The flip side of Friedman’s expansion of gambling was that it allowed the state to fund education to an extent that might have been unimaginable otherwise. During his initial campaign, Friedman often cited the statistic that“teachers’ salaries in Texas are over $6,000 below the national aver...
documents and interviews with The Texas Tribune, they say a persistent staffing shortage leaves lock-ups without enough guards needed to mitigate against the heat inside un-air conditioned prisons, which reach well over 100 degrees during