No wonder he only got 39% of the vote

This one left me with my jaw hanging open and rereading the paragraph to see if I got it right.
MySA.com: Metro | State
But spending all of the sporting goods tax on parks represents “a substantial amount of money,” the governor told reporters.
“And my question is, if we drop $100 million on Parks and Wildlife and [...]

No talking about sex in Danbury

Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | School district won’t distribute newspaper
DANBURY, Texas – School district officials refused to distribute the Panther Press, the high school newspaper, because the principal did not approve the content. Stories about the consequences of teenage sexual activity, sexually transmitted diseases and teenage parenting, and editorials making [...]

Dispelling a Myth: Funding for rural poverty

I was recently attending a board meeting for an upcoming state problem-solving competition for children k-12 in the state of Texas. This meeting contained the voices of adults representing children in the wide range of incomes throughout the state. Part of the agenda for this meeting was to discuss fund-raising ideas for teams that could [...]