The news of Texas covered today includes:
Our Lone Star story of the day: Last week the U.S. Supreme Court heard DeVillier vs. State of Texas. It is an extremely important property rights and takings case involving a Texas farm and ranch and TxDOT with potentially wide implications. There are many press stories covering the story you can find by searching. Here is a good background story: Farmer Nightmare: Government Floods Family Twice, Kills Herd and Refuses to Pay Damage.
Robert H. Thomas, director of property rights litigation for the Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses this potentially landmark case and the hearing before the Supreme Court last week.
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Several public education and higher education stories along with my commentary on such:
- Texas Southern University search committee includes Michael Strahan, Andrew Card
- Austin Community College system spent $1.7 million on a Virginia data center it never used
- Rice sets aside $33M for lawsuit alleging it cut financial aid from students in price-fixing scam
- SBOE vote on Native studies class for Texas schools postponed
- Texas law punishes hundreds of Houston-area students for vaping
- Texas’ school ratings remain in limbo as the state and school districts fight over how strict the grading should be
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