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KFDM 6 :: News - Top Stories - Gov. Perry wants more charter schools
Friday, February 1 2013, 10:21 AM CST
Gov. Perry wants more charter schools
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Governor Rick Perry wants lawmakers to increase the number of public charter schools across the state.

The governor will address the State Board of Education today.

Perry also wants to offer scholarships to students who are "locked into low-performing schools."
Gov. Perry wants more charter schools

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Port Arthur residents meet school board and city council candidates

Federal court delays BISD election

Aerial and ground mosquito spraying begins

Deputy has to put down one of three neglected horses

Deputies searching for vehicle missing after woman shot and killed

Emotional testimony in Granger capital murder trial

Motorcylist dies following collision with SUV

Sheriff's office releases name of worker killed on pipeline project

New details about homicide victim

Testimony begins in Granger capital murder trial

Bomb threat prompted 25% of students to stay home

Accident on pipeline construction project kills worker

Highway 12 closed while first responders work Mauriceville house fire

Man killed after lying down on a highway while vehicles approach

Southeast Texans help baby suffering from heart defects

BPD: Man arrested for burglary

Silsbee sisters grant prom wishes

3 injured in accident on I-10 w in Vidor

Police: Newly released sketch of a woman found dead

Video released of Travis County DA behind bars

BPD: Impaired driver caused crash

TxDOT warns drivers to be safe in construction areas

Eco Fest in Orange

Boy Scouts raise money for their trooop

Woman's body found near canal close to Tram Road just outside Beaumont

Hundreds of butterflies released

65th annual Neches River Parade

Loads of personal documents shredded at an identity theft prevention event

Restaurant Report Card: April 19, 2013

Southeast Texan watches search for suspect in Boston unfold

Helicopters used in Boston search

Lamar Police react to MIT shooting

West woman with Nederland ties describes explosion

LIVE REPORT: Southeast Texas first responders ready for any disastrous situation

Death of Tami Higginbotham ruled homicide

Councilwoman opposed to Confederate memorial park in Orange

Beaumont rally in support of Keystone Oil Pipeline

ExxonMobil fire investigation continues

Julie Rogers Gift of Life Champagne and Ribs Fundraiser

Beaumont school volunteers honored

Beaumont Fire Department prepared to help at West explosion site

Beaumont Red Cross on standby

Boston Marathon runner glad to be back in Southeast Texas

Live Report: 12 workers hurt in flash fire at ExxonMobil in Beaumont

BFD: Training helps reaction during refinery fires

Attorneys have selected a jury in the capital murder trial of Bartholomew Granger

DPS investigating a fatal accident where the driver of a tractor trailer struck and killed a man walking on I-10 in Orange

Southeast Texas runner home from Boston Marathon after explosives at event killed three people

Confusion arises over Hurricane Ike relief

RAW VIDEO: Footage at hospital following fire at ExxonMobil

RAW VIDEO: Scene at ExxonMobil where at least 6 people were burned, two others hurt

The Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum presents the Cowboy Ruckus and Camp Out on Saturday

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Business News

Uncertainty over US stimulus drags shares lower

TOKYO (AP) -- Jitters over a possible change in U.S. stimulus efforts by the Federal Reserve helped pull share prices mostly lower in Asian trading today.

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Entertainment News

"THE VOICE" FINAL PERFORMANCES

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Adam Levine doesn't have a singer left on "The Voice."

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HOUSE OF CARDS

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- The Maryland State House is getting a promotion -- to the U.S.

Science/Tech News

IN THE NEWS: PRESIDENT OBAMA DEFENDS NSA SPY PROGRAMS

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Until they were revealed earlier this month, few people knew about the National Security Agency's spying programs.


 

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