Kristi Hassett
@hassettfive
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Mother of 3, public school advocate, trustee, policy wonk. When I grow up I want to be a welder/glass blower.
Flower Mound, TX
Joined February 2013
Ken requires recipients to “‘immediately permit’ the attorney general to inspect its records, without an opportunity for precompliance judicial review of the request — in violation of the right to freedom from unreasonable search or seizure” that’s granted by our Constitution.
Judge reportedly strikes down Texas law that Ken Paxton frequently uses to investigate companies and nonprofits.
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State of Texas Public Education Funding 1.Per-pupil funding has not been raised since 2019. 2.Public schools have experienced an 18% funding DECREASE in inflation-adjusted dollars. 3.A Legislative Budget Board (LBB) recent report showed public schools received $11,101 in
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Hey @UNTsocial - I would have paid extra for a “senior” parking pass just for alumnus who decided to come back for another degree. My undergrad self would have been surprised to learn that I struggle to find commuter parking around the “Texas Pickup” this semester. 😕🦅
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While you're watching Texas schools struggle with inadequate resources: Anyone who tells you @GregAbbott_TX didn't hold school funding hostage for private school vouchers is lying to you. Here's the video of Abbott spelling out what he was doing.
October is Bullying Prevention Month, but during it Gov. Abbott is holding up $4B in new education funds until he gets his school voucher bill. This impacts both per student allotment funding (currently 43rd in US) and teacher pay raises ($7,700 behind US pay avg) . #TxLege
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School districts across Texas face budget cuts while the state under @GregAbbott_TX sits on a record budget surplus. The Texas Constitution *requires the state* to pay for public education. Don't forget Abbott held school funding hostage for vouchers and he's still doing it.
Concerned parents & community members are speaking to the Lake Travis ISD board tonight, advocating for special education resources. The board is expected to adopt a budget tonight. Due to their $4 million deficit— they are having to make cuts.
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.@GovAbbott is amassing & hoarding your property taxes (4x the average surplus!) for a massive cash pay out to the wealthy & well-connected via “taxpayer-funded vouchers” while schools shutter & districts raise taxes to pay teachers… … & he has the nerve to brag about it. smh
America will continue spending like a drunken sailor until the world stops funding it. Unlike the U.S., Texas has the highest credit rating and the largest budget surplus in the country.
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Texas has had school choice for quite a while now - more than 25 years, in fact, and it costs around $9 billion in the two-year 2024-25 #txbudget.
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CenterPoint should not buy more generators. Customers should be reimbursed for the $50 million in profits & $800 million spent on "mobile" generators the utility couldn't use. To charge ratepayers even more for generators adds insult to injury. #txlege
https://t.co/Q2au6KCi5R
houstonchronicle.com
Weeks after a Chronicle report revealed that most of CenterPoint's $800 million fleet of...
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"None of those generators have been put in service since CenterPoint first began renting them in 2021." There is a public comment period open now on these unusable $800 million generators. A public hearing will be held if requested by Thursday. #txlege 1/ https://t.co/v8B4EKtmwG
houstonchronicle.com
CenterPoint's $800 million spend on mobile generators will likely continue to be a source...
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Budget buster: Arizona’s school voucher experiment has precipitated a budget meltdown. The state this year faced a $1.4 billion budget shortfall, much of which was a result of the new voucher spending https://t.co/X9lxiAG2dS
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🧵 So, legislators will need even more help with the creation of new laws and re-evaluation of old laws. Who do legislators normally turn to when they need input - agencies and lobbyists. Lobbyists can tip after a law is passed. I'm not a lawyer; these are my interpretations.
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🧵Issue with overturning Chevron is that fed/state legislatures nor courts have the expertise to create detailed, unambiguous laws. (ex - Congress doesn't know enough about FDA content to create a law that describes which food borne illnesses are important and which aren't).
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🧵 Snyder: fed anti-bribery law does not make it a crime for state/local officials to accept tips for acts they’ve already taken (bribe after not before). Chevron: struck down ruling that courts defers to fed agency's interpretation of laws if judge finds it was reasonable.
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Long 🧵 Bad week in the Supreme Court for regular Americans. Snyder-bribery Chevron-federal agencies Companies/lobbyists/the uber-wealthy can bribe Congress/State officials/local officials/judges after the fact when they create a detailed law/rule that benefits the company.
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TEA’sability to do sound causal Inference continues to be wanton.
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It’s such strange times when @TheOnion continues to be out Onion-ed by the zealots. He doesn’t understand the judicial system yet has been tried on bribery charges 3 times!
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Very disappointed in @PalazzoVegas. They just called to tell us that they moved us to @VenetianVegas and downgraded our suite. We booked 4 rooms late last year for our 30th wedding anniversary and my son’s 21st bday. Not a fun way to start our celebrations.
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Some state leaders have suggested that public schools are now receiving “historic funding.” But the truth is, when adjusted for inflation, schools are getting 19% less funding than in 2019. #FundOurFuture
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Now that Congress has passed a bill to ban TikTok, and Biden says he will sign it. Do you think they will create a law that states congressmen can’t invest in this newly required forced divesture? Nah. I didn’t think so either. https://t.co/6LMo6zjOiZ
cnbc.com
Mnuchin did not specify who the other investors would be in such a deal or the potential valuation for the social media site.
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