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Special session likely to end with no voucher deal

By Gary BordersTexas Press AssociationAs the clock ran down on the Legislature’s third special session, Texas House and Senate leaders exchanged barbs over Gov. Greg Abbott’s school choice bill and border security proposals, the Austin American-Statesman reported. In a social media post, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said House Speaker Dade Phelan “wasted another special session” as that chamber failed to even consider Abbott’s measure to use public money for private tuition, commonly known as vouchers.The Senate early in the session passed a school choice measure that has gone nowhere in the House, where a combination of Democrats and rural Republican ...

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