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"...one could predict that the bill would send the 85th Legislature into bloody carnage between the House and Senate..."

"...It's almost halfway over. On March 20, the 85th regular session of the Texas Legislature will pass the..."

"...The 85th Texas Legislature is imminent, but don't expect a simple..."

"...House Calendars Committee, on May 4, to demand the Lege halt its attack on reproductive health rights. Lawmak­ers filed..."

"...So if you think the 85th Legislature has a big budget headache over a couple..."

"...The 85th Texas Legislature has arrived – not with a bang,..."

"..."fetal remains" bill are just extreme examples of the Lege's upside-down sense of what matters to most Texans, and..."

"...any moment captured the underlying conflict leading into the 85th Texas Legislature, it came on the afternoon of Thursday,..."

"...protect survivors of campus sexual assault. SB 968 requires colleges to create an online and anonymous sexual assault reporting..."

"...few days to gauge the damage inflicted by the 85th regular session before Gov. Greg Abbott called a special..."

"...The 85th legislative session went out not with a whimper but..."

"...of the House Redistricting Com­mittee. "This symbolizes perfectly my 85th #TxLege: a form letter thanking me for serving on..."

"...to execute something constructive. That hope collapsed for the 85th session this week, as the simmering war between the..."

"...office). Austin City Council Member Greg Casar, Austin Community College Trustee Julie Ann Nitsch, Rev. Jim Rigby of St...."

"...operations funds, statewide, are spent on public safety, the Lege apparently prefers undermining basic services to tackling the Big..."

"...As we inch toward the session's halfway point ("The 85th's State Something," March 17), it's another sign the House..."

"...far-right "pro-life" Freedom Caucus helped derail her bill. The Lege didn't even bother extending the task force, setting it..."

"...regular session, making a special session nearly inevitable. (Revisit "Lege Lines: Patrick's Hostage Play," June 2.)..."

"...residents from using restrooms in government buildings and public colleges that align with their gender identity – shot through..."

"...a new motto: "Do as we say!" Among the Lege agenda items intended to reverse local initiatives that the..."

"...relegate usage of facilities at public buildings, schools, and colleges to residents whose gender matches the sex listed on..."

"...Medical Board and four other state agencies, which the Lege – specifically Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, through his political..."

"...We're checking out for the day. See this week's "Lege Lines" in the paper for a breakdown of the..."

"...agencies. With today marking the final day of the 85th Legislature, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is holding the Sunset..."

"...as House Bill 2). In recent years, whenever the Lege slaps itself on the back for passing a nominally..."

"...on the minds of the Dems, Repub­lic­an moderates, and Lege observers alike, both Anchia and Cook fretted aloud on..."

"...that SB 14 is discriminatory. Knowing that, if the Lege refuses to make sufficient changes, then lawmakers are arguably..."