Senator Eliot Shapleigh - El Paso, Texas

This is slide seven of Senator Shapleigh's explanation of the top 10 slides in his "A New Texas: Invest in Texas, Invest in Our Future" school finance presentation.

On March 30th, the Senate Veteran Affairs and Military Installations Committee unanimously voted to regulate payday lenders doing business with members of the Armed Forces and their families.

President Bush nominated eight people 15 to serve on 2005’s Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission.

The government will provide a 75 percent subsidy worth about $1,250 a year for the basic drug benefit, plus an average of almost $2,300 a year in extra assistance to people with low incomes.

A longstanding federal law strictly limits the ability of his mortgage company and other lenders to foreclose against active-duty service members.

Throughout the 79th Legislative Session, Senator Eliot Shapleigh will be writing a notes column from the Capitol that will allow you to see what is happening behind the scenes in Austin.

This is slide six of Senator Shapleigh's explanation of the top 10 slides in his "A New Texas: Invest in Texas, Invest in Our Future" school finance presentation.

For the first time in a decade, communities across the country are bracing for a major round of military base closings.

Some universities are taking the buffet-style approach to tuition plans, charging students one price for all the classes they can take.

What do lawmakers hope paltry funding will achieve?

For the first time in a decade, communities across the country are bracing for a major round of military base closings.

Democrats in Congress are questioning a small no-bid contract that the Department of Homeland Security recently awarded to a college in Erie, Pa.

State Demographer Steve Murdock says we have a choice about our future, if we act now

The school finance and tax bills are about as popular as smallpox with virtually every education group, and also are taking fire from both the right and left.

Throughout the 79th Legislative Session, Senator Eliot Shapleigh will be writing a notes column from the Capitol that will allow you to see what is happening behind the scenes in Austin.

This is slide five of Senator Shapleigh's explanation of the top 10 slides in his "A New Texas: Invest in Texas, Invest in Our Future" school finance presentation.

Democratic Caucus on the House Budget Committee

Dewhurst says Senate wants to reduce tax incidence level for poorest in society

It time for the Texas Legislature to bring more transparency and accountability to the way local government officials award public contracts.

Businesses would pay more, consumers less