Budget Imbalance, Yet Again

House and Senate spending proposals yet more slice and dice

"...The House and Senate have their work cut out: Putting together..."

Jan. 16, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Budget: Manufacturing a Bogeyman

"...Even though the House and Senate collaborate on the budget, they alternate top..."

Dec. 14, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...unexpected $1.6 billion bump in tax revenue. At a House Appropriations Committee meeting on Feb. 21, Reps. Sylvester Turner,..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature

Show Them the Need

The great GOP wave breaks on the realities of the actual cost of government

"...a 19-12 seat majority in the Senate, a 101-49 House supermajority, every significant committee chairmanship under its control, and..."

June 10, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Special Bills for a Special Session

UPDATE: Measures mix unfinished business, new ideas, grandstanding

"...relating to fiscal matters necessary for the implementation of House Bill No. 1 as passed by the 82nd Legislature,..."

May 31, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

School Finance Agreement? Maybe

Conference committee nearing deal, but let's see what chambers say

"...follow the sponsoring lawmakers. Today the eyes were on House Speaker Chief of Staff Denise Davis*, because wherever she..."

May 27, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Education Funding May Require Special Session

Lawmakers at impasse over school finance

"...before the session ends at midnight on May 30. House Public Education Committee Chair Rob Eissler, R-The Woodlands, said..."

May 20, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

House: Livin' on a Pair

Tracking the Travis delegation through the 82nd Lege

"...get a pair of bills each out of the House and into the Senate before the Easter break, and..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Drop in the Bucket: Disputed Fed Ed Funding Comes to Texas

Disputed fed ed funding comes to Texas

"...of the hole in Texas' education funding. The draft House budget drops school funding by $10 billion over the..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

You Can Win If You Don't Play?

At the Lege, the most meaningful votes may not be votes at all

"...On April 1, as the House began dragging through the 317 proposed amendments to the..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...• The House Appropriations Committee split along party lines to approve House..."

March 25, 2011 News Feature

Rainy Day Divisions

Party lines prove permeable over purse strings

"...Fund, it is lecturing the federal government on good housekeeping...."

March 25, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas <3 Teachers (Allegedly)

File under "chutzpah"

"...This just in, and we quote: "The Texas House of Representatives takes pride in its public educators, who..."

March 23, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...according to recent news reports, which, quoting Senate Nominations Committee Chair Bob Deuell, cited a lack of votes for..."

March 18, 2011 News Feature

Arts and History: The Way the Culture Crumbles

Cuts run deep for arts, historic preservation, and libraries

"...Arts for the next two years. By comparison, the House and Senate budget proposals for the two agencies seem..."

March 4, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Headlines

What's up under the dome

"...the state's $9 billion emergency fund, both Senate Finance Committee Chair Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, and House Appropriations Chair Jim..."

March 4, 2011 News Feature

LegeLand: Some Key Committee Seats for Local Dems

Funding battles will start in meeting rooms

"...Feb. 9, Speaker Joe Straus finally announced the new committee lineups for the Texas House – though with GOP..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Neighborhoods, Schools, and Budgets

Austin ISD's looming financial crisis is a statewide story

"...the rest split almost equally between white and African-American households. While the historic campus is only six blocks west..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

House Committees Announced

Straus keeps Dems in chairs but Travis delegation suffers

"...The House committee appointments are out, and Speaker Joe Straus ignored..."

Feb. 9, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Is That a Wrap for Incentives?

Amid economic woes and a race-baiting controversy, the future of TV, video game, and film funding in Texas looks shaky

"...incentive pot. Instead, when the Governor's Office filed its appropriations request last August, it only asked for $53 million..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week

Brutal budget process in store

"...House Bill 1Author: Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie Filed: Jan. 18..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Column by Richard Whittaker

The Insurance Industry Scam

A Q&A with whistle-blower Wendell Potter

"...and I just heard the new speaker of the House making those same comments on the floor of the..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...What slowed the last session? The exit of House Speaker Tom Craddick, and his replacement by Speaker Joe..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Land: Budget Imbalancing Act

Texas faces $4.3 billion revenue shortfall

"...Working from legislative appropriations requests for the six largest agencies, the Center for..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Daily Hustle:1/11/11

City Council agenda highlights for Thursday

"...Item 2: Increasing Austin Energy appropriations by $17 million to offset decommissioning costs for the..."

Jan. 11, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Pressure Groups Against Straus

Will outside bodies change minds inside the House?

"...latest stage in attempts to make a part of House business into a toy in the ongoing GOP power..."

Jan. 8, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Count to Five Before Voting

Sen. Watson proposes a wait between final budget draft and vote

"...be forced to wait five days after the conference committee drafts the final budget before voting on it...."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Headlines

"...• On Nov. 20, House Appropriations Committee Chair Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, told a group..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature

Dickensian Texas

Budget boss warns ending Medicaid means patients on the street

"...That's not our term for it: That's how House Appropriations Committee Chair Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, described the situation...."

Nov. 24, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Governor Don't Care

Book tour plans and talk of partial term

"...it is Perry's job. Not only has he accused House Appropriations Committee Chair Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, of pulling the..."

Nov. 1, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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