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• Analysis: The Texas comptroller’s pesky chart and a new look at the state’s school finance share

  24-01-2019 23:26 via tracking.feedpress.it
  Local schools are outspending the state by about $17 billion for the 2018-19 school year, according to Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar's report. Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune
  Editor's note: If you'd like an email notice whenever we publish Ross Ramsey's column, click here.The state of Texas is paying 36 percent of the cost of public education while local school districts — funded by property taxes — pay the remaining 64 percent, according to a new report from Texas Comptrolle
  
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• Analysis: The Texas comptroller’s new "pesky chart"

  24-01-2019 23:26 via tracking.feedpress.it
  Local schools are outspending the state by about $17 billion for the 2018-19 school year, according to Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar's report. Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune
  Editor's note: If you'd like an email notice whenever we publish Ross Ramsey's column, click here.The state of Texas is paying 36 percent of the cost of public education while local school districts — funded by property taxes — pay the remaining 64 percent, according to a new report from Texas Comptrolle
  
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• T-Squared: The Texas Tribune’s 2019 Diversity Report

  24-01-2019 19:00 via tracking.feedpress.it
  Jacob Villanueva/The Texas TribuneTo succeed in its public service mission, The Texas Tribune must reflect the diversity of Texas in its journalism. That requires a focus on diversity inside our own organization — from race and age to sexual orientation and socioeconomic background.It also requires us to be accountable: to tell you how we’re doing when it comes to recruiting, hiring and retaining employees who contribute to this crucial goal.Today, we employ more people of color and
  
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• We asked every Texan in Congress whether the government shutdown over President Trump's border wall is worth it

  24-01-2019 17:09 via tracking.feedpress.it
  Congressional candidate Will Hurd speaks to supporters during a get-out-the-vote rally in San Antonio. Nov. 7, 2016. Robin Jerstad for The Texas TribuneWASHINGTON — Members of Texas' congressional delegation appear to agree on one thing: They want the government shutdown to end.But when asked by The Texas Tribune and other news outlets whether the stalemate over President Trump's $5.7 billion border wall is worth federal employees and contractors missing their paychecks, they're divided a
  
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• Raymund Paredes, Texas' higher education commissioner, will step down Aug. 31

  24-01-2019 16:03 via tracking.feedpress.it
  Commissioner of Higher Education Raymund Paredes during a Joint Interim Committee on Higher Education Formula Funding on Feb. 21, 2018. Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas TribuneAfter 15 years in the post, Texas' commissioner for higher education, Raymund Paredes, announced Thursday that he will retire effective Aug. 31.He made the announcement Thursday at the start of a quarterly meeting of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, an agency he leads."I've decided that I'm going to resig
  
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• Watch: A conversation with University of Texas System Chancellor James B. Milliken

  24-01-2019 07:01 via tracking.feedpress.it
  Watch more video. On Thursday, we're hosting a conversation with University of Texas System Chancellor James B. Milliken.Milliken was named the 12th chancellor of the UT System in August 2018. He previously served as chancellor of the City University of New York from 2014 to 2018 and as president of the University of Nebraska from 2004 to 2014. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Business-Higher Education Forum.You can watch the livestream of his interview with Tribune CEO Eva
  
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• Most members of the Texas Legislature are white men — and so are the committee chairs

  24-01-2019 07:01 via tracking.feedpress.it
  A view of the house floor during the second day of the 86th legislative session. Jan. 9, 2019. Miguel Gutierrez Jr. / The Texas Tribune.
  Just about any way you slice it, power at the Texas Capitol skews white and male. But when you look at the legislators appointed to wield the most power, the underrepresentation of people of color and women is even more marked.Four out of every five committee chairs are men, and 72 percent of chairs are white. Already holding a majority of seats in the Legisla
  
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• After Hurricane Harvey, Texas senator eyes using state's savings for flood control

  24-01-2019 07:01 via tracking.feedpress.it
  Record rainfall in Llano and Burnet counties in the Texas Hill Country caused major flooding in Marble Falls in October 2018. Bob Daemmrich for The Texas TribuneBefore the next Hurricane Harvey strikes, and thousands of homes are damaged or destroyed, some Texas lawmakers want to make sure communities statewide are better prepared for future floods. On Tuesday, state Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, filed legislation to establish Texas’ first-ever flood plan – slated for completion by
  
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