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Hope on Minimum-Wage Horizon
Serious state and federal efforts under way to pass legislation that would raise minimum wage, stuck more than nine years at a pathetic $5.15 an hour
Texas Legislature
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Chipping Away at Tough CHIP Requirements
House Dems call for repeal of tough eligibility requirements for working parents seeking health assistance for their uninsured children
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Criminal Justice Policy Folly
Perry signs executive order creating state Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center, basically reconstituting Texas’ Criminal Justice Policy Council, which he axed back in 2003
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If at First (and Second, and Third) You Don’t Succeed…
Rep. Carl Issett is re-introducing a tax bill that has failed three times before. But does he have more powerful allies to shove it through this time?
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The Old He Said, He Said
Did Speaker Craddick really snub Rep. Jim Pitts in committee selections?
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Call him Chairman Patrick
After his pro-Craddick speech during the speaker debate, how has Rep. Patrick Rose done in the new committee listings?
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Here’s Your Committees … See Ya!
Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick has finally announced his committee selection: but which Austin-area reps got what?
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Birth of a (Sorta) Environmentalist
State rep. Phil King denies he opposes all emissions regulation. Just whatever may cause global warming.
