Lege Ticker: From Voter Suppression to Salamanders

GOP bills spell trouble for voting rights, Barton Springs

"...last week, as committee hearings on two restrictive voting bills sputtered in the Texas House and Senate...."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Budget Implosion

School finance runs aground, but health spending will follow soon

"...through resolutions, then a stack of Local and Consent bills, the House got caught up in House Bill 1717,..."

May 24, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lawmakers Might Not Like Planned Parenthood, But Voters Do

The war on women's health continues at the Capitol

"...– which in 2009 alone cost the state $2.9 billion. Certain lawmakers, led by Sen. Robert Deuell, R-Greenville, are..."

May 16, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Headlines

"...• Council also convened Wednesday to receive the five-year..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...assistant to the president at UT, testified before the Senate Education Committee. Royal said that if a bill requiring..."

May 23, 1997 News Feature

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

"...and navigate an unprecedented public health crisis – the Senate State Affairs Committee turned its full attention to not..."

March 17, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

Surveying the Litany of Anti-Queer Bills Moving Through the Texas Legislature

The wave includes reboots of drag, book, and bathroom bans

"...Maxine LaQueene, a drag performer billing herself as “the suspiciously large woman of Austin,” traveled..."

May 9, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Return of the Lege

State’s 85th Legislature already a battle of House and Senate

"...bitterest disputes look set to be between House and Senate. [inset-1-right]..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Climate, Meet Mobility

Copenhagen is all about green transport – and Austin should be, too

"...was klima (climate), because I saw it everywhere: on bill­board advertising, in my hotel's energy-conserving policies, in the local..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...group of senators this week they should support SB 22, which would deposit half a billion taxpayer dollars every..."

April 4, 2025 News Feature

Understanding Prop A & B and the Policing Paradigm Shift on the Ballot

May vote could revolutionize civilian oversight

"...will fare with Austin voters. APA’s support of a bill in the Texas Legislature that would preempt some of..."

April 20, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Greg Casar and Eddie Rodriguez Fight for the Progressive Mantle in TX-35

The two candidates race to the left

"...Rodriguez pointed to his passage of a bill that expanded the state's free school breakfast program, reaching..."

Feb. 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Lege Lines: Elsewhere Under the Dome

What happened during the wild week before sine die?

"...Greg Abbott still has until June 18 to veto bills and strike budget spending... Speaking of budgets, on May..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Straus Announces House Committees

Lots of seats but no chair positions for reps in Travis County

"...the 85th Legislature. Texas representatives can finally start hearing bills and moving legislation...."

Feb. 9, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Take Three

Texas film incentives don't always carry sufficient funding

"...East Austin to witness Gov. Rick Perry sign House Bill 873 – the latest version of the Texas Moving..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Then There's This: Do Kids Count?

State leaders don't walk the talk on children

"...from the Legislature's devastating cuts in 2011, the $3.2 billion that lawmakers put back into public education this year..."

Dec. 27, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...• Debate began in the U.S. Senate over various proposals to reduce U.S. involvement in the..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...that the city has now paid out more than $22 million across 19 settlements related to 2020 racial justice..."

Sept. 6, 2024 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Senate Bill 8: The U.S. Department of Justice has asked..."

Oct. 22, 2021 News Feature

Graduations Presage AISD's Return to In-Person Learning

As COVID-19 case counts drop and vaccination rates rise, the district looks to the fall

"...August – a question complicated last week when House Bill 1468 failed to pass the Texas Senate before the..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

The Future Is in Flux for the Texas Film Incentive Program

Texas loses productions to states with bigger and better incentive programs

"...of Film Commissioners International estimates that there is $3 billion in media funding around the world. From Asia to..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Districts Set the Stage for the Politics of the 2020s

The city and state begin to show their work

"...At the Texas Capitol, the Senate Special Committee on Redistricting, chaired by Sen. Joan Huffman,..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Broken Justice

Wrongly convicted exonerees come to the Texas Capitol

"...cases. Two years ago, lawmakers tried to enact a bill that would take the first steps to improve the..."

March 11, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

After a Decade of Decline in Teen Parents, Support Services Brace for Rising Demand

It takes a village

"...number jumped following implementation of the six-week abortion ban, Senate Bill 8. Now, with almost all abortions banned in..."

Dec. 23, 2022 News Feature by Sara Hutchinson

The Austin Women Dispelling Stigma and Moving Mental Health Issues Forward

From Sheriff Sally Hernandez to state Rep. Celia Israel, local women are changing the conversation

"...budget approved by the 86th Texas Legislature included $4.4 billion toward mental and behavioral health (beyond spending within Medicaid..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Lege Lines: Elsewhere Under the Dome

Sine die is almost here

"...But that's not the end of this: As approved bills head to his desk, Gov. Greg Abbott still has..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

How Much Will Texas Spend?

The Legislature's conference committee spending proposals

"...It's arguably best that the joint House and Senate Budget Conference Committee does most of its work behind..."

May 21, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Perry Lectures Davis

Says experience should tell her his way is the right way

"...in God's eyes" and that passing the omnibus abortion bill – familiarly, Senate Bill 5 from the now-concluded first..."

June 27, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Big Money, Big Money

Film incentives see massive boost

"...House first started running the numbers, she only proposed $22 million for 2014-15, saying she took "a conservative approach,..."

May 31, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Reefer Madness: Drug Court: No Silver Bullet

If drug court isn't the answer, what is?

"...plenty of modest improvements that can be made. Take Senate Bill 1076 by Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, which seeks..."

April 29, 2011 News Column by Jordan Smith

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