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According to Ariel Doctoroff with the Huffington Post, only 27 percent of Texans hold a college degree. That means my second priority as a legislator would be to target the other 73 percent of Texans to raise the total percentage of college graduates. Imagine that, a state full of college graduates. Not only would that open career opportunities for an individual, but it would benefit the

With a 27-0 victory over the Houston Texans last Thursday, the New England Patriots continued their dominance. The Patriots were without future Hall of Famer Tom Brady, due to his Deflategate suspension, and backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo because of a shoulder injury. Yet, it doesn’t seem to matter who is under center for the Patriots, which continue to win in impressive fashion. Thursday night, rookie Jacoby Brissett was the lone quarterback on the active roster. Brissett, a third-round pick

When Mexico captured San Antonia on September 11, 1842 a lot of volunteers join Texas’s army. They would all go into different companies under leaders like Mathew Caldwell and Nicholas Dawson. They coordinated their attacks by each company going after a specific city that would lead to San Antonio. The communication between the companies was by Texas’s government ordering them where to go and what to attack. For example 200 troops led by Mathew Caldwell traveled to Cibolo Creek. Cibolo Creek was

After examining the power one lobbyist can have in the Texas government, it is appropriate to look at the enormity of what a corporation who specializes in lobbying efforts is capable of. The company being examined is called Cassidy and Associates. Cassidy came into the forefront of Texas politics, when in 2006 Carol Strayhorn, the comptroller announced the state of Texas "would be suspending payments to a Washington lobbying firm hired by Rick Perry, called Cassidy and Associates" (Zeller 2006)

At first, her answers consisted of a lot of “umms”, but after she got more comfortable, she said, “So, it’s kinda like our own little world. … The people are like, are more like small town people, they’re…more like hospitable.” Vanna described West Texans as hospitable and having small town behavior. The small-town mindset, that Vanna referred to is what Hollywood has portrayed time after time. Also, in the same response she said “Well, obviously, we’re nothing but oil field, mesquite trees and it’s

Question 1: Political culture in Texas Throughout the world there are many diverse political cultures. A political culture is the attitudes, beliefs or practices among a group of likeminded individuals. (Giardino pg. 27) There are different categories that embrace a political culture like an Individualistic, traditionalistic and moralistic. An individualistic culture is one that prefers less government involvement. The traditionalists’ culture maintains government as the social and economic hierarchy

colleagues . The Attorney General of Texas is a position charged to uphold Texas law and the Texas Constitution; represent the State in litigation; and approve public bond issues. However, the fundamental goal of the office is to guard the rights of Texans through various divisions of the agencies. These divisions are responsible for consumer health, safety, and regulations, as well as, protection of elderly and disabled individual rights. As a summer law clerk at the attorney general’s office I will

While the Texas Revolution began as colonists in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the Mexican authority for political and economic reasons, many historians believed that there was a racial and cultural factor in the conflict. Historians such as Eugene C. Barker, a prominent history professor and an expert in Texas history, based his argument of a racial war on Sam Houston’s speech to the Texas volunteer army at Refugio. In his book, Sleuthing The Alamo, James Crisp comes to Sam Houston’s

winning teams, new teams and new sports facilities. Among these new facilities is the new reliant stadium, which is home to a fairly new Houston Texans football team since 2002 and Minute Maid park home of the Houston Astros. Not long ago, things were much different. Before Reliant stadium and Minute Maid we had the Astrodome. Instead of the Houston Texans, we had the Houston Oilers. Both very capable football teams in two different arenas. The man behind the creation was Judge Roy Hofheinz, who had

work; sometimes those officials do not form part of the same political party, which creates conflict. In addition, the governor does not form part of the decisions happening in the state, which sometimes create a miscommunication between Texans and the Government. Texans often blame the governor for things out of his control. (Collier et al 185). To wrap up, the Governor does not carry a lot of responsibilities, which makes him weaker.