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The rep who removed the sign, House Administration Chairman <strong>Charlie Geren</strong>, said the next day that the House is "not a college dormitory."</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>Senators tackling state procurement reform learned at a hearing Wednesday that the current state contracting system is so fragmented that no one knows the total value of the state's current contract.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>As legislators considered several early education bills Tuesday afternoon, testimony was dominated by a debate over what standards school districts should meet to get additional state funding and whether districts should offer full-day or half-day programs.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>Four Democrats have filed to run in the March 31 special election for House District 124, the Bexar County seat formerly held by now-Sen. <strong>José Menéndez</strong>.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>A Mexican Mafia hit man convicted for his part in the 1998 capital murder of a San Antonio woman was executed Wednesday evening, leaving the state prison system with only enough </span>drugs for one more execution<span>.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>Texas House leaders unveiled a plan Tuesday to shore up the state's chronically underfunded retirement system for employees that requires workers to pay more into the system, but gives them a pay raise to offset the cost.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><em>Disclosure: <span>Planned Parenthood</span> is a corporate sponsor of The Texas Tribune. 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