

Source: Abilene Reporter News  |   May 25 2013, 11:45pm CDT

Texas lawmakers are one chamber and governor’s signature away from setting the fiscal course of the state for the next two years. The Senate passed its budget bill, Senate Bill 1, 27-4 late Saturday afternoon, with the de ...

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3 hours ago

Perry vetoes ‘dark money’ bill; Senate passes budget

Source: Tampa Bay Online   |   May 25 2013, 11:45pm CDT

The prospect of a special session continued to loom large as lawmakers steamed toward Monday’s adjournment. The bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, and Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, was designed to shed light on ...

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4 hours ago

McAuliffe is basically correct on community college funding drop

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch  |   May 25 2013, 11:10pm CDT

Terry McAuliffe says students at Virginia’s 23 community colleges have taken a hit from state budget cuts. “In our community college system, cuts have reduced funding per student by $1,908,” the Democratic gubernatorial nomin ...

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8 hours ago

Graduates hope for pomp and jobs

Source: The Linfield Review  |   May 25 2013, 6:33pm CDT

As strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” drift from college campuses this month, odds are improving that new graduates’ next stop will not be their parents’ basements. Hiring isn’t strong, but it sure looks better than it has since the economy tipped into r ...

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9 hours ago

Graduates gain a love of Maine

Source: The Portland Maine Press Herald  |   May 25 2013, 6:10pm CDT

BRUNSWICK — For South Portland Police Chief Edward Googins, Bowdoin College's graduation was the end of an era. Felicity Hills, who earned her degree in mathematics and physics, walks across the stage with her diploma during t ...

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9 hours ago

Senate passes budget, deal reached on education

Source: KHOU.com  |   May 25 2013, 5:32pm CDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate has passed a budget, lawmakers have reached a deal on public education changes and Gov. Rick Perry will soon receive a bill requiring drug screening for unemployment benefits. The Texas L ...

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12 hours ago

Help 9 million students now or pay Medicaid later

Source: HeraldOnline.com  |   May 25 2013, 3:19pm CDT

The myth is that the U.S. should be doing a better job of preparing underprivileged high school students, so they can win scholarships to Yale, Harvard and other top schools. Then they can march across commencement stages into prosperous ...

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14 hours ago

Perry, Texas Legislature honor fallen soldiers

Source: KHOU.com  |   May 25 2013, 12:32pm CDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry has addressed a joint session of the Legislature to honor Texans killed in combat, saying the duty to honor the fallen goes beyond politics. Lawmakers from both chambers crowded onto the House floor Sat ...

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