Abortion Bill Will Be Considered Tuesday in House Committee

Testimony will be limited

"...Rep. Byron Cook, R-Corsicana, chair of the House State Affairs Committee, said this afternoon that he will..."

July 1, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

House Makes Its First Post-Freeze Moves to Fix the Grid

Who's got the power?

"...last month's freeze-driven failure of the Texas power grid, House Speaker Dade Phelan used up a bunch of low..."

March 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Straus Announces House Committees

Lots of seats but no chair positions for reps in Travis County

"...the fun begins. Speaker Joe Straus has just announced House committee appointments and membership for the 85th Legislature. Texas..."

Feb. 9, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

House of Cards

Critics say the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs awards low-income housing tax-credits to undeserving developers.

"...This year, the state's biggest affordable housing program was supposed to operate strictly..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

2006 State Races

A sampling of some of the livelier contests taking shape in the March 7 primary and the general election in November

"...toll road debate, ongoing efforts to blur church and state, and the prospect of a thoroughly entertaining governor's race...."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The House's LGBTQ Caucus Makes History

The good, the bad, and the religious exemptions

"...Texas and Americans United for Separation of Church and State as a "national far-right initiative" to "redefine religious liberty"..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Lege Lines: Peace in Straus' House

News from the saner chamber

"...that aside from passing any essential sunset legislation, the House has already passed what he called "our priorities," including..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

House Committees

Less is more

"...The prevailing image from last session in the Texas House was then-Speaker Tom Craddick claiming absolute authority. Now legislators..."

Feb. 6, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

How Our Lawmakers Scored (or Didn't) With House Speaker Tom Craddick

"...Human Services; removed from Public Health; appointed to County Affairs..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Column

Solomons Files House Rules

House Resolution 2 proposes major changes to number, roles, make-up of House committees

"...The opening weeks of the House of Representatives are usually pretty slow affairs, taken up..."

Jan. 26, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Balanced House, Balanced Committees

So how equitable was the equitable split Straus promised?

"...The Texas House of Representatives is split 76-74, advantage Republicans...."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Lively Crowd Seeks the Open House District 51 Seat

The Southeast Seven

"...a front-runner in the seven-candidate Democratic primary for Texas House District 51. It's a race without an incumbent, as..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Lege Lines: School Finance Bill Passes House With Flying Colors

Stickland only holdout on ambitious “Texas Plan” finance bill

"...House Bill 3, the session's marquee school finance legislation, survived..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

House Committees Announced

Speaker Straus says assignments "will draw upon the House's wisdom and experience"

"...Speaker Joe Straus has (finally) announced his House Committee appointments. The full list can be found here...."

Feb. 12, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: House Committees, Revenue Estimates ... & Snacks

The Lege appoints House Committee members, offers revenue estimates, and ensures lawmakers are well fed

"...House Committees Confirmed..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sine Die Part 2: The House

The House ends the 80th session like it has been for weeks: divided, fighting over the rule book, and pointing fingers at Speaker Craddick.

"...a degree of decorum, it was up to the House to continue in its role as the best theatre..."

May 29, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The State of Perry's Smile

Governor proposes less for arts, more for big business

"...out of touch with economic reality. But before yesterday's State of the State address, thin-skinned was not on that..."

Feb. 9, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

New House, New House Rules

Reps reform committees, re-confirm limits on speaker's powers

"...until nearer Valentine's Day, but with the passage of House Resolution 2, the House Rules, at least he knows..."

Jan. 29, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: State Level Bullying Reaches New Plateau

Local reps’ mission this session? Keep the state GOP away from Austin.

"...time in committee hearings; aggressive legislative intervention in local affairs; resting the state school finance system on the backs..."

Jan. 27, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Strama Leaving House

Updated: Mayoral rumors swirl as successors line up

"...my last session as a member of the Texas House." With these words, Rep. Mark Strama, D-Austin, began the..."

Feb. 21, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Coleman: Perry Slow on State Schools

Legislative Study Group chair asks why governor has left fixing state residential facilities to legislature

"...yesterday for asking legislators to fast-track reform of the state school system (it's a misnomer: It's actually the residential..."

Feb. 5, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

State of Affairs

The current political season is reflected equally in an angry Iraq analysis and a soapy novel with a Sirkian sweep

"...Cheat and Charmerby Elizabeth Frank Random House, 560 pp., $25.95 Bush in Babylon: The Recolonisation of..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Books Review by Roger Gathman

Opinion: House Bill 7 Will Not Only Endanger the Lives of Migrants, but of All Texans

HB 7 is dangerously far-reaching. But we should also be worried about what it doesn't say.

"...the lives of thousands of children at risk with House Bill 7...."

May 26, 2023 Column by Hortencia Rodríguez Sandoval

State Cuts Hitting the Bone

The tolls of a take-no-prisoners budget year

"...House Bill 1 started as the draft state budget for..."

April 1, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas State Hold 'Em (Updated)

Will poker become taxable income in Texas?

"...poker for money and taking a share for the house may become legal this session. House Bill 3186, aka..."

May 2, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Family Planning Survives House Budget

Funding for family-planning centers reamins intact – for now

"...lasting into the early hours April 18, the Texas House passed its version of a $178 billion state budget..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The House That Built DJ Shani Hébert

Decades in the making, The Groove Temple arrives on KUTX

"...philosophical about the tool as part of an evolving state of being. Fortunately, whether as a coping mechanism or..."

March 3, 2023 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

No Chairs for Travis County in House Committees

Local delegation still scores six vice-chairs

"...In a statement, Straus said that his committee assignments “reflect the makeup..."

Feb. 4, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Mob House Rules

Trail of Dead introduces their new epic release to the world

"...and rusted patio furniture of campus-area coffee den Spider House. The clicking laptops and hum of hipster conversation are..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Is There a Doctor in the House?

Below the budget storm clouds, plans form for UTMB campus at Mueller

"...Shine, the UT System's executive vice chancellor for health affairs, has been working out the nitty-gritty details with the..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

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