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Today the Supreme Court issued its decision on Same Sex-Marriage. Marriage is a right according to the Supreme Court.

http://abc13.com/news/supreme-court-extends-same-sex-marriage-nationwide/806939/

Supreme Court says same-sex couples have right to marry in all 50 states Same-sex couples in Texas may soon obtain marriage licenses following today's landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalizes gay marriage nationwide.

The link lists schools that will be closed tomorrow.

http://m.click2houston.com/news/school-closings-cancellations-due-to-severe-weather/33591566

School closings, cancellations due to severe weather The National Weather Service is predicting that severe weather caused by a tropical disturbance will hit the area.  School district and local officials are taking precautions, announcing closures and cancellations.

"HISD says the answer sheets for 2,370 students were lost some time last week when they were being transported by UPS to the testing company in Austin."

http://www.click2houston.com/news/thousands-of-hisd-students-in-limbo-after-staar-test-scores-go-missing/33390526

Thousands of HISD students in limbo after STAAR test scores go missing STAAR test grades are a required, crucial, sometimes contentious part of the education process for Texas students. But scores for nearly 2,400 fifth- and eighth-graders in HISD are missing.

Former Texas Governor, Rick Perry has announced he is running for President.


http://www.click2houston.com/news/ap-source-former-texas-gov-rick-perry-to-seek-2016-republican-presidential-nomination/33393098

Rick Perry launches comeback White House bid Four years after his first presidential campaign was crushed by the weight of his debate gaffe and stump speech mishaps, the governor who spent 14 years presiding over Texas is launching his second bid for the Republican nomination on Thursday.

Updates concerning the expired provisions of the Patriot Act.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/30/politics/what-happens-if-the-patriot-act-provisions-expire/index.html

Patriot Act provisions have expired: What happens now? - CNNPolitics.com The U.S. government now officially finds itself with fewer tools to investigate terrorism.

Vice President Joe Biden's son has died of brain cancer, at age 46.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/30/politics/obit-vice-president-son-beau-biden/index.html

Beau Biden, son of V.P. Biden, dies at 46 - CNNPolitics.com Joseph "Beau" Biden III, an Iraq war veteran who served as the attorney general of Delaware and was a son of Vice President Joe Biden, has died.

If your school district closed as a result of the weather today check their district websites. Commissioner of Education Michael Williams did release a statement saying that districts that closed as a result of the flooding will be excused. This statement is ambiguous for residents outside of Houston city limits, so please check your district websites to information.

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/29159084/flood-affected-southeast-texas-school-districts-get-waiver

Flood-affected southeast Texas school districts get waiver Texas Education Agency Commissioner Michael Williams will excuse campuses affected by Houston-area flooding by granting them waivers.

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District :: Waiver to be granted exempting CFISD from... Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner of Education Michael Williams announced May 26 that school districts forced to close schools due to inclement weather would be granted a waiver exempting the use of an inclement weather makeup day.

Houston ISD will not have to make up school as a result of the flood conditions today.