At 10 p.m., the Giller Award show came to an abrupt end as author Esi Edugyan was giving her thank-you speech.
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Technical gaffe cuts off Giller winner’s speech
Posted by Granemor101 84 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
Texas schools poised to sue over Legislature's cuts
Posted by MihaVitez 205 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The Legislature's failure to address disparities in school funding during this year's session will lead to another lawsuit to address the issue, educators and lawyers say.
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Social Security Cuts Loom Large
Posted by Superfishy 233 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- A large block of future retirees can expect to see their Social Security benefits dwindle by 19%, thanks to a 29-year-old piece of legislation that curtailed government retirement benefits. If the feds don't find other ways to shore up the pension system, it means bad news for millions of Americans under 50.
There's no doubt Social Security is in big trouble financially.
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House tentatively OKs school cuts bill
Posted by Twilight999 242 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The legislation would allow the state to spend $4 billion less on public schools than what current law requires.
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House panel vote puts school cuts closer to passage
Posted by FireSyphon 247 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The House Appropriations Committee voted along party lines Saturday to recommend a controversial plan to reduce public education spending by at least $4 billion, cuts which hundreds of Texans later protested during a Capitol rally.
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Teachers rally in Austin as cuts near passage
Posted by mentalsniff 248 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis, whose filibuster killed the bill during the regular session, joined about 100 protesters Saturday at the Capitol as the $4 billion in school cuts inched toward passage.
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Senate approval gives $4 billion in school cuts another try
Posted by rhodan842 248 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The Senate voted Friday night to make education pay its share of the state's budget problems, reviving legislation to take $4 billion out of public schools' funding.
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Texas Senate panel OKs school cuts despite pleas
Posted by Mattyboy217 249 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Texas lawmakers invited the public to share ideas about school funding cuts Thursday, but GOP leaders rushed to approve the legislation without incorporating any of that input and rebuffed all urging to spend more from the rainy day fund.
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Budget talks produce two-year plan for Texas with $15B in cuts
Posted by madman899 257 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The panel agreed Thursday on a $172.5 billion plan that makes about $15 billion in cuts compared to current spending.
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Protesters in Austin rally against Texas education cuts
Posted by yellowbell 262 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Parents and others demonstrate at the Texas Capitol to protest a state budget that will cut $4 billion from schools, and warn lawmakers who supported the cuts that they will be voted out.
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Texas Senate passes bill to bring in $4 billion, soften cuts
Posted by theshade67 280 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The Texas Senate approved a bill on Friday to bring in about $4 billion through the next two years through tax collection speedups, state payment delays and other revenue measures.
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Texas jails fear influx of mentally ill after budget cuts
Posted by stumpiemon 288 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Service cutbacks have sheriffs and mental health advocates across the state nervous at the thought of more people ending up behind bars instead of getting treatment at community facilities.
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Texas senators working to soften deep budget cuts
Posted by Runemancer 306 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, said Wednesday that the working Senate proposal includes $16 billion more in state and federal funds than the House measure, but he did not detail where the additional state money would come from.
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Texas lawmakers look beyond cuts for revenues
Posted by sbeaumont04 336 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Lawmakers struggling to soften deep cuts that would be required in the face of a massive budget shortfall and no-new-taxes sentiment are looking at options such as deferring billions in state payments, speeding up tax collections, taking ownership of unclaimed property quicker and offering amnesty on penalties to laggard taxpayers.
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Comptroller: Cuts alone won't help Texas
Posted by kevin2336 338 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Susan Combs delivers reality check in budget debate.
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Government shutdown seems more likely after House OKs cuts
Posted by diva77677 352 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The prospect of a government shutdown appeared more possible Saturday after the House passed a budget measure Saturday that cuts $61 billion — and was immediately rejected by Senate Democrats and President Barack Obama.
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GOP newcomers flex muscle in budget cuts
Posted by cronoman2 353 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The 87 first-term House members are behind Saturday’s 235-189 vote to cut $61 billion from government spending. Obama promises to veto if it passes the Senate.
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For Houston, Obama's budget cuts NASA but boosts Metro
Posted by OmegaBreak 357 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
WASHINGTON- More budget cuts will be headed to Texas in the deficit-reduction measures outlined by President Barack Obama's budget, but the state also could benefit from several spending choices. Here are some ways in which the president's budget would affect Texas:
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Peggy Fikac: Faces behind the budget cuts emerge
Posted by energybee 365 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The human services that would be slashed in starting-point, bare-bones budget proposals from legislative leaders are the kind of services we'd want to have if we were in their place.
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Tea partiers say defense in mix for budget cuts
Posted by Levarisbomb 380 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Back home, tea partiers clamoring for the debt-ridden government to slash spending say nothing should be off limits. Tea party-backed lawmakers echo that argument, and they're not exempting the military's multibillion-dollar budget in a time of war.
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Despite soaring enrollment, colleges will suffer huge cuts
Posted by FishFrost 381 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
At a time of record enrollment in Texas' colleges and universities, a state budget proposal released this week would see these institutions suffer a 7.6 percent funding cut from the last biennial budget.
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The 82nd Legislature: Painful cuts even have GOP howling
Posted by Twilight999 383 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Reaction to the so-called bare-bones budget plan unveiled the day before was swift and not at all positive as legislators from both sides of the political aisle decried proposed cuts in education and social services spending Wednesday.
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Draft budget cuts 8,000 state jobs; furloughs possible
Posted by SuperAdam34 389 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
An estimated 8,000 state jobs would be slashed and the remaining workers could face furloughs under starting-point budget plans to cope with a revenue shortfall, legislative leaders said Thursday.
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Obama signs compromise bill extending tax cuts
Posted by LordKaien 416 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
President Barack Obama has signed an $858 billion tax bill he negotiated with Republicans and praised the new law as a boost for the middle class.
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Senate OKs tax cuts; House vote could come tomorrow
Posted by noob54321 418 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
President Barack Obama urged quick action in the House.
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