'Chipping Away': A Texas Abortion Rights Timeline

"...have the effect of delaying a woman's access. The 79th Legislature also enacted:..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cable Beef

"...Texas legislators’ "screw you consumers bill" Senate Bill 5 79th (2) that stripped consumers of the right to file..."

May 22, 2012 Postmarks

Activist Bettie Naylor Has Died

Plucky icon lobbied for LGBT rights

"...Bettie grew more discouraged with legislative politics during the 79th Legislature. As she told the Chronicle's Kate Messer in..."

April 19, 2012 News Post by Amy Smith

Perry on Power

'No energy subsidies' or 'No, energy subsidies"

"...So what did Perry and his Republican-dominated legislature do about that? According to the Railroad Commission, they..."

Oct. 25, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Media Watch: The Incredible Disappearing Telecom Committee

Two years after Lege passed sweeping reorganization of competitive landscape for delivering telecommunication services to homes, community groups wonder what happened to committee that was supposed to monitor law's impact

"...Two years after the Texas Legislature passed a sweeping reorganization of the competitive landscape for..."

May 18, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

Point Austin: You Think Austin's Weird?

Consider the ballots beyond city limits

"...of the school tax rate reduction passed in the 79th Legislature, 3rd called session." There: The LWV says you..."

May 4, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Property Comes First

Tax plan progress?

May 5, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...• The House of the 79th Texas Legislature, third special session division, succeeded this week..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Point Austin: Low Expectations

Not much reason to believe that the Lege will do right by Texas students

"...little hope that the latest special session of the 79th Legislature will produce much more real progress on public..."

April 14, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...The third special-called session of the 79th Legislature commences Monday with returning legislators meeting to consider..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature

Clouded Prospects

Lege special session opens with glowing rhetoric, uncertain goals

"...best. Craddick did, however, ask Sharp to address the Legislature on Monday, and he has suggested taking up the..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Perry-Sharp Plan

Smokers and businesses will bear the tax brunt

"...Sharp, has recommended a new tax structure that the 79th Legislature will consider in its second called special session..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature

Proposition 2 Plus 8

In addition to sexual obsessions, we get to vote on railroads and mortgages too

"...eight additional proposed amendments that oozed out of the 79th Legislature, in hopes of gumming up the state constitution..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: A Lege Too Far

Sine Die or school bells, perhaps they toll for thee

"...Downtown restaurant, you probably missed the news, but the Legislature scuttled ignominiously out of town last week, just in..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Sticker Shock

New registration stickers cause more problems than they fix

"...in the works for several years. In 1999, the Legislature enacted an automated registration and title system for TxDOT,..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by R.U. Steinberg

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• At press time, the 79th Legislature hadn't quite adjourned, but was staggering to an..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Lege or Circus?

A lack of democracy turns education 'reform' into an unfunny joke

"...devote entire chapters and lesson plans to "How the 79th Legislature Messed With Texas."..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• At press time, the special session of the 79th Legislature was about to end in stalemate, as the..."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: The Costs of Community

While the Lege shows what not to do, the city has a chance to do better

July 22, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Lege Notes

Odds and ends – mostly odds – from beneath the pink granite dome

"...water carrier, picks up where similar legislation from the 79th session sputtered and croaked in committee, allocating some $2.75..."

July 22, 2005 News Column

Point Austin: Squeezing the Schools

Failing all its courses, the Lege sends a love note to Highland Park

"..."property tax relief" his own special priority for the 79th Lege. Schools have been, at most, an afterthought, and..."

July 15, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...much speculation and uncertainty, Gov. Rick Perry vetoed the 79th Legislature's education spending as a prelude to another Special..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked City

How Texas environmental policy fared in the Legislature

"...Here's a look at what the 79th Legislature did in the area of environmental policy...."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Taking Aim

With the 79th barely over, would-be officeholders jockey for position

"...The Democrats are as tickled as ever over the Legislature's dismal performance and the prospect of reclaiming some seats..."

June 17, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The 79th Texas Legislature session has ended, and the senators and..."

June 17, 2005 Column

Small Victories

The Travis Co. Lege delegation closed shop with a few achievements

"...Republicans took control in 2003. Still, he says this 79th Legislature was "slightly more compassionate" than two years ago,..."

June 10, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Keel's Firestorm

A bill that critics charged would have increased the pace of Texas executions dies and takes a judicial pay raise bill down with it

"...has quite settled on criminal justice bills in the 79th Legislature. Amidst a flurry of last-minute legislative sparks, a..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Ashamed of Our Public Leaders

"...Dear Editor, The 79th Texas Legislature session has ended, and the senators and..."

June 6, 2005 Postmarks

Forgotten but Not Quite Gone

The 79th Legislature ends not with a bang, but lots of whimpers

"...reprieve while you can. As with most sessions, the 79th Legislature had its share of highs and lows –..."

June 3, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Lege Wrap-Up

Reproductive rights

"...the bits of good news coming out of the 79th Legislature is word that San Antonio Republican Rep. Frank..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature

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