After losing funding, Texas schools lost message Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 7:52 am, Saturday, January 26, 2013 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Historic state budget cuts wiped out 100 public school jobs in Odessa. Two years later, the school district made famous by "Friday Night Lights" is spending $100,000 on a publicity blitz, but not to blast the billions of dollars stripped from Texas classrooms. Since the Legislature convened this ... Read More