The Texas Association of Realtors praises Gov. Perry’s tax commission for its recommendations to improve the state’s current tax structure. The Texas Tax Reform Commission‚ chaired by former state Comptroller John Sharp‚ has developed a plan to provide long-term property tax relief and improve public school funding. Texas Realtors support the panel’s key proposalsreducing homeowners’ tax rate for school operations and maintenance by approximately one-third and imposing a low-rate‚ broad-based business
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------------------------------------------------- Texas textbook controversy- Analysis Kim Stevenson Eastern New Mexico University CI 531 1WW March 3‚ 2013- Abstract: Ever since the 1960s‚ the Texas textbook controversy has had an issue in America. The Texas school board is meeting to make revisions to their textbooks and curriculum. But are they also revising history? Educators across the country are watching to see the effect this issue will have on students. The choices the board members
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A Journey Through Texas Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca De Vaca and his three countrymen wandered for months through Texas as they journeyed toward the Spanish settlement in Mexico City. In the course of his travels‚ de Vaca healed a Native American by performing the first recorded surgery in Texas. His resulting fame attracted so many followers that de Vaca noted in his journal that “the number of our companions became so large that we could no longer control them.” As they continued traveling westward
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Mexico opened fire on Americans north of the Rio Grande‚ which happened to be the Texas-Mexico border. As a result of this event‚ President Polk declared war between the two countries‚ although‚ due to prior events‚ it seemed more reasonable for Mexico to be doing so. The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because they robbed land from them‚ brought slaves into Texas‚ and occupied land on the Texas-Mexico border. One reason the Mexican War was not justified was because the
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West Texas A&M established on September 20‚ 1910‚ was originally known as West Texas state normal college‚ and will provide me with the opportunity to learn new skills to further my career. “The size of West Texas A&M University is a public institution that was founded in 1910. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 7‚279‚ its setting is suburban and the campus size is 13 acres.” It utilizes a semester- based academic calendar. To be accepted into West Texas A&M you are required to have a 2
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Damian Ramirez Dr. A. Ogundele March 17‚ 2014 Government 2306 SY1 Why the Texas state constitution was rewritten. In Texas during the reconstruction period following the civil war‚ a convention was held in order to rewrite the state constitution. This new constitution greatly increased the power that was held by the state and state official subsequently weakening local governments a reducing their power. When reconstruction was coming to an end‚ democrats gained control of the state and
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Abstract If any single animal could be said to represent of the state of Texas‚ that animal could only be the iconic Texas Longhorn. Saved from the brink of extinction‚ this hardy and resilient symbol of Texas‚ is a uniquely American breed of cattle‚ easily recognizable worldwide because of the prodigious horn length of the breed‚ used by the males to protect the herd. Left alone in the wild‚ the Texas Longhorn can live for twenty years or more‚ although if domesticated and raised for meat‚ that
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focused on the Annexation of Texas. The Annexation was a must because Texas was no longer able to be an independent state. Texas need help‚ and that help was from the United States. The Annexation of Texas was a great thing for everyone because it offered Texas so much resources‚ but that did not mean it did not cause Texas problems or frustrations. Following the Annexation of Texas‚ the Americans and the Mexicans were forced to live and concede with one and other within Texas. However‚ this was never
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Americans first‚ as planned. Overall‚ due to the expansion west‚ America engaged in this conflict with Mexico and effectively started a war. This changed things political because‚ there were new borders‚ now that Texas was a state‚ as well as the relationship with Mexico‚ Although Texas was an addition to the U.S.‚ it could have been obtained by less forceful means‚ and this aggressive act could have been avoided‚ but the Americans decided to act as a steamroller and take everyone down that was standing
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1836 has widely been regarded as the turning point in the Texas Revolution. But of all the unknowns regarding that battle‚ such as how Davy Crockett died or if William B. Travis was placed on the funeral pyre alive‚ one of the most important mysteries is just why the people of the Alamo chose to stand and fight. To understand why the people of the Alamo fought‚ one must first examine the reasons for the Texas Revolution’s occurrence. Texas’ declaration of independence was caused by several things
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