The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session

Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

"...and other cities since they last wrapped up in 2017. Paid sick leave, as Austin and San Antonio guaranteed..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

Sandra Bernhard ♥ America

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

"...SB: Yeah, it is. They're very stream of consciousness...."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

Jolt Aims to Energize the Latino Vote

Local activist nonprofit engages a growing demographic

"...most discriminatory and hateful law in recent history," said 17-year-old Magdalena Juarez, to cheers and applause. "When Governor Greg..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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

"...Sally Hernandez was investigating murders, they were in complete disbelief. "I remember when I started working on murder cases..."

July 7, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

How Austin Drag Icon Brigitte Bandit Became a Political Powerhouse

It’s Brigitte, bitch

"...“We'll be in court Monday morning to stop SB 12 because drag is expression, y'all, just like any..."

Sept. 22, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Texas Senate Speeds This Year's Abortion Bills Through Lege

Senate speeds this year's abortion bills through Lege

"...Mariappuram says SB 650 would throttle other Texas cities that want to..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Qmmunity: Anti-Trans Bill Starts Moving With Quorum Restored

Plus, queer film fest aGLIFF kicks off hybrid festival and more queer events

"...moving. A spitting image of state Sen. Charles Perry's SB 29 from this year's regular session, the Lubbock Republican's..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology

"...1974 The Ben Barnes-John Connally partnership begins to develop the..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...old cowhand, Dean Martin crooning "Besame Mucho," and Bobby Goldsboro's truly awful "Honey." Laid onto all this are the..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Religious Refusal Bill Prepped to Grant Texans License to Discriminate

"Sincerely held" nonsense at the Senate

"...the clergy. Filed by Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, on March 7 and co-authored by senators Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, and Brian..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Perry's Veto Axe Comes Down

Democrats and Republicans of all stripes and experience hit

"...burst of red ink was his decision to cut $7.5 million in funding in Senate Bill 1 (the state..."

June 17, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The gentlemen built an elaborate $7 million pedestrian bridge and a $26 million events center,..."

April 25, 2003 Column

Lege Lines: Do It for the Kids

House Dems lay out school finance plan

"...– while also cutting school district property taxes by $1.7 billion. That's in contrast to the GOP budget writers'..."

March 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

S.o.s. 101

"...Texas House of Representatives' vote to revive the dreaded SB 1704 (now known as HB 1704) legislation, which was..."

April 30, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

House Committee Hears "Discriminatory" Voter Suppression Bill

SB 9 would punish voter form errors with state jail felonies

"...in the country and one that carries discriminatory intent, SB 9 is an ostensible attempt at penalizing voter fraud,..."

May 16, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Senate Speeds Through Anti-Choice Bills

Senate prioritizes anti-abortion bills during special session

"...Barely a week into the special session and the..."

July 25, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Criminal Justice: Mercy at the Margins

Small changes proposed in state criminal laws

"...as an adult as soon as they've celebrated their 17th birthday. There's a current run of (undoubt­edly optimistic) bills..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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

The price is right?

"...The 87th Lege features the return of GOP lawmakers' obsession with..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Senate Education Committee Advances Its Own School Finance Plan

SB 4 would essentially gut the House version of the bill

"..."Texas Plan" already passed in House Bill 3. Although SB 4 matches the amount of funding (about $9 billion)..."

May 1, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Gun Carry Bills Advance

Campus carry and open carry bills advance to full Senate

"...During last week's introductions for Sen­ate Bills 11 and 17 – known colloquially as "campus carry" and "open carry"..."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Labor: Good, Bad ... and Ugly

Pro-worker bills filed – anti-worker bills with better prospects

"...a higher minimum wage than the federal standard of $7.25 per hour – but Texas won't be one of..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Capitol Briefs

"...out of the Senate Tuesday on a unanimous vote. SB 10 author and Health and Human Services Chair Jane..."

April 20, 2007 News Column

Qmmunity: Less Space, More Hate

Plus events to queer tech and fundraiser for QueerBomb's 10th anniversary

"...queer and trans folks from employment discrimination. Now, with SB 2485, 2486, 2487, and 2488, which DMN describes as..."

April 5, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Federal Judge Tosses State's "Sanctuary Cities" Suit Against Austin

Concurrent case against Texas remains pending in San Antonio

"...In a succinct one-page order dated Aug. 8, U.S...."

Aug. 9, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Don’t Blame the Death Worm

The Texas House wants to kill off "film incentives"

"...Demo­crats: The amendment to the amendment passed 104 to 37. But the actual amendment lost them; it passed 100..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Through the Lege Looking-Glass

Alice's tea party was never as mad as the Lege this session

"...Alamo because they believed in something" (Texas Observer, March 7). My best guess is, gender-specific latrines were fairly near..."

March 10, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Campus Carry and Open Carry Move Forward

Senate Bills 11 and 17 move to full Senate

"...On Thursday, during introductions for Senate Bills 11 and 17 – known colloquially as “campus carry” and “open carry”..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Republicans Search for New Normal

GOP rift appears in approach to education cuts

"...Bill 1 and the 2012-13 school finance appropriation in SB 2. Combined, these have come to be known as..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Notes

Odds and ends (mostly odds) from the 79th

"...finally got enough votes – 25-6 – to pass SB 60 and move it to the House for consideration...."

April 22, 2005 News Column

Public Notice: Your Government at Work

The Texas Legislature and “the disturbing category of ‘Who Knows?’”

"...personally and to my faith," he said, but denounced SB 1515 as "deeply un-Christian ... This bill is idolatrous,..."

May 26, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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