Good morning! With highs in the upper-70s, Austin鈥檚 in for a cloudy, breezy and muggy day, according to the
Lead story: An anti-abortion protest converged on the State Capitol Saturday afternoon. Among the speakers at the 鈥�:鈥� Attorney General Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Gov. Rick Perry, who said he was working to 鈥渕ake abortion in any stage a thing of the past.鈥�
鈥淏y working together,鈥� Perry told the crowd, 鈥渨e'll be able to cement that Texas is the most pro-family, pro-life and pro-values state in the nation.鈥�
As the 83rd Texas Legislature gets underway, abortion has emerged as : Gov. Perry has signaled his support for a so-called 鈥渇etal pain鈥� bill that would . The governor will certainly refer to abortion in to the legislature tomorrow at 11 a.m.
AISD Set to Make 'Final' Decision on Single-Sex Schools: The Austin Independent School District Board is set to about three proposed single-sex schools.
The board is considering turning Garcia and Pearce Middle Schools into single-sex middle schools.
It鈥檚 also considering adding a School for Young Men, similar to the Ann Richards School for Young Women. If the schools are approved, they鈥檒l be operating by the 2014-2015 school year.
The board is meeting tonight at 7 p.m., at .
Texas Set to Execute Female Prisoner: The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles from a Dallas County woman set to die next week. Kimberly McCarthy killed and robbed a retired 71-year-old college professor.
McCarthy is set to become the fourth woman executed in Texas in modern times. Her execution is scheduled for Tuseday, Jan. 29.
