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Texas Cuts Family Planning, Birth Costs Spiral Out of Control

Erica Moses, Rachel Graf Evans, Hope RehakIt seems the Texas Legislature’s 2011 decision to eliminate roughly two-thirds…

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Mar 4, 2013 Posted by Daily Agenda In The 51%, Uncategorized Tagged birth control, contraception, family planning, plan B, texas, the 51 percent, women's health Comments 0

Keep This on Your Radar: The Hispanic Republicans of Texas!

It seems Jeremy Bird and his Battleground initiative have their work cut out for them. Could this be the crop of…

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Mar 1, 2013 Posted by Daily Agenda In The Swamp, Uncategorized Tagged conservatives, Hispanic Republicans, Republican Party, right-wing, texas Comments 0

Texas Lawmaker Declares War on Birth Control

Texas state Rep. Wayne Christian explicitly said, “Well of course this is a war on birth control and abortions and everything, that’s what family planning is supposed to be about,” in reference to cutting funding for family planning clinics in his…

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Sep 21, 2011 Posted by Erica Payne In Society Tagged abortion, birth control, family planning, Republican, texas, war on women Comments 0

Governor Rick Perry Neglects Corrupted Juvenile Detention Centers

Governor Rick Perry knew child rape and physical abuse were rampant in the Texas juvenile delinquency system, but didn’t act for six years. What was he doing instead? According to Tim Murphy’s…

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Sep 14, 2011 Posted by Daily Agenda In Law & Legislation Tagged Governor, juvenile justice system, lobbyist, Presidential Candidate, prison, rick perry, texas Comments 1

Minority High School Students More Likely to be Expelled or Suspended

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund released an article focusing on a recent report written by the Council of State Governments. The report is devoted to exposing the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Texas schools and suggesting ways to diminish…

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Jul 20, 2011 Posted by Daily Agenda In Society Tagged inequality, Minority Groups, NAACPLDF, Secondary Schools, texas Comments 0

Will Rick Perry Run in the Presidential Election?

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Jul 18, 2011 Posted by Daily Agenda In Race for the White House Tagged Presidential Candidate, rick perry, texas, The Huffington Post Comments 0

The Death Penalty and the Costs of an Obsession

 

WASHINGTON—The unseemly love affair of some…

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Jul 11, 2011 Posted by Daily Agenda In Society Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, Humberto Leal, texas Comments 0

Texas Town Fires Police Force To Balance Budget

The budget heroes of Alt0, Texas have run the numbers, and they have concluded the town’s police force was just not very lucrative when it came to the town’s revenues, probably because police are typical “government freeloaders.” Snip saw hack!…

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Jul 6, 2011 Posted by Daily Agenda In Economy Tagged budget, Great Ideas, Police Force, texas Comments 0

Model Of Conservative Governance Not The Greatest

Under governor Rick “Goodhair” Perry’s term in office, Texas has indeed been a model of conservative governance, but the truth is that it has resulted in anything but prosperity for the people of the Lone Star State. In fact, Texas is not only…

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Jun 17, 2011 Posted by Daily Agenda In Society Tagged conservatives, democrats, governance, rick perry, texas Comments 0

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