The Texas legislative body is designed to represent the citizens of the state of Texas . Forty five percent of Texas is White‚ twelve percent is black‚ thirty eight percent is hispanic‚ and four percent is Asian. In contrast two thirds of the Texas House and seventy percent of the Senate is white‚ about a tenth is black in the House and Senate‚ only a fifth of the House and Senate are Hispanic. The body that is representing us isn’t exactly fair with the consensus of the general population. Minorities
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Oceanography 11/29/12 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch The North Pacific Ocean is home to the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. This gyre is created by the North Pacific Current‚ the California Current‚ the North Equatorial Current‚ and the Kuroshio Current‚ all rotating clockwise throughout the northern hemisphere. It expands over the Pacific from the North Pole to the Equator and from California to Eastern Asia. The NPSG currents create the largest ecosystem on Earth‚ but they have also created
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pertains to be true‚ however at what cost? There are many problems with the education system particularly in Texas that most students‚ parents‚ and even teachers are unaware of. From underfunded budgets‚ to trying to persuade students from other districts changes need to be made to better the education. No changes can be made if the problems are not brought up and talked about. Education in Texas has
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law Jacob Rodriguez Course Texas Government 2306 Professor Jones Nov 12‚ 2012 Voter ID Law Recently a voter id law has been swore into the state of Texas this law would mandate in order to vote you must present a photo id before you are allowed to vote. A big controversial over this bill has began deciding if it’s a scheme for the republicans to gain more votes or to prevent voter fraud at the polls. After researching this topic my opinions is voting fraud is not a huge problem in the
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Strangers From The Pacific Shore There are lots of immigrants coming to the United States from all over the world between 1815 and 1920. United States becomes the land of emerging economy. The Italian‚ Greeks and Chinese saw the opportunity of a better life‚ planning to make enough money and return home and buy some land. But many immigrants like Irish and Jewish immigrants had no intention of returning to their homelands. The Jews of Eastern Europe were often escaping persecution and did not
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The State of Texas is known for their strict rules on voting rights for convicts these including those who are currently incarcerated and those individuals who are released‚ but on parole. However‚ ex-offenders who have completed their probation and parole regain their voting rights but would have to re-register. I believe the voting rights for prisoners and ex-convicts should be reformed and changed in the State of Texas. The reason I stand by this is because they’re still citizens of the United
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North Central Texas may be turning to desert By Teresa Watkin In the last few years Texas has been drying up. According to NOAH weather maps show North Central Texas is need of precipitation. The summer of 2011 was so hot and dry wild fires destroyed much of North Central Texas. There as a lack of rain for 52 days straight. Most of the Possum Kingdom Lake area burnted up bad. Homes were lost and a couple of firefighters lost their lives as well. The town of Graham was lock down so no one
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independence that results from the election of judges versus the appointment of judges.” While researching Texas appointed judges‚ I discovered that since 1845 when Texas become a state‚ judges were appointed until 1876 when judges were elected “by the people in the partisan elections” according to the website http://www.judicialselection.us/judicial_selection/index.cfm?state=tx. In addition‚ Texas has been electing their judges and in 1980 it became the first state that exceeded one million dollars
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take me back to the moment when I wanted to mend the broken pieces of my life and fill the voids with a relationship with my father so bad‚ that I came so close to meeting him but God blocked it. I began to reminisce back on the moment I visited Texas for the first time in my adult life (and probably ever) and I just had my first son 6 months prior. During my pregnancy I struggled with thoughts of abandonment‚ not feeling loved by my father and ultimately‚ always feeling forgotten and unwanted
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