Take an issue that's full of sometimes-complicated details like Texas public school finance, throw in an element of urgency like the need for better transportation solutions in Dallas-Fort Worth, add a healthy helping of local interest spiced with some controversy and you have the perfect assignment for Mike Norman to examine in depth. Mike is the newspaper's editorial director.
E-mail: mnorman@star-telegram.com
Maybe Texas shouldn’t be saving so much money
| |Thursday, Jun. 13, 2013
The state’s rainy day fund is bulging with money from increased activity in the oil patch.
Austin judge dreams of easy school finance case
| |Friday, Jun. 07, 2013
Legislative changes call for a new hearing, but it will be complicated.
Bills are on file for expanded Texas special legislative session
| |Thursday, May. 30, 2013
‘Be prepared’ is just as good a motto for lawmakers as it is for Boy Scouts.
Legislating in Texas is not all fun and glory
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
Most bills aren’t marquee material, and working on them is tedious.
Texas Dems hold water money hostage for school funding
| |Friday, May. 10, 2013
Gov. Rick Perry threatens a special session unless lawmakers agree to tax cuts and funding for water infrastructure.
If the lottery is in trouble, so is Texas
| |Thursday, Apr. 25, 2013
A McKinney lawmaker sparked a move in the House to get rid of the Texas lottery. Be careful what you ask for.
Tarrant County voting from the 'fresh start' point of view
| |Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013
With May 11 city and school board elections coming up, some voters might go for new faces.
Fort Worth looks for the place where money and love of arts collide
| |Thursday, Apr. 11, 2013
A task force shows the Fort Worth City Council a way to provide public money for the arts, and where to find it.
Texas lawmakers get a look at 'school choice' bill
| |Thursday, Mar. 28, 2013
The Senate Education Committee chairman calls for a ‘Texas Opportunity Scholarship Program.'
An agreement to agree on fracking in the Northeast
| |Thursday, Mar. 21, 2013
Environmentalists and energy companies duel on gas drilling but devise standards to unite on.
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- New Fort Worth micro-brewery to launch sales at Central Market
- End of the road in sight for $1 billion Grapevine project
- Churches split on what to do about Scout sponsorship
- Affidavit: Gunmen targeted teen in Fort Worth shooting, killed boy instead
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