Lawmakers Urge Pretrial DNA Testing in Death Penalty Cases

AG joins senators in saying measure would speed exonerations

"...the conviction and the finality of sentence, say Sens. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, and Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, who joined with..."

March 20, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Sessions: From Vodka to Voter ID

Dems rally to fight voter ID law

"...here in Austin. Delegates listened to Anchia, Houston Sen. Rodney Ellis, Laurie Vanhoose of the Texas Election Reform Coalition,..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Bloody Murders

Gay Rights Lobby's Quiet Fight for Hate Crimes Bill

"...was an LGRL-supported bill, submitted by Houston Democrats Senator Rodney Ellis and Representative Scott Hochberg to revise a 1993..."

Jan. 24, 1997 News Column by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Point Austin: The Powers That Be

The UT stalemate is one battle in an education war

"...State Sen. Rodney Ellis wrote to Cigarroa, "Forcing Pres­ident Powers out of..."

July 11, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: In Defense of Women's Rights

The GOP does battle for a government of men, not laws

"...women's rights to legal health care. As Houston Sen. Rodney Ellis put it, "The war on women is apparently..."

June 21, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Perry's Veto Axe Comes Down

Democrats and Republicans of all stripes and experience hit

"...serve as an interpreter in an election. Author Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Dallas, sponsor Rep. Eric Johnson, D-Dallas...."

June 17, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: The Score

Grading the Lege on women's health, drug policy, and criminal justice

"...of the Michael Morton Act (SB 1611, by Sens. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, and Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock), which codifies open-file..."

May 31, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lege Lines

This week the Lege takes on wrongful convictions, medical marijuana, and dark money

"...murder he did not commit. SB 1611, by Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, and Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, requires broad..."

May 17, 2013 News Column

Top 10 Quotes of the Week

Notable quotables of 2012

"...– State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, applauding the U.S. Department of Justice's rejection..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature

Point Austin: Tools for Lege Watching

Considering Texas' future – a few things to keep in mind

"...Democratic Rep. Sen­fron­ia Thompson and her Senate counterpart, Sen. Rodney Ellis, that would ask the U.S. Congress to draft..."

Dec. 14, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Quote of the Week

Sen. Rodney Ellis

"...will be saying, 'Thank God for Texas.'" – Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, on Gov. Rick Perry's State of the..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Column

Who to Blame for Faulty Fire Science?

Will Forensic Science Commission let Fire Marshal's Office off the hook for flawed science?

"...negligence is exactly what Innocence Project board member Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, said the commission should be considering. "The..."

July 30, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

U.S. Supremes Give Skinner a Reprieve

Death row inmate awaits decision on DNA

"...not respond publicly to similar requests from state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, and Austin Rep. Elliott Naishtat. "Post-conviction DNA..."

April 2, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Clearing the Path to Posthumous Pardon

A.G. opinion gives Timothy Cole supporters hope that Gov. Perry will issue a posthumous pardon

"...in response to a request penned by Houston Sen. Rodney Ellis last summer questioning the governor's power to clear..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Cyclists Hope for Safe Passage

The Safe Passing Bill would make roads safer for cyclists and other vulnerable road users

"...and Dallas Republican John Carona and longtime bike-boosting Dem Rodney Ellis of Houston in the Senate (Senate Bill 488),..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Will Texas Catch Some Solar Rays?

Local and worldwide solar-energy experts convene in Austin and deliver this message: The day when solar energy will compete economically with traditional fossil-fueled power is fast approaching, and Texas is doing much less than it could be to utilize its solar potential

"...firm support for solar. He and fellow Houston Dem Rodney Ellis proposed the Tex-Sun rebate program this year –..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

TYC: Will the Lege Drain the Gulag?

State government starts long, protracted, and expensive era of oversight, litigation, and structural changes to discredited agency

"...state – litigation. Senate Concurrent Resolution 49 by Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, allows inmates abused by staff to sue..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Capitol Briefs

"...Senate Bill 966 to the floor. Authored by Sens. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston; Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock; and Chuy Hinojosa, D-McAllen,..."

April 20, 2007 News Column

Naked City

"...provide valid scientific arguments to the contrary. State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, described the ruling as "further vindication for..."

April 6, 2007 News Feature

On the Lege

News from beneath the pink granite dome

"...filed by Austin Rep. Mark Strama and Houston Sen. Rodney Ellis, which would add Texas to the growing number..."

March 9, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

On the Lege

Texas and Sudan: In or Out?

"...Bill 247, House Bill 667, and HB 419) include Rodney Ellis in the Senate and Corbin Van Arsdale and..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Democrats Unite Behind Howard for District 48

GOP uncertain how to approach run-off

"...After the press conference, two veteran Senate Democrats – Rodney Ellis of Houston and Eddie Lucio of Brownsville –..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Remembering Hazel Obey

Local civil rights leader, whose civic career spanned more than three decades, died Dec. 30

"...of Obey's, told reporters. Above all, said state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston – who said he was friends with..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

State May Have Executed Innocent Man

Newspaper investigation suggests that Ruben Cantu, who was executed in 1993 for a robbery and shooting murder in San Antonio, may have been innocent

"...reopen and review the Cantu case. Still, state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, says the enormity of the situation cries..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lege Notes

Odds and ends – mostly odds – from beneath the pink granite dome

"...could pass this session. Sens. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, and Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, have one solution – a bare-bones bill..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Governor's Criminal Justice Advisory Council. Among them are Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston; Rep. Dan Gattis, R-Georgetown; and Dale Pat..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Case must go through state courts first

"...nationals detained by law enforcement (SB 603, by Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston) is still pending before the House Law..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lege Notes

Odds and ends (mostly odds) from the 79th

"...to fax in someone's life," SB 548 author Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, said in a press release. The bill..."

May 27, 2005 News Column by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Terry Keel is qualified to comment on the death penalty, and you're not

"...improving indigent defense. Indeed, Beardall worked extensively with Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, to pass the Fair Defense Act in..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...State Sens. Rodney Ellis and John Whitmire, both D-Houston, and Houston Police..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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