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Unhappy Perry

First Craddick, then Dewhurst, now Perry looks unhappy with the Lege.

News Blog, May. 22, 2007 9:01 AM

Lessons in Civility (Con't)

Did Dewhurst really get a telling off from the Senate? Seems so.

News Blog, May. 21, 2007 3:23 PM

Don't Pack That Gavel Yet

Can the toll road conundrum be solved before the end of the session - or at all?

News Blog, May. 21, 2007 12:40 PM

Why They Hate Us

Former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia makes verbal blunder at UT commencement.

News Blog, May. 21, 2007 10:08 AM

Deals to Deal With TYC

The last negotiations over reforming TYC have been completed: will they mean an accountable management?

News Blog, May. 21, 2007 9:08 AM

Made in Texas

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales: Should Texas have seen this coming?

News Blog, May. 18, 2007 10:09 AM

Lessons in Civility

What would Miss Manners say to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst?

News Blog, May. 18, 2007 9:00 AM

Did He or Didn't He?

Dewhurst's office throws down, then backs down over calling Democrats undemocratic.

News Blog, May. 16, 2007 5:54 PM

Craddick's No Quitter

Speaker race '09: Craddick fires back.

News Blog, May. 16, 2007 10:32 AM

Blood on the Senate Floor (Updated)

Whitmire vs. Dewhurst get vocal on the floor, all over a voter-ID bill.

News Blog, May. 16, 2007 9:01 AM

Dead Man Gaveling!

Someone is after Speaker Craddick's job.

News Blog, May. 15, 2007 2:05 PM

One Rule for the Lawmakers

CBS-42 catches reps in voting violations.

News Blog, May. 15, 2007 10:36 AM

QT Says Bye-Bye

Sadness as the man behind Grindhouse says goodbye to the cinema that helped create it.

News Blog, May. 14, 2007 3:01 PM

It's No Arnie vs. Gray Davis

What did this weekend's elections mean for toobers on the Guadalupe?

News Blog, May. 14, 2007 1:08 PM

Bulletproof Tom, Bulletproof No More

How secure is Speaker Craddick?

News Blog, May. 14, 2007 10:17 AM

Dying in Committee, Part 9

Senators can't save every bill - not even those that would save lives.

News Blog, May. 14, 2007 9:01 AM

Farewell to Blair

What will the resignation of British Prime Minister Tony Blair mean for the U.S.?

News Blog, May. 11, 2007 11:16 AM

Dying in Committee, Part 7

Don't ask why some bills pass and some don't. The answer will make your head spin.

News Blog, May. 11, 2007 9:15 AM

Immigration and the Border

News Feature, May. 11, 2007

TYC: Will the Lege Drain the Gulag?

State government starts long, protracted, and expensive era of oversight, litigation, and structural changes to discredited agency

News Feature, May. 11, 2007

Dying in Committee: The Gavel Drops

Farewell, unpassed House bills, we scarcely knew thee.

News Blog, May. 11, 2007 12:01 AM

Nailed It!

Special session, anyone?

News Blog, May. 9, 2007 8:41 PM

Who Could Vote Against Cheap Gas?

A proposed gas-tax holiday means it may be cheaper to get to all those state facilities closed due to lack of funds.

News Blog, May. 9, 2007 3:20 PM

What Bush Could Learn From Brenda

Why Dubya's Texas charm could do with some Old World finessing.

News Blog, May. 8, 2007 3:20 PM

Dying in Committee - Mass Culls

It turns out that 150 House members can't be everywhere at once.

News Blog, May. 8, 2007 1:28 PM

Dying in Committee, Part 6

No permanent tent prisons this sessions - just the temporary ones that are already there.

News Blog, May. 8, 2007 8:59 AM

Dying in Committee, Part 5

What business-friendly constitutional amendment just died in the House?

News Blog, May. 7, 2007 4:04 PM

Sorry, I Thought You Were Someone Else

TXU is changing its name. That'll help global warming.

News Blog, May. 7, 2007 3:52 PM

Dying in Committee: Countin' the Days

Lege update: 119 days down, 21 to go.

News Blog, May. 7, 2007 1:49 PM

Dying in Committee, Part 4

Amputees won't get much help from the Lege this session on low insurance payouts.

News Blog, May. 7, 2007 1:44 PM

What Price Freedom of Information?

Open government could come with a per-page surcharge.

News Blog, May. 7, 2007 9:32 AM

Learning All the Wrong Lessons

Texas Youth Commission makes sure there will never be another media scandal - by locking the media out.

News Blog, May. 7, 2007 9:01 AM

Dying in Committee, Part 3

The Lege seems to have decided to not end the United Nations this session.

News Blog, May. 3, 2007 5:06 PM

Texas State Hold 'Em (Updated)

Will poker become taxable income in Texas?

News Blog, May. 2, 2007 9:21 PM

(Medi)-Pot Paranoia

Which GOP committee chair is keeping medical marijuana at bay?

News Blog, May. 2, 2007 2:35 PM

Dying in Committee, Part 2

Looks like medi-pot won't be legalized this session

News Blog, May. 1, 2007 3:25 PM

Dying in Committee, Part 1

The first casualties of the legislative session are the bills that will never be debated in the chamber.

News Blog, May. 1, 2007 11:34 AM

Follow the Money (Online)

Texans may have a clearer idea of where (and to who) their tax dollars go, thanks to a bill heading to the Senate.

News Blog, May. 1, 2007 9:01 AM

Pointless House Point of the Day

Musings from the lege as things start to wind down in the committees.

News Blog, Apr. 30, 2007 4:09 PM

No Fake Rock Here!

What are Austin's legislators doing to keep music authentic (in a legally binding way)?

News Blog, Apr. 30, 2007 11:43 AM

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