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Statewide nonprofit group meets to overhaul Texas standardized tests
A statewide nonpartisan group met in El Paso Wednesday to discuss trying to overhaul the Texas standardized testing system. The group, called Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment (TAMSA), believes that high school students should only have to pass two end-of-course exams, Algebra I and English II, in order to ...
Rubio tapped for State of the Union response
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), already seen as a rising star in Republican Party circles and a possible candidate for President in 2016, will play a central role in next week's State of the Union Address, as he will give the official GOP response to the President's speech. "Marco Rubio is ...
President Obama lays out second term agenda
Often an Inaugural Address is more about themes and broad policy matters than specifics, and while President Obama did not go into fine details in his second Inaugural, he certainly did set out some legislative markers for what he wants done in the Congress during his next four years in ...
Payday lending ordinance moves forward
El Paso City Council is moving forward with an ordinance intended to protect consumers from high-cost loans. Council members voted unanimously to have city attorneys draft up the proposed ordinance similar to ones in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. Rep. Susie Byrd proposed the ordinance because the state has not ...
Reporters get a Supreme Court reminder
Through the years that I have covered news in Washington, D.C., I have always tried to follow one rule - don't try to predict what the Supreme Court is going to do on a certain case. That was driven home this week by decisions in several major cases of the ...
Obama on Gas Prices
President Obama gave the following speech in Miami, Florida about energy and high gas prices. The prepared text was provided by the White House press office. - Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery Energy Event University of Miami Thursday, February 23, 2012 Miami, Florida As Prepared ...
Selling the Obama Budget
There's nothing quite like the full court press that is undertaken by a White House after the introduction of a President's budget. You flood Capitol Hill with top cabinet and agency officials and then the President heads on the road to tout certain items. And both parties do their best ...
Washington Eyes Gingrich
In my two days back from the campaign trail on Capitol Hill this week, there was only one thing that my colleagues wanted to ask me about - can Newt Gingrich really win the Republican nomination? The idea of Gingrich winning had been ridiculed for months in the halls of ...
Mrs. Obama dazzles in designer sapphire dress
All eyes were on the First Lady at the State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Get the details on her shiny sapphire number. http://bcove.me/bov9k776
Locals react to President Obama's proposal to require students to stay in school
During the State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama announced that he wants states to make students stay in school until they graduate or until they turn 18 years old, and New Mexicans said that the proposal could go a long way for the Land of Enchantment. "New Mexico ...
President calls for immigration reform
During his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama urged Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform that will give undocumented students a path to citizenship. Obama said there are thousands of students who deserve a path to citizenship. Not giving them a chance to earn the American Dream would be detrimental to ...
State of the Union
It is almost 2:30am here at the U.S. Capitol, as it's just the cleaning crews and a few journalists like me finishing up their work for the next day after President Obama's State of the Union Address. Another one is in the books and how Congress reacts doesn't really change ...
Injured soldier watches presidential speech
Staff Sgt. Victor Medina watched President Barack Obama give his State of the Union address from the Democratic watch party in Central El Paso. His wife, Roxana Delgado, accompanied U.S. Rep. Silvester Reyes to the speech in Washington. Medina suffered a traumatic brain injury while serving in Iraq in 2009. ...
Obama State of the Union
Here is the prepared text of President Obama's State of the Union Address delivered to Congress on Tuesday night, as provided by the White House. EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY January 24, 2012 Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery State of the Union Address “An America Built to ...
President expected to speak about economy, national security
What would you like to hear the president say in his State of the Union address? This could be President Barack Obama’s last State of-the-union address. In the wake of a surprising primary in South Carolina and an uncertain race to find a Republican candidate, the president has the nation’s ...
El Paso military wife to be at SOTU
While President Obama delivers his State of the Union address an El Paso military wife will be watching from a seat in the House chamber. Roxana Delgado wife of Staff Sgt. Victor Medina, was invited to hear the president's speech by U.S Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas. Medina was serving in ...
State of the Union Excerpts
Here are some excerpts from tonight's State of the Union Address by President Obama as provided by the White House: “Think about the America within our reach: A country that leads the world in educating its people. An America that attracts a new generation of high-tech manufacturing and high-paying jobs. ...
State of the Union Prep
In Washington, D.C. today, both parties were hard at work trying to spin voters and reporters well before President Obama set foor in the House chamber for tonight's State of the Union Address. In meetings with reporters, on social media and from the Capitol, it wasn't even lunch time and ...
Railroad Project will cause temporary street closures
Effective Monday, there will be temporary road closures related to a railroad project, according to city of El Paso Department of Transportation officials. EPDoT and Union Pacific Railroad are collaborating on this week-long project, which is necessary for general maintenance and/or removal of the railroad crossings located south of Interstate ...
Obama Speech Text
Here is the prepared transcript of President Obama's speech on his long term budget plans at George Washington University in Washington, D.C, as provided to reporters by the White House. = April 13, 2011 Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery The Country We Believe ...
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