Logo courtesy Win For TexasSupporters of slot machine at horse tracks and Indian casinos have done two things this morning: released a poll showing what they call widespread support in Texas for their issue, and introduced us to an awful, awful new word: "racinos.""New Poll Shows Massive Statewide Support for Racinos" the headline on the release says. "Please Ignore That Last Word; We're Truly Sorry," the sub-head somehow doesn't say.Sam Houston Race Park is among the tracks pushing hard for the
Carroll Cocchia says she's one-third Indian, and is trying to bring local Native Americans together. Detractors say she's white, and is helping to tear them apart.
Alabama-Coushatta Indians are shedding their passive ways in big bets on land claims and casinos. But some fear they could be gambling away their great tribal heritage.
The ACT scores are just out for the 2009 graduating seniors who took the tests as sophomores, juniors or seniors and it is not great news across the land, and certainly not in Texas. As far as biology goes, we're not exactly wowing the galaxy with our knowledge.And the ethnicity gap remains stark and glaring, with only 5 percent of African-American students in Texas and 9 percent of Hispanics in Texas who took the test meeting minimum standards in all four areas of the college readiness test.
