House Shoots Down Medical Accuracy

Failed amendments to Senate Bill 283 would have – God forbid – mandated that sex ed be medically accurate

"...oriented, is horrid at best: Profes­sors David Wiley and Kelly Wilson found that curricula from nearly 1,000 public school..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Punky Tonk Blues

Wayne "the Train" Hancock

"...See, I was originally country," Wayne Hancock twangs in his rubbery North Texas drawl. "But about..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Music Feature

Playback: Headhunters Closes

Headhunters shuts down, Psych Fests both successful and contentious, and Wayne 'The Train' Hancock recuperates while Sons of Fathers call it a day

"...lot of ballplayers want to be musicians," muses Reckless Kelly's Cody Braun. "The results are usually entertaining." The local..."

May 9, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Texas Senate Speeds This Year's Abortion Bills Through Lege

Senate speeds this year's abortion bills through Lege

"...Another terrible bill, SB 1173 (by Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills) removes the exception to the..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Texas Hammer: Short-Term Rentals

It's your house. What can you do with it?

"...and safety. A similar bill, SB 451, by Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, has already been referred to..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Senate Passes Severe Fetal Disability Abortion Ban

Women would be forced to give birth to non-viable fetuses

"...SB 1033 by Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, would do away with an..."

May 13, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...State Rep. Tan Parker, R-Flower Mound, and state Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, serve as ALEC state chairs,..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Follow the Money, Find Beer-to-Go’s Largest Opponents

Time is the latest hurdle in the Texas Craft Beer legislation saga

"...Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, is the chair of Senate..."

April 9, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Lege Lines: Bills on the Move

The heat is on in the state's House and Senate

"...• Short-term rental bill SB 451, filed by Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, passed the Senate and has..."

May 19, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Lege Lines: Elsewhere Under the Dome

The 85th Lege rolls on

"...legislation, authored by Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, and Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, now moves to the House..."

April 28, 2017 News Feature by News Staff

Short Shelf for Short-Term Rentals?

The Texas Hammer never sleeps

"...Public testimony for Senate Bill 451, filed by Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, which would revoke all local..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Film-Focused Radio Show On Story Returns

Season 2 debuts with John Lee Hancock (The Founder) interview

"...the ground – by tuning into director John Lee Hancock’s interview with On Story this Saturday (1/7) on KUT...."

Jan. 6, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Will Texas Patch Up TABC Before It Bursts?

If ever an agency needed to be scorched by the state’s Sunset Act, it’s the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Com­mis­sion

"...April in The Dallas Morning News, free-market academic Matthew Kelly of UT-Dal­las slammed the three-tier system itself as "a..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lege Ticker: Someone Has to Pay the Post-Storm Electric Bill

The price is right?

"...or affiliate," i.e., Planned Parenthood.) SB 1173 by Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, would eliminate the fetal abnormalities..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Everything's Broken and Thousands are Dead, But There's Always Time For Abortion Bans in Texas

Seven "priority" anti-choice bills sail to Senate floor

"...give birth to non-viable fetuses (SB 1173 by Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills); restrictions to medication abortion, including..."

March 17, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Stretching Toward a Sunset

Don't praise the Senate GOP for working quickly to pass what's needed

"...Early on Tuesday, Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, requested the Senate suspend rules..."

July 21, 2017 News Column by Mary Tuma

Dismantling Family Planning Pt. 2

House budget amendment would subvert access to reproductive services

"...to the Alternatives to Abortion program (authored by Rep. Kelly Hancock, R-Richland Hills), which provides funding for "crisis pregnancy..."

April 16, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Opening Day of the 88th Texas Legislature

"...State Sens. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, and Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills..."

Jan. 11, 2023 Photo Gallery

Sonya Cote's Bastrop Storehouse, Extending the To-Go Booze Waiver, Suga's Cakery at Dear Diary, Pizza from Intero, and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...In other good news, Senator Kelly Hancock and Representative Charlie Geren filed a bill pertaining..."

Jan. 12, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...of a high-profile voter fraud case in Dallas, Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, filed SB 5, upping penalties..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

"This Is Austin Bashing on Steroids"

This legislative session, state GOP lawmakers ran an all-out assault on municipal values

"...was left pending in committee. SB 451, by Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, would have greatly limited cities'..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Elsewhere Under the Dome

What happened during the wild week before sine die?

"...making its way through the Senate. Bill author Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Rich­land Hills, tried to revive the measure..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Lege Lines: Bills on the Move

"...The Senate has passed SB 451, sponsored by Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills. If it passes through the..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Public Education Back Under Fire

Republicans set anti-school agenda at national and state level

"...Education chair, Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels (with Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, as a slightly-less-hardline dark horse..."

Nov. 10, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

News Ticker: June 28 - SB5 Edition

All the SB5 news that's fit to blog

"...if there's one thing Communists like, according to Sen. Kelly Hancock, it's a good old fashioned vomitorium...."

June 28, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Election 2014 Begins as Senate Draws Lots

Term lengths allocation starts to reshape plans for higher office

"...D-Fort Worth Bob Deuell, R-Greenville Craig Estes, R-Wichita Fallas Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills Joan Huffman, R-Southside Place Robert..."

Jan. 23, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Lege: The GOP Wave Recedes

Locally, nothing changed

"...promotions for former Texas House members. Three Repub­licans – Kelly Hancock from Fort Worth, Larry Tay­lor from Friendswood, and..."

Nov. 9, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

When Dewhurst Goes Back to Senate

How Cruz and Campbell's run-off wins rewrite the Legislature

"...– failed 2012 Speaker candidate Ken Paxton of McKinney, Kelly Hancock of Fort Worth (who does not believe sex..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

YCT Gives Roundtable Low Score

Young Conservatives pick endorsement fight with GOP establishment

"...is betting the college fund on his primary challenger Kelly Hancock, who only got 94.6%...."

April 13, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Four Horsemen of the Deficit

Examining the new House committees on state spending

"...historically under-utilized businesses (HUB), but Republican members Burt Solomons, Kelly Hancock and Rob Orr have all tried to privatize..."

Jan. 13, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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