Lege Lines: Bills on the Move

The final frenzy before last day of session

"...bills: SB 103, the plastic bag ban measure from Sen. Bob Hall, R-Edgewood, and SB 13 by Sen. Joan..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Lege Lines: Bills on the Move

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

"...• Senate Republicans have equally crippled HB 62, the proposed statewide..."

May 19, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Winners and Losers on the Senate Committees

The shakeout from Dan Patrick's first chair shuffle

"...The 5pm Friday infodumps known as Texas Senate press releases began last week with the announcement by..."

Jan. 25, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Making the Math Work on Real School Finance Reform

"Texas Plan" brings new money to Austin and other districts, but nothing's final yet

"...go, the 86th Texas Legislature is on track to send Gov. Greg Abbott the largest funding boost for the..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Homeless Bills Get Shelter

TWIA, CHIP and more find vehicles in the Senate, head back to the House

"...Trees and start calling them vehicles. Last night, the Senate slogged away until 4.30am, finding suitable bills to attach,..."

May 28, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Senate Votes to Ban Insurance Coverage for Abortion

GOP moves to prevent health insurers from covering abortion

"...UPDATE: By a 21-10 vote the Texas Senate passed SB 575 on third reading Wednesday afternoon...."

May 6, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

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

"...regular legislative session, but can't get the House and Senate to agree on every bill he wants passed. He..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...dual role as lieutenant governor and president of the Senate, Dan Patrick had prepared a bombastic press conference promoting..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

'The Fight for the Future ... Is Just Beginning'

After weeks of drama, sweeping abortion restrictions pass the Lege

"...As expected, the Texas Senate Friday voted 19-11 in favor of passing House Bill..."

July 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lege Goes to School: Education Bills

"...Senate Bill 4, by Senate Public Education Committee Chair Larry..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

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

"...DWI conviction of Travis County D.A. Rosemary Lehmberg ("Lehmberg Sentenced to 45 Days in Jail," April 19, 2013) provided..."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Patrick’s Hostage Play

How the Lt. Gov. held the 85th Lege for ransom

"...When Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, filed Senate Bill 1929 in early..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines

School finance debate heats up, HHSC consolidation on hold?, and more

"...to these problems, so now the House and the Senate are gearing up for some ugly fights that transcend..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Senate Education Committee Advances Its Own School Finance Plan

SB 4 would essentially gut the House version of the bill

"...The Texas Senate Education Committee voted 8-0-3 to advance a fleshed out..."

May 1, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Lege Lines: School Finance Math; Tax Plans Diverge; Veteran Benefits Restricted; and More

Is school finance dead this session?; House and Senate tax plans split; Lege restricts veterans' benefits; and more

"...by districts like Austin ISD, which is forecast to send over $500 million to state coffers over the next..."

May 15, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The War on Women’s Rights Wages On

The Senate continues its attacks on abortion

"...The Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs unanimously voted on Feb. 27..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...will suffer the most. "With this budget," El Paso Sen. Eliot Shapleigh told his colleagues, "we mark the passage..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

No Sales Tax for Schools

Senate approves its version of school finance, with a few notable changes

"...The Senate approved its version of House Bill 3 on school..."

May 10, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Senate Speeds Through Anti-Choice Bills

Women's health sees rare victory here in Austin

"...anti-choice bill frenzy over the past week, the Texas Senate passed a trio of abortion-restrictive pieces of legislation with..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: Through the Lege Looking-Glass

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

"...to smaller government – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick compared Senate Bill 6, his heroic Defense of the Toilet Stalls,..."

March 10, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Election 2014 Begins as Senate Draws Lots

Term lengths allocation starts to reshape plans for higher office

"...Time for Travis County Senators Kirk Watson and Donna Campbell to start fundraising: After..."

Jan. 23, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Activists Nod to The Handmaid's Tale to Protest Anti-Abortion Bills

Pro-choice protest at Capitol channels dystopian fiction

"...The women were dressed to represent characters from Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale, as..."

May 23, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Bill of the Week: Save the Sharks

Bill would ban trade in shark fins

"...R-Dripping Springs, and Philip Cortez, D-San Antonio, and with Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, for House Bill 852 (Senate Bill..."

March 3, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio (whose district includes much of..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Legislators Push Through Two Anti-LGBTQ Bills Sunday Night

Bathroom and religious freedom bills both likely to become law

"...the House approved a proposed bathroom bill amendment to Senate Bill 2078 after an hour and a half of..."

May 22, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Lege Lines: Dubious Tax Cuts, Senate Shenan­igans, Twitter Trysts, and More

Business lobby doubts tax cuts, and more from the Capitol

"...business. Not so fast: Last week, Patrick and the Senate received a letter from six major business interests accusing..."

March 13, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'We're Not Gonna Take It': HB 2 Passes Senate Committee

Moves to full Senate; can be heard as early as tomorrow

"...Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" as the Senate Health and Human Services Committee this morning voted 6-3..."

July 11, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

When Dewhurst Goes Back to Senate

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

"...defeating Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst for the GOP US Senate nomination last night, there's been surprisingly little mention of..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...these words, former Vice President Al Gore began a presentation of his traveling lecture, An Inconvenient Truth, at the..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature

Elsewhere, They Have Congressmen

The congressional landscape, Tom DeLay style

"...under the new map because the region would be represented by two or three or four members of Congress..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

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