Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the competitive bidding requirements of section 21.901 of the Education Code apply to cumulative purchases from one vendor that in the aggregate exceed $5,000.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jay's Tonnette Mouse, left, Cynthia Baldwin, center, and Stephanie Campbell grieve Saturday's 68-61 loss to Kingfisher."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Carl Albert collects the spoils of its 4A girls championship."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Baxter Black / cowboy poet / humorist."

Caption: "Jennifer Tisdale (31), Amber Reynolds (20) and Tat Mueggenborg celebrate Kingfisher's 3A State title Saturday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A victorious Kingfisher squad celebrates its championship during 3A awards ceremonies following Saturday's title game."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Baxter Black / cowboy poet / humorist."

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Baxter Black / cowboy poet / humorist."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "McGuiness guard Nick Conger reads the defense as Millwood's Derrick Coleman applies the pressure during Saturday's Class 3A title game."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Kim Morgan of Kingfisher tries to elude the defense of Jay's Brooke Netherton during Saturday's championship game."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "John Gernhauser of McGuniness, left, gets a hand on the shot of Millwood's Joey Mickey as Irish teammate David Chansolme defends."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City Fire Department engine No. 8, in right photo, bears fallen firefighter Jeffrey Lindsey on his final ride Saturday."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jackie Raper's husband Dub, coached the Carl Albert boys in saturday afternoon's 4A boys title game, and her son, Scott, coached the Westmoore boys in the 5A final saturday night."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Carl Albert's Chad Strickland appears to be all determination as he tries to muscle past Tyrone Burks of Douglass into the lane during Saturday's Class 4A state Championship game."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "There's no place to go but up for carl Albert's Jeff Webster, right, as he tries to evade attempted block by Chris Wilson of douglass, left, during Saturday afternoon's Class 4A boys championship game."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Kingfisher's Marcie Yarbrough, who scored 37 points Saturday, drives past Jay's Casey Lawson in the Class 3A girls championship game."

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6pm.

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6pm.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10pm.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Photograph of a historic property located at 1805 E Third in Corsicana, Texas.

Photograph of a historic property located at 1030 W 5th in Corsicana, Texas.

Newsletter of the Texas Bureau of Disease Control and Epidemiology discussing the news, activities, and events of the organization and other information related to health in Texas.