Senator Eliot Shapleigh - El Paso, Texas

Propostion for a Constitutional amendment that would to establish rail relocation

It’s amazing how quickly some politicians can discover a previously absent ethical bent when a scandal comes to town.

A new study from the Center for Responsible Lending finds that payday lenders purposefully target military personnel and their families.

Is he a Don Quixote tilting at windmills or a visionary who has seen the future?

On the heels of a recent court decision that the Texas school finance plan is unconstitutional, a visiting senator gave local educators his proposals for a more equitable system.

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Dietz gives state a year to come up with new system

State agencies presenting budget requests to Legislative Budget Board

A State-By-State Distributional Analysis

Pay increases and family savings limit eligibility under new rules.

Asarco LLC, one of the U.S.'s oldest copper mining operations, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Perry reportedly backs role by unarmed 'neighborhood watch'

Texas dropped so many children from the affordable CHIP program that it alone accounted for more than half of the national decline.

State income tax, school funding items on agenda

Legislature fails to provide millions in funding for important educational institution.

Payday loans are among the fastest growing financial services in America.

A resolution asking the company to link CEO pay to eradicating predatory lending practices.

As tuition prices at Texas public universities spike upward, so does the chance students may win a 30-year fight for a voice in governing their schools.

Push polls are a yet another negative campaign tactic. Political companies call from Florida, mislead voters in El Paso about a candidate's record, and then use real misleading and negative statements to influence the vote.

State/Local Services and Taxpayers Likely to be Hit Hard by Bush Budget Policies.