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

Lege Lines: Guns, Islamophobia, & Budget Cuts

The Lege takes on guns, Islamophobia, and sets the draft budget

"...David Petraeus after sleeping with his biographer. The Texas House Republican Caucus quickly condemned these comments, describing them as..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

House Passes Budget

Reps unanimously approve $178 billion proposal for 2010-11 a bit before dawn

"...Around 7pm last night House Appropriations Committee Chair Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, said he doubted..."

April 18, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Senate Budget Lesser of Two Evils

Reps from both chambers commence to thrash out final numbers

"...it began: with outside observers waiting to see what budget emerges from Republican infighting...."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Budget Ping-Pong Begins

Chambers now start carving away at each other's proposals

"...Budget rubber met the spending road this week at the..."

March 24, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Budget Busters or Busted Budget

Conference committee to close $11 billion gap

"...Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst announced his appointees to the Budget Conference Committee, the five senators that will join five..."

May 9, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

LBB: Budget Kills 335,000 Jobs

GOP lawmakers ignore their own experts by pushing for cuts

"...It's official: House Bill 1, the draft state budget for the next..."

March 25, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Council Makes Last-Minute Changes to $4.5 Billion Budget Plan

A budget is born

"...was deep into its deliberations on amendments to Austin's budget for fiscal year 2022. As is customary with budget..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Budget: Signed, Sealed, Deliverable

Texas House passed SB 1 142-2, now it heads to the governor

"...The House just blew its perfect record on unanimous budget votes..."

May 29, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Congratulations, It's a Biennial Budget

Conference committee approves $182 billion for 2010-11, now heads to floor

"...Amid the hubbub, you may have missed that the Budget Conference Committee voted out their final draft (collapsing economy..."

May 26, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD Board of Trustees Approves $1.6 Billion Budget for 2019-2020

Lege gives AISD a one-year budget breather

"...unanimously on Monday night (June 17) a $1.6 billion budget for the 2019-20 school and fiscal year. The budget..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Breathing Room for the City Budget

Proposed FY 2019 city budget features sunnier projections

"...That's one takeaway from the FY 2019 proposed city budget formally presented by City Manager Spencer Cronk Monday afternoon..."

Aug. 10, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Council Budget Afterthoughts

Council members offer post-approval thoughts on FY 2016 budget

"...shortly after City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2016 budget, we asked Council members if they had any brief..."

Sept. 18, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Bipartisanship in the Budget

Isett, Anchia show that budget agreement don't just mean concessions

"...The consensus opinion about how the Texas House of Representatives handled Friday's budget debate is that it..."

April 20, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Straus' Budget Stretch

Committee member casts doubt on speaker's deficit proposals

"...On Tuesday Republican Speaker Joe Straus told the House Appropriations Committee that he is looking for "a balanced,..."

May 12, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Council Recap: A Balanced Budget, Without Much Drama

But many hours of deliberation over two days on the dais

"...Thursday night (Aug. 12) to adopt a $4.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2022...."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Bills of the Week: House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1

Texas Lege looks to finalize budget deal

"...House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1Authors: Rep. John Otto,..."

May 29, 2015 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Dewhurst Announces Budget Deal Makers

Lt. Gov. ignores rebels in selecting senators for conference committee

"...attempting to avoid a Banquo's Ghost moment in the budget conference committee...."

April 25, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Brutal Budget Amendments Target Family Planning Funds

Deep cuts proposed for health programs, more money for GOP pet projects

"...Lawmakers in the House are now debating amendments to House Bill 1, that..."

April 1, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Budget Deal Evicts Planned Parenthood From Cancer Program

Under new budget deal, Planned Parenthood ousted from life-saving cancer program

"...and cervical cancer screenings, under a recently negotiated state budget compromise...."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

'Alternative' Budget Battle?

Belts are tight but not for one senator's pet project

"...for low-income children. But there is at least one budget item that seems not only safe, but also that..."

Jan. 25, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Hausu (House)

This 1977 Japanese film is a surreal, indefinable piece of horror/comedy, a must-see film for lovers of the inscrutable, the grotesque, the funky, and the eccentric.

"...and awe-inspiringly eccentric, have never, ever seen anything like House (aka Hausu). Even by my permanently warped standards, House..."

May 21, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

House of Gucci

Ridley Scott is a bad fit for the tale of the fashion house's fall

"...The one question to ask about House of Gucci is – what kind of film was..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

House Dems' 11th-Hour Walkout Stops SB7 In Its Tracks

"Election integrity" bill stymied (for now) as session ends

"...Texas House Democrats began to disappear from the floor on Sunday..."

May 31, 2021 News Post by Benton Graham

Live-Blogging the City Budget Adoption

Continuously updated blog of the budget adoption.

"...to start adoption of the final Fiscal Year 2007-08 Budget for the City of Austin. But, despite there being..."

Sept. 10, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Don't Spend That Budget Yet

Has the Lege really given out any more money in that megabudget? Even state agencies don't know.

"...When is a budget raise not a budget raise? When you're the Texas..."

June 12, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A New Budget Shell Game

Request for five percent agency spending cut doesn't add up

"...Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Joe Straus released a letter on Friday asking..."

Jan. 16, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas House Funnels HIV Funds to Abstinence Education

House passes measure diverting HIV funds to abstinence education

"...HIV/STD prevention programs to abstinence-only education sailed through the House during Tuesday’s marathon debate over the massive, $210 billion..."

April 1, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Budget Deal Evicts Planned Parenthood From Cancer Program

Under new budget, Planned Parenthood removed from cancer program

"...breast and cervical cancer screenings, under a newly released budget compromise...."

May 21, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

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