We’ve updated the data for 13 agencies in our government employee salary database. This update includes new information for the Austin Community College system, Houston ISD, the city of San Antonio and Angelo State University.
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Public Education
State Business Group Joining School Finance Lawsuit
The Texas Association of Business announced today that it has joined a school finance lawsuit against the state, demanding a study of school system efficiency.
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Data App: Government Employee Salary Database
This afternoon we pushed the first update of 2012 to our government employee salary database, bringing new data to nearly half of the 140 entities currently found in our records.
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State Government
State Board of Education Approves New Math Standards
The new K-12 math standards will have a staggered rollout, with K-8 standards taking effect in 2014 and the high school standards coming out in 2015.
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Health care
Senate Committee Tackles Rural Child Welfare
Child Protective Services officials got an earful on Wednesday at a Senate hearing on improving the caseworker retention rates in rural communities. And they got a minor scolding from Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville.
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Criminal Justice
TABC Developing Apps to Curb Excessive, Underage Drinking
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission hopes a pair of apps will increase safety and compliance next year during spring break.
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Guides
Texplainer: Why Didn’t Perry Attend National Governors Conference?
Why did Gov. Rick Perry opt out of the National Governors Association conference last weekend? The answer is part penny-wise, part political.
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Health care
Medical Board Gives Early OK to Adult Stem Cell Rules
After months of deliberation — and input from Gov. Rick Perry — the Texas Medical Board on Friday gave preliminary approval to a set of rules on adult stem cells in Texas that are less stringent than those originally proposed.
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Lawmakers Scrutinized as STOCK Vote Approaches
In a political season that has revolved around questions of transparency and fiscal integrity, lawmakers in the U.S. House are getting ready to vote on the STOCK Act. But many of them — including several from Texas — are still under scrutiny.
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Politics
In NASA Country, Gingrich’s Lunar Colony Plan Fails to Launch
For members of Houston’s aerospace industry, GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s vow to put a permanent base on the moon by 2020 is a plan unlikely to take off.