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Byron Cook (Texas Politician)
Byron Cook is an American businessman, rancher, and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from his native Corsicana, Texas, Corsicana in east central Texas, who is a former Texas House of Representatives, state representative for District 8, which encompasses the County, counties of Anderson County, Texas, Anderson, Freestone County, Texas, Freestone, Hill County, Texas, Hill, and Navarro County, Texas, Navarro. In October 2017, Cook announced that he would not seek re-election in 2018. Early life and education Cook graduated from Navarro College, a community college, with an associate degree in 1974. Cook's father, the late Leland P. Cook, was the former circulation manager for the ''Corsicana Daily Sun''. Leland left the newspaper to start a family business. In 1986, he and Cook founded Tradewest, a now-defunct video game company and licensee of several Nintendo games, including Double Dragon (video game), Double Dragon, Battletoads (1991 video game), Battletoa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Sadler
Paul Lindsey Sadler (born April 29, 1955) is an American Lawyer, attorney from Henderson, Texas, now residing in Bandera, Texas who served from 1991 to 2003 in the Texas House of Representatives. He was the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic nominee for the United States Senate election in Texas, 2012, United States Senate in 2012. In the November 6 general election, he lost against the Republican Party (United States), Republican Ted Cruz, who still holds the position. Early life, education, and law career Sadler was born in Freer, Texas, Freer east of Laredo, Texas, Laredo in South Texas, to Harold Sidney and Bessie Mae "Pete" Sadler. His father worked for Sun Oil Company and moved his family throughout Texas, California, and Louisiana. In 1977, Sadler graduated from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, Waco, Texas. In 1979, he graduated from Baylor Law School. He is an active member of the State Bar of Texas, Texas Bar. He has been admitted to practice in many federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community College
A community college is a type of undergraduate higher education institution, generally leading to an associate degree, certificate, or diploma. The term can have different meanings in different countries: many community colleges have an open enrollment policy for students who have graduated from high school, also known as senior secondary school or upper secondary school. The term usually refers to a higher educational institution that provides workforce education and college transfer academic programs. Some institutions maintain athletic teams and dormitories similar to their university counterparts. Australia In Australia, the term "community college" refers to small private businesses running short (e.g. six weeks) courses generally of a self-improvement or hobbyist nature. Equivalent to the American notion of community colleges are Technical and Further Education colleges or TAFEs; these are institutions regulated mostly at state and territory level. There are also an inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Paxton
Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. (born December 23, 1962) is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the attorney general of Texas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Texas Senate representing the eighth district and as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. Known for his conservative views, Paxton has been described as a staunch ally of President Donald Trump. Paxton was first elected attorney general in 2014, rising to power as an ally of the Tea Party movement,Paul J. Weber"Indicted Texas attorney general rode tea party to power", Associated Press (August 4, 2015). and has been described as ultraconservative and far-right.Kate McGee"As attorney general, Paxton's ideological crusades have drowned out his day job", ''Texas Tribune'' (May 27, 2023): "Undeterred by accusations of securities fraud, misuse of his political office and bribery, Paxton relentlessly pursued first a far-right agenda." Paxton was re-elected in 2018 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney General Of Texas
The Texas attorney general is the chief legal officer of the of . The current officeholder, Republican , has served in the position since January 5, 2015. History The Office of the Attorney General was first established by executive ordinance of the government in 1836. The ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illegal Immigration
Illegal immigration is the migration of people into a country in violation of that country's immigration laws, or the continuous residence in a country without the legal right to do so. Illegal immigration tends to be financially upward, with migrants moving from poorer to richer countries. Illegal residence in another country creates the risk of detention, deportation, and other imposed sanctions. Asylum seekers who are denied asylum may face impediment to expulsion if the home country refuses to receive the person or if new asylum evidence emerges after the decision. In some cases, these people are considered illegal aliens. In others, they may receive a temporary residence permit, for example regarding the principle of non-refoulement in the International Refugee Convention. The European Court of Human Rights, referring to the European Convention on Human Rights, has shown in a number of indicative judgments that there are enforcement barriers to expulsion to certai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockefeller Republican
The Rockefeller Republicans were members of the United States Republican Party (GOP) in the 1930s–1970s who held moderate-to- liberal views on domestic issues, similar to those of Nelson Rockefeller, Governor of New York (1959–1973) and Vice President of the U.S. (1974–1977). Rockefeller Republicans were most common in the Northeast and the industrial Midwestern states (with their larger moderate-to-liberal constituencies), while they were rare in the South and the West. The term refers to " member of the Republican Party holding views likened to those of Nelson Rockefeller; a moderate or liberal Republican". Geoffrey Kabaservice states that they were part of a separate political ideology, aligning on certain issues and policies with liberals, while on others with conservatives and on many with neither. Luke Phillips has also stated that the Rockefeller Republicans represent the continuation of the Whig tradition of American politics. Rockefeller Republicanism has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Advisory Commission
The Sunset Advisory Commission is an agency of the Texas Legislature that evaluates state agencies and makes recommendations to the legislature on the need for, performance of, and improvements to agencies under review. The commission is headquartered in the Robert E. Johnson State Office Building in Austin. As of the 88th Legislative session in 2023, the Commission has successfully recommended abolishing 95 state agencies, of which 42 agencies were completely abolished, while another 53 were abolished with certain functions consolidated or transferred to existing or newly created agencies. History The Commission was created in 1977 by enactment of the Texas Sunset Act (now codified as Chapter 325 of the Texas Government Code). Composition The Commission has 12 members: 10 legislators and two public members. The leader of each chamber (the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, who presides over the Texas Senate) each appoint four le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Off Road
''Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road'' is an Arcade game, arcade video game released in 1989 by Leland Corporation. The game was designed and managed by John Morgan who was also lead programmer, and endorsed by professional Off-road racing, off-road racer Ivan Stewart. Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Virgin Games produced several home versions in 1990. In 1991, a home console version for the Nintendo Entertainment System was later released by Leland's Tradewest subsidiary, followed by versions for most major home formats including the Master System, Sega Genesis, Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Amiga, and MS-DOS. A port for the Atari Jaguar was announced but never released. Some of the ports removed Ivan Stewart's name from the title due to licensing issues and are known simply as ''Super Off Road''. Gameplay In the game, up to three players (four in the NES version through use of either the NES Satellite or NES Four Score) compete against each ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battletoads (1991 Video Game)
''Battletoads'' is a beat 'em up platform video game developed by Rare and published by Tradewest for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The first installment of the ''Battletoads'' series, it was released in North America and Japan in 1991 and in Europe in 1993. Ports without Rare's involvement were released on the Mega Drive and Game Gear in 1993, and on the Amiga and Amiga CD32 in 1994 (despite the former having been developed in 1992); a port developed by Rare for the Game Boy was released in 1993 as ''Battletoads in Ragnarok's World''. In the game, three space humanoid warrior toads form a group known as the Battletoads. Two of the Battletoads, Rash and Zitz, embark on a mission to defeat the evil Dark Queen on her planet and rescue their kidnapped friends: Pimple, the third member of the Battletoads, and Princess Angelica. The game was developed in response to the interest in Mirage Studios' ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' franchise. It received mostly positive rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
