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Archive of Texas on Tuesday November 03, 2009
TX: Stimulus saves or creates nearly 4,000 Texas education jobs
The federal stimulus package has helped save or create nearly 4,000 education jobs in Texas over the last few months, says a government report released Monday. Read More
TX: Disabled students restrained, injured in public schools
Texas educators forcibly pinned down students with disabilities more than 18,000 times in the last school year, sometimes injuring them in the process. Read More
TX: Gov. Perry plans to wait and see on opting out of federal health plan's public option
Gov. Rick Perry, who has heaped criticism on health care legislation in Congress, said Monday that he will wait to see what a federal health plan looks like before determining whether Texas should "opt out" of a government-run insurance choice. Read More
TX: Election features state constitutional amendments, some local elections.
It might lack the excitement of last year's presidential election or next year's gubernatorial vote, but today's election features 11 state constitutional amendments, as well as assorted local government ballot measures. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Read More
TX: Perry leads KBH by 12
Gov. Rick Perry leads U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison by 12 percentage points in the Republican primary for governor, but she does better than him in hypothetical matchups with Democrats in next November's general election. Read More
TX: Lawyers say lottery won't pay defrauded winner
Texas Lottery officials Monday told a Grand Prairie man who said his million-dollar lottery ticket was stolen by a store clerk that even though the clerk didn't play fair, by state rules, the clerk is the winner. Read More
TX: Shuffling the deck
Ask most El Pasoans to explain their hometown's place in the vast Lone Star state, and they will undoubtedly quip that it's closer to Los Angeles than Houston. Read More
Spending limits, gambling top fiscal 2009 ballot measures
 The national spotlight may be focused Nov. 3 on elections for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, but voters elsewhere could take action to profoundly change the way their states get and spend taxpayers’ money.
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