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Read more at http://redalertpolitics.com/2015/12/23/tx-attorney-general-public-colleges-cant-ban-handguns-campus/#KdZmAH6ThyT3PFG4.99 Read more A new economics paper has found that state and federal subsidies for higher education, designed to make college cheaper and more accessible, have driven tuition increases. Read more Everyone who is anyone in the 2016 presidential race is attacking Marco Rubio. Read more
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