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air pollution, and seismic activity in areas including a potential for danger from it in District 8: Navarro, Freestone, and the Hill Country that are designated as a “Priority Groundwater Management Area” and also semi-protected from fracking in Texas.

Dawson Texas Government 2306 November 4, 2015 Texas 84th Legislature House Bill 11 On September 1, 2015 House Bill 11 became effective in the state of Texas. Mainly authored by Dennis Bonnen a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, House Bill 11 amends many laws and actions towards the security of the Texas-Mexico border. The bill mainly deals for a long term solution to human trafficking and the flow of illegal drugs that come through the border. Both parties of the Texas House

Texas Political Climate “Texas became a state in December 1845, participating in its first presidential election in 1848. Texas seceded from the Union in 1861 and was not included in the 1864 or 1868 elections. From 1872 through 1976, Texas went Democratic in the vast majority of elections. However, that changed in 1980, and Texas has sided with the Republicans ever since” (www.270towin.com). Unsurprisingly, Texas went red in this most recent presidential election, thus giving all 38 of their electoral

believe what she represents and woman’s rights. As the Republican electoral base continued one of a couple mishap occurred when Dewhurst made a decision after the constitutionally-mandated deadline. Another mishap occurred when 200,000 viewers to the Tribune were watching the as time ticked down Dewhurst

The Mexican American War was a very controversial event. The Americans believed in their “Manifest Destiny” which prompted them to annex the territory of Texas which, in turn, initiated the war on April 25, 1846. Texas was annexed to the Union as a slave state on December 29, 1845. This upset all of the Free states along with the Mexicans but the Southerners were in favor of the war because it gave them more strength when fighting for slavery. While there were many different beliefs about the Mexican-American

“The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by a group of renegade Democrats, Whigs, and political independents who opposed the expansion of Slavery into new U.S. territories and states. What began as a single-issue, independent party became a major political force in the United States. Six years after the new party was formed, Republican nominee Abraham Lincoln won the U.S. presidential election. The Republican Party and its counterpart, the Democratic Party, became the mainstays of the nation's de

Injury to a Child in Texas that ranged from two years up to thirty-eight years. The following are examples of fathers hurting their children, one of which resulted in the child’s death. Anton Juel Henry (30) of Waco, Texas, pled “guilty to murder and injury to a child,” as a part of a plea deal, in connection to the 2014 death of one of his two-month-old twin boys (Carroll 2017). He was given a forty-eight-year prison sentence for the murder charge and

California in search of gold. 18. Oregon Trail: A trail people used to get to California in search of gold. It was very treacherous and caused a lot of people to die on the journey. 19. Texas Revolution: A revolution in which Texas gained independence from Mexico; they later joined the USA. 20. Alamo: A major battle in the Texas revolution that lead to people like Davy Crockett becoming well known. This event was not a part of the United States History unlike popular belief. 21. Zachary Taylor: Zachary

2nd/3rd Politics or Principle? Lyndon Baines Johnson was born in 1908 in central Texas. At the age of twenty he taught at a fifth, sixth, and seventh grade segregated Mexican-American school in Cotulla, Texas. His career began in teaching but in 1931 Johnson began a political one. Johnson held a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for eleven years. He was elected in 1937 representing his home state Texas. Johnson was also a lieutenant commander in World War II. He was in the South Pacific

Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act in Texas On June 28, 2012, The Supreme Court ruled the Federal Government does not have the constitutional right to sanction an individual to buy health insurance, but declared that the states do have the right to place a tax on citizens that do not carry insurance. This ruling is in response to President Obama’s Patient Protection and Healthcare Act of 2010. Passed on March 23, 2010, President Obama’s Reform Act mandates Texas, as well as the nation, to provide