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House Bill 4509 would mandate that students study documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Federalist Papers. The bill's author added speeches from Black historical figures after criticism at a hearing last month.
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Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas House has advanced legislation that would require K-12 school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to teach âinformed American patriotismâ through the founding documents of the U.S. starting in the 2021-22 school year. The House passed House Bill 4509, by state Rep. Greg Bonnen, R-Friendswood, by a voice vote Thursday afternoon. It will need one more vote before it can be sent to the Texas Senate, wh...
THE SWISS-BORN German artist Paul Klee created more masterpieces in the closing years of his life than most artists do in their prime. Diagnosed with sclerosis, his resolve hardened along with myriad symptoms of his disease and he raged against the dying of his artistic light. Near the end, he had trouble lifting his arms and walking and he suffered from bronchitis and arthritis. It was as if his struggle to speak the language of pure perception as an artist intensified the nearer his fatal disease brought him to his vision’s closure. In their new biographical survey, Paul Klee: Life an...
Support for downtown Spokane stadium voiced in public forum The board of Spokane Public Schools held a virtual public meeting to hear input on a new proposal to replace the Joe Albi project with a downtown stadium. Author: Casey Decker Updated: 11:25 AM PDT March 17, 2021 SPOKANE, Wash. — The board of Spokane Public Schools held a virtual forum Tuesday night to get public input about a proposal to build a stadium in downtown Spokane, rather than at the existing Joe Albi Stadium site as is currently planned. Only a couple dozen people spoke at the event. All b...
M organ Sanders, a former facility engineer, first realized something was wrong when he started falling off ladders and getting dizzy driving. Then, nearly a decade ago, came the devastating diagnosis: He had a brain tumor. During the depths of the recession, he struggled to pay his bills, including his mortgage and his Spokane County property taxes. "I worked extremely hard to keep up with my taxes," Sanders says. "[But] I was a year behind. After you miss the first due date, it escalated something fierce." Go a year without paying your property taxes in Washington sta...