Senator Wentworth's 2003 Press Releases

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Icon: Press ReleaseDecember 26, 2003
New year ushers in new property tax-related laws

Icon: Press ReleaseDecember 19, 2003
Responsible driving is key to safe new year

Icon: Press ReleaseDecember 12, 2003
Warmhearted Texans' gifts brighten foster children's holiday

Icon: Press ReleaseDecember 5, 2003
Troubled trauma care system to receive $1 billion infusion

Icon: Press ReleaseNovember 27, 2003
Rising Cost of Higher Education Could be Costly to Texas Future

Icon: Press ReleaseNovember 21, 2003
Ag Department seed money will help rural Texas bloom

Icon: Press ReleaseNovember 14, 2003
Texans' tobacco use sends money up in smoke

Icon: Press ReleaseNovember 7, 2003
Question: Gas Tax Increase or Toll Roads?

Icon: Press ReleaseOctober 31, 2003
Texans owe military veterans their freedom

Icon: Press ReleaseOctober 24, 2003
Two Internet sites smooth Texans' surfing along information highway

Icon: Press ReleaseOctober 17, 2003
Domestic violence touches lives of three out of four Texans

Icon: Press ReleaseOctober 10, 2003
Tourism office will work to fill Texas coffers with out-of-state tourist dollars

Icon: Press ReleaseOctober 4, 2003
U.S. Supreme Court ruling makes flawed Top 10 Percent Law unnecessary

Icon: Press ReleaseSeptember 26, 2003
Obscured license plate could be motorists' ticket to fine

Icon: Press ReleaseSeptember 12, 2003
New laws help Texans combat identity theft

Icon: Press ReleaseSeptember 11, 2003
Wentworth prefiles bill again to create a citizens congressional redistricting commission

Icon: Press ReleaseSeptember 5, 2003
New traffic laws may slow down and sober up Texas drivers

Icon: Press ReleaseAugust 28, 2003
Study Proposition 12 Carefully

Icon: Press ReleaseAugust 22, 2003
Voters will decide if six-member juries should decide certain defendants' fate

Icon: Press ReleaseAugust 15, 2003
Constitutional amendments could impact highway and school funding

Icon: Press ReleaseAugust 8, 2003
Property tax exemptions are among 22 amendments on September 13 ballot

Icon: Press ReleaseAugust 1, 2003
Texans should look beyond redistricting battle to constitutional amendment election

Icon: Press ReleaseJuly 25, 2003
Senior Texans concerned about new Medicaid estate recovery law

Icon: Press ReleaseJuly 18, 2003
Texans may tailor health insurance plans to fit their medical and financial needs

Icon: Press ReleaseJuly 15, 2003
Citizens' redistricting commission works well in Arizona

Icon: Media BroadcastJuly 15, 2003
Senator Wentworth holds a press conference on "Independent Texans - Independent Redistricting"

Icon: Press ReleaseJuly 14, 2003
Arizona redistricting commission chairman to meet with Texas senator

Icon: Press ReleaseJuly 10, 2003
Wentworth bill would create a citizens congressional redistricting commission

Icon: Press ReleaseJuly 10, 2003
Congressional districts' populations must be exact, no deviation allowed

Icon: Press ReleaseJuly 3, 2003
Citizens, not legislators, should draw congressional districts

Icon: Press ReleaseJune 28, 2003
New law balances personal freedom and national security

Icon: Press ReleaseJune 24, 2003
Sen. Wentworth files bill to put redistricting in hands of a citizens' commission

Icon: Press ReleaseJune 20, 2003
Some local bills could impact Texans all around the state

Icon: Press ReleaseJune 13, 2003
Top 10 percent bill may be revisited if there is a special session

Icon: Press ReleaseJune 6, 2003
State Budget Cuts Shift Tax Burden to Local Governments

Icon: Press ReleaseMay 30, 2003
Legislators spend final days of session keeping worthy bills alive and moving

Icon: Press ReleaseMay 23, 2003
Tort reform started with the Legislature but will end with voters

Icon: Press ReleaseMay 16, 2003
Legislators should do what is necessary to adopt a budget worthy of Texas

Icon: Press ReleaseMay 9, 2003
Seat belts and sober driving could save Texans lives and dollars

Icon: Press ReleaseMay 2, 2003
New Senate bill offers property-tax relief and school-finance reform

Icon: Press ReleaseApril 25, 2003
Legislators working to ensure bills' passage as end of session nears

Icon: Press ReleaseApril 17, 2003
Budget cuts would impact Texans of all ages and economic status

Icon: Press ReleaseApril 11, 2003
Legislators Crunching Numbers in Effort to Resolve Budget Crunch

Icon: Press ReleaseApril 8, 2003
Border legislators from United States and Mexico will convene in Austin

Icon: Press ReleaseApril 4, 2003
Pledges of allegiance to national and state flags added to minute-of-silence bill

Icon: Press ReleaseMarch 28, 2003
Law governing sale of property acquired by eminent domain is un-Texan

Icon: Press ReleaseMarch 21, 2003
Legislation could help ease the strain on Comal Countys crowded courts

Icon: Press ReleaseMarch 21, 2003
Legislators weigh Texans' right to know with their desire to be safe from terrorists

Icon: Press ReleaseMarch 14, 2003
Bills would increase county governments' authority to regulate subdivisions

Icon: Press ReleaseMarch 14, 2003
Bill would let governments sell back property acquired by eminent domain

Icon: Press ReleaseMarch 14, 2003
Education bills address age, admission, attendance, audits and aggression

Icon: Press ReleaseMarch 7, 2003
Medical malpractice insurance rates impact physicians and patients

Icon: Press ReleaseMarch 6, 2003
Bill filed today to change Southwest Texas State University's name

Icon: Media BroadcastMarch 6, 2001
Press conference on "SWT Name Change"

Icon: Press ReleaseMarch 5, 2003
Senator Wentworth schedules news conference for March 6 in the Capitol

Icon: Press ReleaseFebruary 28, 2003
Legislature looks at sobriety check points as a way to curb drunk drivers

Icon: Press ReleaseFebruary 21, 2003
Texas Independence Day commemorates early Texans' patriotism and courage

Icon: Press ReleaseFebruary 18, 2003
Senate bill would clarify regulation of subdivisions located in ETJs

Icon: Press ReleaseFebruary 14, 2003
Dozens of property-tax reform bills bring hope for relief to Texans

Icon: Press ReleaseFebruary 11, 2003
Bill would help protect children from molesters posing as volunteers

Icon: Press ReleaseFebruary 7, 2003
Share the wealth school funding faces demise in 2005

Icon: Press ReleaseJanuary 31, 2003
Ever think that there "oughta be a law" for or against something?

Icon: Press ReleaseJanuary 24, 2003
Texas senators' backgrounds are as varied as the Texas landscape 

Icon: Press ReleaseJanuary 17, 2003
Senator Wentworth named vice chairman of new Government Organization Committee

Icon: Press ReleaseJanuary 17, 2003
Texas legislators and health department waging war against tobacco

Icon: Press ReleaseJanuary 14, 2003
Texas legislators prepare for belt-tightening session

Icon: Press ReleaseJanuary 3, 2003
Young artists invited to draw for prizes in annual Treasures of the Texas Coast art contest

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