The Austin Chronic: The House’s Alternative to SB 3 Would Still Outlaw Flower and Edibles

HB 28 also gives TABC regulatory authority on consumable hemp

"...hour of the Texas Legislature’s mid-March filing deadline was House Bill 28. The proposal, authored by GOP Rep. Ken..."

April 4, 2025 Column by Kevin Curtin

Public Notice: Paralysis by Committee

STRs: One minus two proving to be a difficult concept

"...Short-Term Rentals," but unfortunately, a 10-hour Planning and Neighborhoods Committee meeting this Monday/Tuesday did little to advance that cause..."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Bill of the Week: House Bill 2474

Bill would require additional reporting of vaccine-preventable diseases

"...House Bill 2474..."

May 22, 2015 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Innocence Committee

Lawmakers consider how to stop wrongful convictions

"...commission is up for consideration. On March 9, a House subcommittee on criminal procedure heard House Bill 498, San..."

March 11, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

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

Dying in Committee, Part 1

The first casualties of the legislative session are the bills that will never be debated in the chamber.

"...through both chambers of the Lege and all their committees, it's easy to forget about the bills that never..."

May 1, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The House on 45th Street

Neighborhood groups raise the alarm about the Grove at Shoal Creek

"...raise hell. In it, the architect and RNA steering committee member warned that the developer of the proposed Grove..."

April 1, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Public Notice: Government by Committee

Council committees get up to speed

"...is City Council's busiest period of the month for committee meetings: Austin Energy is this Thursday, a prelude to..."

April 24, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

Account of the informant who brought down Nixon's administration

"...for the break-in and wiretapping of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in D.C.’s infamous Watergate Hotel. These days, well,..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

TYC Ombudsman Meets With House Corrections Committee

What happened to Coke County Juvenile Justice Center?

"...kids," Texas Youth Commission Ombudsman Will Harrell told the House Corrections Committee on Oct. 17. In his first public..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dying in Committee, Part 6

No permanent tent prisons this sessions - just the temporary ones that are already there.

"...some stillborn legislation that was never even heard in committee should be remembered for just one second. What is..."

May 8, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas House Bill Would Take Kids’ Phones Away During School Hours

Poll shows parents concerned about safety amid shootings

"...On March 3, the bill was referred to the House Public Education Committee. Within the bill is a requirement..."

March 28, 2025 News Feature by Mattea Gallaway

Clinging to the Confederacy With House Bill 583

"...more difficult to rid the state of rebel relics. House Bill 583 by Rep. James White, R-Hillister, would require..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Committee Approves Bus Fare Hike

Raises approved for all except elderly and disabled passengers

"...effect as early as October. The Local Government Approval Committee, a grab-bag assortment of city and county officials from..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

Dying in Committee, Part 2

Looks like medi-pot won't be legalized this session

"...the bud? More bills are being left at the committee stage every day in the Lege, including a serious..."

May 1, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Is There a Doctor in the House?

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

"...discussion with the surrounding neighborhoods, the Mueller Redevelopment Advisory Committee, and Catellus," she said of the San Francisco-based company..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

House Sitting

The Dickinson-Hannig House looks for a home

"...black plastic, propped on metal beams, the historic Dickinson-Hannig House patiently waits on the southern side of Brush Square..."

Nov. 23, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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

A House United, for Once

House unanimously passes its version of a budget

"...A little after 4am on April 19, the Texas House of Representatives passed its $178 billion version of the..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Voter ID's Sails Will Lose Wind in House

House Dems eager to stick a fork in voter ID bill

"...Senate Bill 362 is dead on arrival in the House. (Now, if the goal was scoring political points, maybe.)..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The House's LGBTQ Caucus Makes History

The good, the bad, and the religious exemptions

"...with Rep. Matt Krause, R-Ft. Worth, author of the House companion bill) borrowed not just strategy, but actual text..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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

Letters at 3AM: It Came From the White House

Obama and a majority of Democratic legislators support the NDAA, allowing the arrest of U.S. citizens without a warrant

"...That's from Courthouse News Service online on Jan. 17. An obscure source..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

House Dem Feud: Back to the forward

"...A war of words has erupted among state House Democrats over claims made last month by Colin Strother,..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

If Harriet Won't Go to the Committee …

Will the Miers' no-show lead to new court woes for the administration?

"...President and Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers no-showed the House Judiciary Subcommittee. She was supposed to give evidence on..."

July 12, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

House Hunting

Underdog Stella Roland challenges incumbent Dawnna Dukes to represent East Austin in the Texas House of Representatives.

"...represented for the past five years in the Texas House of Representatives, to become one of the year's more..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Playback: Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee: A New Campaign

Begin your write-in campaign for Poison 13 duo Tim Kerr and Mike Carroll to reunite Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee – possibly at Grizzly Hall, with Leo Rondeau opening!

"...Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee, the only Austin act with a more exhausting name..."

May 27, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Dying in Committee: The Gavel Drops

Farewell, unpassed House bills, we scarcely knew thee.

"...cull of the session becomes a reality. If a House bill hasn't had its second reading and vote in..."

May 11, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Dying in Committee, Part 5

What business-friendly constitutional amendment just died in the House?

"...a real-time death on the floor. What is it? House Joint Resolution 44, sponsored by Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas,..."

May 7, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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