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Texas daily news roundup

Refund policy restored for prepaid tuition plan



Responding to tens of thousands of Texans, a state board acted unanimously Thursday to reinstate a former refund policy for prepaid college tuition that reflects the value of tuition — not simply the amount paid into the fund.
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Polygamist sect leader convicted of sexual assault



ELDORADO, Tex. — One of the leaders of a polygamist sect was convicted Thursday night of sexually assaulting an under-age girl whom the church elders had assigned to him as one of his nine wives.
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The world according to Don


Don McLeroy recounts the saga of rejecting a math textbook like an old war story.   Read More
Student restraints, Day 3 -- Jennifer Howson's story


Jennifer Howson, 21, was restrained dozens of times at her school in the northeast Texas town of Kemp, often sustaining scrapes, bruises and black eyes. Her case is hardly unique; Texas educators pinned down students with disabilities 18,000 times in the 2007-08 school year.   Read More
Student Restraints Day 2 -- How Texas school districts compare


Texas school districts vary widely in how often they physically restrain students with disabilities – despite a shared state policy on when to use them.   Read More
State psychiatrists making top salaries


State psychiatrists are making crazy money.   Read More
Weekly wrap: Louisiana pleasantly surprised by haul from tax amnesty program
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer

More than $300 million is generated from delinquent Louisiana taxpayers; California finance chief hangs it up; Iowa Gov. Culver campaigns as problem solver; and stimulus Web site turns up boo-boos.   Read More
Governor Photo
 
Gov. Rick Perry (R)
Elected: November 2002, 2006
Term expires: January 2011

 

State capital: Austin
State nickname: The Lone Star State
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (R)
Secretary of State 
Esperanza "Hope" Andrade (R)
Attorney General Greg Abbott (R)
Senate President: Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (R)
House Speaker: 
Joe Straus (R)

 

 

 

 


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