Senator Eliot Shapleigh - El Paso, Texas

When the Texas Education Agency took a hard look at the high-stakes tests taken by the state's schoolchildren, evidence of cheating was uncovered.

Researchers with the state Health Department are going into southern Doña Ana County to study whether a nearby copper smelter has given residents above-average levels of various metals.

Tying the rate to inflation index seen as possibility

State lawmakers are working on legislation to help the Child Protective Services agency. But a thorough fix will take courage.

Fort Bliss could accommodate as many as 20,000 troops returning from overseas.

Massachusetts Democrats and several prominent researchers object at a proposal to outlaw a form of embryonic stem cell research.

Texas Lawmakers have the opportunity to make higher education available to all who qualify.

Texas transportation officials want $100 million a year to relocate railroad lines.

Far too often, state caseworkers fail to notify the courts that their clients are in danger.

Landrigan 1972 study finding high levels of lead in El Paso children living near an ore smelter.

Judge says Dallas defaulting on elderly care obligations

While some El Paso leaders have fought not to get the lead out of the soil, leaders in other cities fight to get the lead out.

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.

State lawmakers have their own concerns about the Trans Texas Corridor, Gov. Rick Perry's $184 billion plan to build megahighways around the state.

Reassignment of troops overseas aids domestic sites, senators are told

Did Texas 'forfeit' or 'return' $808 million in federal CHIP money since 2000? Depends on whom you ask.

Texas lagging on college goals. UT-San Antonio's growing enrollment, poor graduation rates illustrate a statewide challenge.

Senate Bill 212, filed on January 19, 2005 by Senator Eliot Shapleigh, directs the Texas Workforce Commission to create programs in Texas' defense dependent communities to support military families.

Proposed legislation at the Texas Capitol would allow military communities to once again use local 4A/4B funds for the development of military bases.

United States Senators praised a Pentagon proposal to increase payments to widows and children of military service members who die in Iraq and Afghanistan.