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Memorial Day and our PTSD Veterans
Memorial day is this coming Monday, May 26th. It’s a little early this year as the calendar falls so, I am writing this article as a way to remind us of this most important holiday. We have many holidays to remember our veterans and the various services and the various groups who have served our nation in the Armed Forces and they are each important; however, Memorial Day is the day where we remember those who gave their lives in the service of our country.
Lawmakers agree on $8 billion school funding package
Leaders from the Texas House and Senate have agreed on an $8 billion school funding package, which is being called the largest in state history, The Dallas Morning News reported.
Two dozen stand trial in “Stockade Case”
The sensational murder trial of 24 Texans, denied bail and held for months in an open-air stockade, began at Jefferson on May 24, 1869.
Senate rolls out eight billion dollar school finance proposal
The Senate Committee on Education K-16 considered the session’s premiere education funding bill as lawmakers look to deliver on a promise to put more money into public education this session than ever before. The version of HB 2 presented to the committee would quadruple the average amount of new public education funding appropriated in a given session, allocating $8 billion in new funds, most of which will go towards teacher pay. Bill sponsor, committee chair, and Conroe Senator Brandon Creighton said it’s the most any Texas legislature has ever increased education and historic dollars for our public schools,” he said. “More than any public education package that we’ve ever passed – every single district, from Beaumont to El Paso, from Wichita Falls to McAllen benefits.”