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via EEOC Texas Leads Nation in Job Discrimination Complaints
Being number 1 isn't always a good thing, especially in this category. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says it got more complaints of workplace discrimination from workers in Texas than from any other state last year.
The EEOC says one out of every 10 job discrimination complaints filed nationwide last year came from Texas.
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via First Presbyterian Church Longview 
via Flickr/albertogp123 Chamber of Commerce Calls for Testing Reform
The Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce is the first Chamber in the state to send a board-approved resolution to Austin expressing serious concerns over what standardized testing is doing to Texas’ public schools, and to school students.
via Flickr/bradleygee Forest Service Surveys Drought Destruction
The Texas Forest Service has estimated that last year's drought killed hundreds of millions of trees, but those are only educated guesses. Now the agency is launching a more scientific survey that will provide a much more accurate picture of the destruction the drought left behind.
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via Community Impact Awards East Texas 
Texas Leads Nation in Job Discrimination Complaints May 17, 2012
Ashby and LISD Officials Blast Beck Campaign Flyer May 17, 2012
Texas Senate Honors Caddo Lake Protector May 16, 2012
Lufkin High School Students Get Big Scholarship Money May 16, 2012
Longview Presbyterian Church May Quit Denomination May 16, 2012
