Nailed It!

Special session, anyone?

Sorry to get all Stephen Colbert on you, but Jimmy, bring up the board:

Back on April 18, while discussing the legislative logjam in the Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee, we said, "Guess that's what happens when you only meet for five months every two years. Now, who's laying odds on a special session next year?"

Now Harvey Kronberg of the Quorum Report has had it from multiple sources that Gov. Rick Perry has made it very clear that he's not happy with House Bill 1892, the big transport bill that is currently sitting on his desk. So unhappy, that is, that he's threatening (drum roll, please!) a special session to try to solve transport.

(For further updates on what's happening in what's left of the session, check out the new Chronicle for our special article about what has happened and what may still happen under the big dome Downtown. Plus, obviously, the insomniac gnomes here at Chronic Towers will continue blogging through this session and any others to come.)

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