Senate Votes for Guns on Campus

Bill headed for 3rd reading tomorrow; passage in House unlikely

"...support, 21-9, with Republicans Kip Averitt of Waco and Robert Duncan of Lubbock (read: Baylor and Texas Tech, respectively)..."

May 19, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Targeting Wrongful Convictions

Bills attempt to right the wrongs that put Texas at the forefront of wrongful convictions

"...Tim Cole Compensation Act (carried by Lubbock Republican Sen. Robert Duncan in the Senate) – would increase compensation for..."

April 17, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Value of 'Rooftop' Solar

"...Dear Editor, Robert Duncan's letter, “Solar Power Way Too Expensive” [“Postmarks,” March..."

March 25, 2009 Postmarks

An All-Nighter at the Senate

Voter ID debate continues into the night

"...We just got word that Sen. Robert Duncan, chair of the "committee of the whole" that..."

March 10, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Sticker Shock Over Governor's Mansion Repairs

The historical building may be endangered but so is the state's pocketbook

"..."After September it's [been] a tough year," complained Sen. Robert Duncan of Lub­bock. "This is more than a restoration...."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Column by Lee Nichols

Jess: To and From the Printed Page

The Ransom Center exhibition reminds us how the written word sparked a cultural revolution in the 1950s

"...or art exhibitions for Jess and his partner, poet Robert Duncan. Jess thought of "books as a form of..."

March 28, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Cook

Community College Controversy Continues

Hornet's nest stirred by Perry's veto of $154 million in community college funding continues to buzz

"...few weeks that includes Senators [Steve] Ogden, [Florence] Shapiro, [Robert] Duncan, [Judith] Zaffirini, [Juan] Hinojosa, and other interested members,..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Dying in Committee, Part 4

Amputees won't get much help from the Lege this session on low insurance payouts.

"...for the bill, long for the idea. Chair Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, has left it at the bottom of..."

May 7, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Protecting the First Amendment

Texas made a step closer to a journalism shield law today.

"...to the floor. Authored by Sens. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston; Robert Duncan, R-Houston; and Chuy Hinojosa, D-McAllen, it's a bipartisan..."

April 11, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lines in the Sand: Congressional Redistricting in Texas and the Downfall of Tom Delay

Steve Bickerstaff's exhaustive history is at times too much of a bad thing, but in parts catches scholarly fire

"...East Texan Bill Ratliff to the laconic West Texan Robert Duncan, attempted to defend his constituents' interests from the..."

March 2, 2007 Books Review by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the office with just two full-time pathologists, Chief ME Roberto Bayardo and Deputy ME Elizabeth Peacock. Additionally, Bayardo notified..."

April 21, 2006 News Feature

On the Lege

Opening day of the special legislative session featured more plot lines than a MASH episode.

"...Texans through a surcharge on electric bills. Also, Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, has filed legislation that would outlaw the..."

April 21, 2006 News Column by Amy Smith

Lege Notes

"...2. The remaining Senate conferees include Florence Shapiro, R-Plano; Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock; Kyle Janek, R-Houston; and Royce West, D-Dallas...."

July 15, 2005 News Column

Dems Almost Steal School Finance Thunder

Underdogs' ambitious education package carried the support of a dozen Republicans and every House Democrat

July 1, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Lege Wrap-Up

Miscellany

"...concerning the Aircraft Pooling Board – inserted by Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, and opposed by House Speaker Tom Craddick..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...proposed legislation by Rep. Dan Gattis, R-Georgetown, and Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, to demand more public scrutiny of state..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

On the Lege

Redistricting: the end? the feds and the courts pick up the shattered pieces of Texas

"...standoff between House Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland, and Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock. But partisan passion has now transformed the..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Column by Michael King

On the Lege

The Democrats watch in shock and awe as the GOP mangles its own re-redistricting crusade

"...ukase. The West Texas conundrum (pitting Craddick vs. Sen. Robert Duncan, Midland vs. Lubbock, and oil 'n' gas vs...."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Not Quite 'Dead, Dead, Dead' Yet

The Senate plays Chicken over congressional redistricting.

"...a Republican map that can please Harris, Staples, Lubbock's Robert Duncan, Waco's Kip Averitt, maybe even San Antonio's Jeff..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Redistricting Hard Ball

"...them to jump. (The Senate Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, will hold its own field hearings beginning..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Farmers Deal OK -- For Now

"...from officials involved in the negotiations, including state Sens. Robert Duncan and Troy Fraser. On May 22 Jenkins ruled..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Remember Sixth + Lamar?

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Headlines

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...Senate Bill 824, co-sponsored by Teel Bivins, R-Amarillo, and Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, would allow companies to dump millions of..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...Though S.B. 1541 died in the House, state Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock -- who has been subpoenaed in the..."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature

Weird, Spooky, and Rich

David Dewhurst runs against everybody but money.

"...Other Republican senators displeased with Dewhurst included Robert Duncan of Lubbock, Teel Bivins of Amarillo, and Florence..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

"...state's "key" witnesses, Sens. Buster Brown, R-Lake Jackson, and Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, were unable to make the June date...."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Redistricting 2001

Putting Texas Politics on the Map

"...Dist. 29 may require moving people through Dists. 28 (Robert Duncan) and 30 (Tom Haywood) all the way over..."

April 6, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

New Forensics, New Laws

"...119. A similar senate bill, SB 3, sponsored by Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, has already passed out of committee and..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Legislative Players

"...Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature

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