The Texas Progressive Alliance is grateful that the word "blizzard" is not part of its usual vernacular as it brings you this week's roundup.
Off the Kuff looks at how the 2012 election results differed from 2008 in State Senate and SBOE districts.
DosCentavos' Fidencio Leija reports on the work of HOPE in the End of Course testing debate.
There is a troll hiding in plain sight on the United States Supreme Court, and PDiddie at Brains and Eggs says it's going to take a lot of willpower not to feed it.
Over at TexasKaos, Lightseeker reports on the charter school money grab, aided by the usual suspect. Check it out - Charter Schools Make Play for Huge Increase in Public Funding.
CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wants you to know that a couple of our Supreme Court Justices don't appreciate racism. Lets hope that number rises to at least five for the Voting Rights Act.
The problem for our state's "leaders" is that they've been telling us for so long that we have a spending problem, they have no answer when it becomes obvious that we don't have a spending problem. That's why WCNews at Eye on Williamson says we have a lack of spending problem in Texas.
Neil at Texas Liberal did not post so much this past week. However, Neil remains at work on a new website to be published this April to be called NeilAquino.com. This website will have a photo essay extolling the intellectual virtues of everyday life , a metaphorical history of existence, some poems and a blog about the 2013 City of Houston elections. For the TPA round-up this week, Neil has submitted a popular Texas Liberal post about the famous Dogs Playing Poker paintings.
And here are some more interesting posts from Texas blogs.
See creationism opponent Zack Kopplin on the Bill Moyers show, via Creationist Vouchers.
Brewed and Never Battered and Open The Taps give an update on the legislative effort to improve the lot of Texas microbreweries and brewpubs.
Texas Watch sets the record straight on lawsuit "reform".
Texas Vox has an update on litigation against the Keystone XL Southern Segment.
Burnt Orange Report discusses whether we are in the waning period of a short golden age of African American influence over the city of Austin.
Texpatriate acknowledges the candidate who just won't go away, whose name rhymes with Stinky Peedman.
Jason Stanford points out what a fraidy cat Bill Hammond is.
Nonsequiteuse examines the criticism of Yahoo! CEO Marissa Meyer.
Lone Star Ma celebrates the fact that the teen birth rate in the US is at an all-time low.
And The Lunch Tray asks if the dairy industry is using school kids as a Trojan horse to change artificial sweetener labeling rules.
Off the Kuff looks at how the 2012 election results differed from 2008 in State Senate and SBOE districts.
DosCentavos' Fidencio Leija reports on the work of HOPE in the End of Course testing debate.
There is a troll hiding in plain sight on the United States Supreme Court, and PDiddie at Brains and Eggs says it's going to take a lot of willpower not to feed it.
Over at TexasKaos, Lightseeker reports on the charter school money grab, aided by the usual suspect. Check it out - Charter Schools Make Play for Huge Increase in Public Funding.
CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wants you to know that a couple of our Supreme Court Justices don't appreciate racism. Lets hope that number rises to at least five for the Voting Rights Act.
The problem for our state's "leaders" is that they've been telling us for so long that we have a spending problem, they have no answer when it becomes obvious that we don't have a spending problem. That's why WCNews at Eye on Williamson says we have a lack of spending problem in Texas.
Neil at Texas Liberal did not post so much this past week. However, Neil remains at work on a new website to be published this April to be called NeilAquino.com. This website will have a photo essay extolling the intellectual virtues of everyday life , a metaphorical history of existence, some poems and a blog about the 2013 City of Houston elections. For the TPA round-up this week, Neil has submitted a popular Texas Liberal post about the famous Dogs Playing Poker paintings.
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And here are some more interesting posts from Texas blogs.
See creationism opponent Zack Kopplin on the Bill Moyers show, via Creationist Vouchers.
Brewed and Never Battered and Open The Taps give an update on the legislative effort to improve the lot of Texas microbreweries and brewpubs.
Texas Watch sets the record straight on lawsuit "reform".
Texas Vox has an update on litigation against the Keystone XL Southern Segment.
Burnt Orange Report discusses whether we are in the waning period of a short golden age of African American influence over the city of Austin.
Texpatriate acknowledges the candidate who just won't go away, whose name rhymes with Stinky Peedman.
Jason Stanford points out what a fraidy cat Bill Hammond is.
Nonsequiteuse examines the criticism of Yahoo! CEO Marissa Meyer.
Lone Star Ma celebrates the fact that the teen birth rate in the US is at an all-time low.
And The Lunch Tray asks if the dairy industry is using school kids as a Trojan horse to change artificial sweetener labeling rules.
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