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Senate passes budget, deal reached on education
The Texas Senate passed a $94.6 billion budget, top policymakers reached overhauling public education and Gov. Rick Perry received a bill requiring drug screening for unemployment benefits on Saturday, as the Texas Legislature worked to wrap up regular business before the end of the 83rd Legislative session. The two-year spending ...
Senate OK's $100B Texas budget on final weekend
Starting the final weekend of a legislative session that may be the last under Gov. Rick Perry, the Texas Senate passed a roughly $100 billion state budget Saturday that mostly reverses historic spending cuts to public schools and squeezes most of the revenue spoils of a resurgent Texas economy. The ...
Neb. Gov. Heineman vetoes $44.6M from state budget
Gov. Dave Heineman announced Saturday that he has trimmed $44.6 million from the state budget, while approving money for a two-year tuition freeze at the University of Nebraska and funding to build a new veterans' home. The Republican governor used his line-item veto power to make small changes to the ...
Graduates in tornado-raked Okla. town vow to stay
Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to their high schools Saturday, they vowed they wouldn't say goodbye to Moore. "I wouldn't want to be in any other place. It's our roots. Tornadoes are a ...
Giffords, husband address graduates at Bard
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged a group of newly minted college graduates on Saturday to change the world — starting tomorrow. The former Arizona congresswoman and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, addressed graduates at Bard College. Giffords was among 13 people wounded in a January 2011 shooting outside ...
House, Senate reach testing, charter schools deal
House and Senate negotiators said Saturday they have reached a deal to overhaul high school standardized testing and curriculum standards while also dramatically increasing the number of charter schools allowed to operate in Texas. Public Education has dominated the legislative session, with both chambers approving different versions of a charter ...
AP top news in Iowa at 3:58 p.m. CDT
Officials scale back search for abducted Iowa teen DAYTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are scaling back their search for a missing Iowa teenager abducted from a rural school bus stop this week. The state Department of Public Safety says trained law enforcement will narrow their search around Dayton on Saturday ...
University of Utah's student president impeached
For the first time in school history, the University of Utah's student body president has been impeached. Nick Ferre was stripped of his position because he failed to maintain the minimum 2.5 grade point-average required to hold office. The Senate of the Associated Students of the University of Utah voted ...
Wis. special ed teacher faces sex-related charges
A Milwaukee special education teacher faces charges for allegedly fondling himself in front of students who are cognitively delayed, according to a criminal complaint filed Saturday. The complaint charges Kevin France, 37, of Milwaukee with four counts of causing a child between the ages of 13 and 17 to view ...
After voucher ruling, online course plan pared
A state program to offer public school students online courses provided by colleges or private companies is being scaled back. The "Course Choice" online program was approved last year as part of the legislation that expanded the state's voucher program, which pays private school tuition for some students from poorly ...
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