Lege Notes

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

"...they are uncertain about what they will pass. Nevertheless, Senate Education Committee Chair Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, has proposed a..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of the recent Grassroots Media Conference ["Media Clips," Oct. 15] an objective and legitimate critique, then I think this..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...If you're reading this and it's still Thursday (May 15), tune in to cable ch. 10 from 7-8pm for..."

May 16, 1997 News Feature

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

Hays Water Fight Continues

While Senate approves water protections, another battle is on the horizon

"...advocates learned that the Texas Sen­ate had passed HB 3405, which provides for regional management of groundwater, including the..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Vicki Wolf

Lege Lines

The Michael Morton Act, airport screening, business tax cuts, and more

"...was a week of long-overdue achievements by the Texas Senate. On April 11, the chamber unanimously passed Senate Bill..."

April 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Buying Time

The federal stimulus money rides to the state's rescue – until the next session

"...A quick recap: During the interim, the House and Senate each submitted its priorities to the Legislative Budget Board,..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

"...jet airplane, why can't He help Bo with his Bill Ratliff problem? It might soon require a Higher Authority..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Texas Anti-Choice Legislation Continues to Damage Health Care and Undermine Local Control

As GOP postures with SB 22, women’s health care pays the price

"...For patients like Hansen and the more than 5,000 that enter the clinic each year, that access is..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: Local Control Now in Chains

State clamps down on cities' right to govern themselves

"...The list of pending, suspect bills is daunting: Senate Bill 29 would prohibit "lobbying" of..."

April 26, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants

"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."

"...Ramos' story highlights the likely effect of Senate Bill 4, or at least the heightened pattern of..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Chronicle Endorsements

Recommendations for the county, state, and country

"..."weak" borders; and donated to the Kentucky GOP in 2005. His business-friendly milquetoast centrism is the opposite direction Democrats..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Lege Lines: House Committees, Revenue Estimates ... & Snacks

The Lege appoints House Committee members, offers revenue estimates, and ensures lawmakers are well fed

"...locked within for the next four months. Unlike the Senate, where only two of the 13 committee chairs went..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Redistricting Maps Head to House

New maps likely to draw court challenges

"...the House Redistricting Committee took to vote out House, Senate, and Congressional redistricting maps...."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege or Circus?

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

"...left of another failed session on school finance, the Senate on Tuesday passed a new version of a school..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Bloody Murders

Gay Rights Lobby's Quiet Fight for Hate Crimes Bill

"...illustration by Doug Potter The beginning of the 1995 Texas legislative session looked promising for the Lesbian and..."

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

How Austin Drag Icon Brigitte Bandit Became a Political Powerhouse

It’s Brigitte, bitch

"...a goofy kind of night. A new Texas law, Senate Bill 12, would be taking effect in a week...."

Sept. 22, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Lege Lines

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

"...has been found unconstitutional (see "Texas School Funding," Sept. 5, 2014). And a recent study by the National Education..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

Climate, Meet Mobility

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

"...community-owned wind turbines, a separated bicycle path network serving 150,000 commuters a day, corporate executives aggressively pursuing "green" business..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Capitol Chronicle

In Texas Courtrooms, a Fair Legal Defense is Often an Empty Promise

"...to get religion. That was the apparent effect the Senate Finance Committee had on Sharon Keller, presiding judge of..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Column by Michael King

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

Qmmunity: Less Space, More Hate

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

"...More bad bills. Last Friday, The Dallas Morning News reported that Sen...."

April 5, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

The 85th’s State Something

Taking stock at the Lege's midway point

"...It's almost halfway over. On March 20, the 85th regular session of the Texas Legislature will pass the..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Back Door Ban on Abortion?

Senator would regulate clinics as surgical centers

"...Under Senate Bill 537, written by Deuell, R-Greenville – and co-authored..."

March 20, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

LegeLines

"...The Senate and House are convening a conference committee to sort..."

March 8, 2013 News Column

Show Them the Need

The great GOP wave breaks on the realities of the actual cost of government

"...Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, filibustered the school finance bill. In reality, the Lege had to come back (er,..."

June 10, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Some Reforms Left Behind

Lege looks to account for school accountability

"...The Senate Education and House Public Education committees held separate meetings..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...feel. I feel like a truck ran over me."
50; City Manager Toby Futrell, in response to Tuesday's Statesman..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature

Minimum-Wage Delays

Republican pork tax breaks are holding up the much ballyhooed minimum-wage raises Democrats promised

"...Why haven't competing versions of U.S. House and Senate minimum-wage legislation made it yet to conference committee for..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

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