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Replacing Property Taxes with Sales Taxes is the Wrong Answer for Texas Families and Public Schools

Anonymous on August 7, 2012 - 2:59pm

Public education is the foundation of our democracy and the engine of our economy, and Texans have a collective responsibility to ensure that public education is adequately supported. This responsibility needs to be fairly distributed among Texas families in a way that supports economic growth. Recently, some have proposed that Texas replace local school property taxes, or even all local property taxes, by increasing the rate of the state sales tax or expanding the sales tax to more goods and services. Such a tax swap would be a bad deal for businesses, families, and public education.

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More questions about Texas executions: The case of Marvin Wilson

Anonymous on August 6, 2012 - 12:12pm

By Nimrah Siddiqui
Volunteer
Texas is once again set to execute a man who may be mentally disabled.

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Do minors have fewer rights than adults? Take the youth rights quiz

Anonymous on August 3, 2012 - 12:31pm

Find out what the law says about praying in school, punishment at school for saying something on Facebook, and handling police encounters.
Take the quiz to test your knowledge. Then, as you go through the answers, find out what the ACLU of Texas is doing to educate youth about their rights.
1. A school district that allows for corporal punishment cannot discipline a student in that manner without a parent’s written consent.
a. True

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What We Know About the Medicaid Expansion

Anonymous on July 31, 2012 - 6:42pm

The U.S. Supreme Court's June 28 decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could benefit Texas more than any other state, offering an opportunity to dramatically improve uninsured rates, increase family economic security, and reduce uncompensated care burdens. Legal experts say that the only change to the ACA was the removal of a full loss of federal Medicaid funds as a potential penalty for states denying coverage to U.S. citizen adults in 2014--all other Medicaid provisions remain in effect.

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Executing the Mentally Ill: Texas Edition Will a legally insane man become number 484?

Anonymous on July 30, 2012 - 2:27pm

By Kali Cohn
ACLU of Texas Intern
On Friday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay for Marcus Druery, who was being readied for execution in Huntsville this Wednesday. Mr. Druery’s faces execution for his 2002 murder of Skyyler Browne, who he shot repeatedly and whose body he subsequently burned. Skyyler’s death was a tragic loss to his family and friends, as well as an injustice to the community.

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Private Prisons Pose Problems for Taxpayers

Anonymous on July 27, 2012 - 12:42pm

News Reports Document Bad Management and Financial Concerns; States Like Texas Lead the Way in Finding Alternatives to Incarceration

By Ryan Meltzer
ACLU of Texas Intern

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Students shouldn’t fear going back to school.

Anonymous on July 26, 2012 - 10:09am

Most of us have all been on the receiving end of bullying at least once, but that doesn’t mean we should let today’s youth continue to be bullied, and the Texas Legislature agrees!
State lawmakers passed a law creating new guidelines concerning bullying which school districts must implement by the time school starts this fall.
The new law requires school boards to adopt policies that:

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With One of Every 11 Kids Calling Texas Home, New Report Ranks State Low for Child Well-Being

Anonymous on July 24, 2012 - 4:58pm

Texas ranks 44th among the states in overall child health and well-being, according to data released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in its 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book.

Click here to the full presentation on the KIDS Count Data Book.

Click here to access our webinar recording on the KIDS COUNT Data Book (audio and visual).

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Essential Health Benefits in Texas

Anonymous on July 23, 2012 - 4:48pm

Starting in 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that health insurance plans for individuals and small businesses contain "essential health benefits" – a new floor for benefits that will help ensure people have comprehensive coverage. Essential Health Benefits (EHB) must also be included in the benefit package offered through the Medicaid expansion to adults up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level starting in 2014.

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