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August 2009
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State Board of Education Chairman Don McLeroy's re-nomination is expected to come up in the Texas Senate sometime this afternoon. Whether he can garner two-thirds approval from senators is an open question. Earlier in the session, many lawmakers believed his nomination wasn't even going to get out of committee. Because McLeroy's been a stalwart social-conservative voice, the right-leaning Texans for Better Science Education is sending "URGENT" messages to its members, asking they call their senators to support McLeroy. The group's argument? "...He is being attacked NOT for anything done wrong durin... The always interesting body known as the Texas State Board of Education begins meeting on Wednesday to take public hearing before a vote this week on a new science curriculum that challenges the theory of evolution. Because Texas has such a huge textbook market, textbook companies watch the state closely and market to its standards. Changes made to the Texas curriculum, then, may affect schools across the country. The characters on the board have again drawn national attention, this time from the Wall ...
The newly-named Cardinal Daniel DiNardo paid Austin a visit for a private lunch hosted by the Governor. About 400 people attended the lunch, including lots and lots of elected officials and leaders of the faith community.
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