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June 11, 2012
Texas Prisoners Cost $620 Million More Than They Did in 1990, Thanks to Longer Sentences
Meet the average modern Texas prisoner, released in 2009. He spent 2.8 years behind bars -- 32 percent more time than his average prisoner predecessor released in 1990. If he was busted for a violent crime, he spent 5.3 years locked up, a 44 percent increase from his predecessor in 1990. You've spen ... More >>
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April 9, 2012
More Money for Schools? Take a Hike, Kid.
Texas public schools are barely squeaking by, The New York Times reported this morning in a heart-rending story about state budget cuts. Things have gotten so dire that the Times led its story with the horrifying tale of a youth in Hutto, northeast of Austin, who must now walk a mile to classes beca ... More >>
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November 20, 2003
Curse of Youth
Two new Dallas papers are keeping tabs on the little futhermuckers

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