Episode 3594: Huge Texas teacher certification scandal exposed | Rep. Leach broke rules in death penalty case – Pratt on Texas 10/29/2024

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The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: A huge teacher scandal uncovered by the Harris County District Attorney: Dishonest “teachers” from around the state, well over 400, have paid big money to have a proxy take their official Texas teacher certification test. The ring is said to be led by a longtime Houston ISD basketball coach and involved two other district people as well as others outside of the district. It is alleged that the coach, at the top, netted over one million dollars in the long running scheme. Read all about it here:

• Teacher certification cheating ring nets 5 arrests, DA Ogg says
• Prosecutors: 3 HISD staffers ran teacher license test cheating ring

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The dangerous constitutional crisis caused by the Texas House Jurisprudence Committee just gets dirtier and dirtier:

• Internal notice of the “ex parte” communication effort by Leach from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (pdf)
• Court: Texas House member, Jeff Leach. tried to sway judge on Robert Roberson case
• OAG Notifies Texas Supreme Court of Unethical Attempt By State Representative Jeff Leach To Improperly Influence a Judge in Roberson Capital Punishment Proceedings

Much border news including New York City is now paying paroled illegal aliens to fly to Texas and other states. Also, Texas has bought a 1,400-acre ranch in Starr County on which it plans to build border wall. And, El Paso poisons at least 34 with food poisoning at local illegal alien shelter.
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