U.S. House Investigates Local Lab

Whistleblower Robert Van Boven has finally gotten some attention in high places

"...when, on May 21, a team from the U.S. House of Representatives landed in Texas. The group of staffers..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

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 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

COP25: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Addresses UN Climate Change Conference

VIDEO: U.S. Congressional delegation in Madrid for climate talks

"...In this first video, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the U.S. Congressional delegation address the..."

Dec. 2, 2019 News Post

Council: Our House, in the Middle of the Corridor

Council considers strategic housing … again

"...Curiously, research done by affordable housing advocates HousingWorks has been wielded..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Full Ballot Language With Extended Endorsements

"...together with detailed arguments for and against, consult the House Research Organization Web site at www.capitol.state.tx.us/hrofr/frame9.htm, or the Texas..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature

Full Ballot Language With Extended Endorsements

State Constitutional Election, Sept. 13, 2003

"...together with detailed arguments for and against, consult the House Research Organization Web site at www.capitol.state.tx.us/hrofr/frame9.htm, or the Texas..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature

Full Ballot Language With Extended Endorsements

"...together with detailed arguments for and against, consult the House Research Organization Web site, or the Texas Legislative Council..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature

Endorsements

State Constitutional Election, Sept. 13, 2003

"...together with detailed arguments for and against, consult the House Research Organization Web site at www.capitol.state.tx.us/hrofr/frame9.htm or the Texas..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature

Endorsements

State Constitutional Election, Sept. 13, 2003

"...together with detailed arguments for and against, consult the House Research Organization Web site at www.capitol.state.tx.us/hrofr/frame9.htm or the Texas..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature

Who Owns the Legislature’s Archives?

State Library Sunset bill lets lawmakers hold the keys

"...House Bill 1962 (authored by Rep. Stan Lambert, R-Abilene) is..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Capitol Chronicle

Here come the constitutional amendments, propositioning you.

"...by Mary Denny, R-Aubrey, on the floor of the House, these 22 amendments -- including such desperately needed proposals..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Brandon Moon latest Texan exonerated by new DNA evidence

"...Also on Dec. 20, the Texas House Research Organization released a report on state oversight of..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Capitol Chronicle

The Sept. 13 constitutional amendment ballot features the good, the bad, and the silly.

"...more amusing is the helpful information, provided by the House Research Organization, that we've already passed an amendment allowing..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Column by Michael King

@ Chronic

Texas Constitution Gets Polished Up

"...The House Research Organization put out a list www.hro.house.state.tx.us/focus/amend80.pdf of all..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Constitution Gets Polished Up

Get your best voting pens ready: 16 constitutional amendments head to the ballot this November.

"...The House Research Organization put out a list of all 16..."

Sept. 5, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Asked Again

Commissioners Court again considers a public defender's office

"...sell well to those lawyers on rotation at the courthouse. "Some say having a public defender's office is the..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Naked City

"...With the uniform election set for Nov. 6, the House Research Organization has released the full list of 16..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature

Dr. Perry vs. Obamacare

Whatever Gov. Tough Guy says, Texas health care is about to get a federal upgrade

"...expansion? Well, it's not his decision to make. As House Public Health Committee Vice Chair Elliott Naishtat, D-Austin, pointed..."

July 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Clear?

Perry and Dewhurst ceremonially sign the "defibrillators in school" bill: but what will it really do?

"...have one available at all sporting events. According to House Research Organization stats, 15 Texas students have died of..."

Sept. 5, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Also in local education news, a new organization called the E3 Alliance, for Education Equals Economics, aims..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature

Pioneer Spirit

"...McDonald of Texans for Public Justice, a nonprofit, bi-partisan research organization that tracks the influence of money in politics,..."

July 30, 1999 News Feature

Physicians Back Law Change for Marijuana

Doctors support rescheduling of marijuana and call on feds to protect medi-pot patients.

"...accordance with state law. The nation's largest medical specialty organization and second largest physician's group, the ACP on Feb...."

Feb. 18, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Food for Thought

Ken Rubin, Culinary Scholar

"...already taken a graduate anthropology course at UT in research methodology, and he had been admonished that only one..."

April 27, 2001 Food Feature by Clay Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...17 date for a special election to replace state House District 48 Rep. Todd Baxter, who resigned Nov. 1..."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

A proposed bond package to lengthen roads draws support from business lobbyists but opposition from environmentalists and local Democrats.

"...the Real Estate Council of Austin, the Austin Area Research Organization, the Capital Area Transportation Coalition, and the Chamber..."

Aug. 17, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

After 43 Years, Women & Their Work Lands a Permanent Address

The Austin arts organization had to search for two years, but it finally founded a home of its own

"...for one of Austin's most significant and enduring arts organizations was a one-room office above a drugstore on the..."

July 23, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do

Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?

"...E3, likes to say they're a "cradle to career" organization, but, like Rhodes, she has a special interest in..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Protocols of the Elders of Chisum

State rep joins the tin foil hat brigade

"...a Geocities account can get the ear of the House Appropriations Committee chairman. Hey Chiz, I swear this will..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Vegetarian Meet

"...by Oldways Preservation & Exchange Trust, a Massachusetts-based food research organization, in association with Vegetarian Times magazine. While the..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Food Feature

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