Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

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

"...He gives himself one 30-day special session to pass 20 bills he likes, but the two chambers each favor..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Sandra Bernhard ♥ America

Sandra Bernhard returns to Austin for We're Still Queer Honey!

"...Pill" to Lita Ford's "Kiss Me Deadly" in her 2006 off-Broadway show Everything Bad & Beautiful. It could have..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

Lege Lines: Weak Oversight Rules, School Vouchers Pass Senate, and More...

Lege pushes weak oversight rules, school voucher bill sails through Senate, and more...

"...("Lehmberg Sentenced to 45 Days in Jail," April 19, 2013) provided the political cover they needed. On April 20,..."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Senate Speeds This Year's Abortion Bills Through Lege

Senate speeds this year's abortion bills through Lege

"...650 by Sen. Donna Campbell (R-New Braun­fels), who in 2019 led the Lege to forbid any "taxpayer resource transaction"..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

"This Is Austin Bashing on Steroids"

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

"...its own suit against Texas a few weeks later.) SB 4 intrudes on and overrides the policies in place..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology

"...The Barton Creek watershed is the 120-square-mile area within which surface water drains into the creek...."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

Lege Lines: Kill Bill(s)

Abbott vetoes more than 40 bills

"...with the veto deadline expiring at midnight on June 20, he pulled an extra $295 million out of the..."

June 26, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Perry's Vexing Vetoes

Perry kills 24 more bills

"...stands at 26, plus line-item vetoes on both the 2014-2015 biennial budget in Senate Bill 1, and the supplemental..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Perry's Veto Axe Comes Down

Democrats and Republicans of all stripes and experience hit

"...he unilaterally cut spending. Some of the changes to SB1 are housekeeping issues, striking out riders that depended on..."

June 17, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Legal Dangers Loom Large for Texas Abortion Care

Unless courts act, six-week ban takes effect Sept. 1

"...fought back and won before, notably in a landmark 2016 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, but things have..."

Aug. 23, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

New Laws From the Lege Set to Go Into Effect

Get to know Texas’ new rules

"..."Papers Please" (SB 4)* Peace officers can now ask for proof of..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Autechre Melts IDM

UK duo spans from pirate radio to the dark side of the Internet

"...SB: With hardware, you can do a lot of things..."

Oct. 8, 2015 Music Post by Conor Walker

Lege or Circus?

A lack of democracy turns education 'reform' into an unfunny joke

"...version of a school funding bill. The vote was 20-9, with two Democrats absent. But with the session ending..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Sheriff Sally Hernandez Continues to Do "What’s Right"

Besieged by the state GOP, Hernandez shows no sign of backing down from her immigration policies

"...Invoking the ire of conservative Repub­lic­ans, Hernandez on Jan. 20 vowed to not detain people based solely on their..."

July 7, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Bathroom Bill Flushed to Senate

Despite 21 hours of testimony, SB 6 goes to chamber floor

"...Rose was one of two dozen trans children and..."

March 8, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Capitol Chronicle

The first 200 bills signed by Gov. Perry are a very mixed bag.

"...As of Tuesday, Gov. Perry had signed 206 bills of the 1,403 sent to him by the..."

June 20, 2003 News Column by Michael King

TABC to Texas Restaurants: Comply With State Vaccine Law and We Got No Beef

Liquor license suspension under SB 968 is "last resort," elaborates state agency

"...that their policies weren't allowed under Sec­tion 14 of SB 968 ("No Mask, No Vax, No Entry? The Battle..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

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

"..."priority" items for anti-choice stalwart Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. SB 9 by Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, wife of scandal-ridden..."

March 17, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: School Finance Bill Passes House With Flying Colors

Stickland only holdout on ambitious “Texas Plan” finance bill

"...derail Austin's paid sick leave ordinance has changed form; SB 15 by Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, a broad measure..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Lege's Assault on LGBTQIA Texans Fails

Wins for trans youth highlight resistance to theocracy

"...it over – switched his own vote to send SB 29 to the House floor. There, pro-LGBTQIA House Democrats,..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

UPDATE: #SaveChickFilA Bill Moves Closer to Adoption in a Blow to LGBTQ Rights

SB 1978 passes House despite heart-wrenching testimony

"...Updated Monday, May 20, 1pm:..."

May 17, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...are building or proposing a $30 million City Hall, $20 million to pave Waller Creek, $4 million to put..."

April 25, 2003 Column

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

The price is right?

"...Carrie Bivens of Potomac Economics (an ERCOT executive until 2020), identified $16 billion in "billing errors" caused by ERCOT..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Jolt Aims to Energize the Latino Vote

Local activist nonprofit engages a growing demographic

"...community. He put a lot of Texans in danger. SB 4 is not only an attack on immigrant communities,..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Fallout From the Lege's War on Reproductive Rights

Texas waits on the full impact of legislative cuts

"...cremate embryonic tissue after an abortion. Barring court intervention, SB 8 will go into effect Sept. 1...."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas House Advances Anti-Choice Package Bill

SB 8 bans safest type of second trimester abortion

"...and extraction (D&X), barred by the Supreme Court in 2007. After six hours of intense debate on Friday, May..."

May 19, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

A Good Catholic Girl

On the Lege

"...successor to Wilhelmina Delco, who held the seat for 20 years before retiring last year...."

May 5, 1995 News Column

Scrap It or Cap It? What to Do With Texas' Top Ten Percent Law.

Some want to do away with the post-'Hopwood' admissions law, but UT officials and others say it works

"...a quarter of UT undergrads still come from only 20 "feeder" high schools in affluent, urban areas.) However, to..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Lege Lines: Don’t Blame the Death Worm

The Texas House wants to kill off "film incentives"

"...Matt Rinaldi, R-Irving, held up a copy of the 2010 film Mongolian Death Worm...."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: The Score

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

"...The best news for women's health advocates in 2013 may lie in what did not pass. Indeed, although..."

May 31, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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