Notes on Kamp: Culture Shift

Too many people are finding themselves caught up in the criminal justice system

"...Hiring ordinance, it was a much-needed corrective to the discrimination people with criminal records face. It was, however, also..."

April 1, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

On the Lege: A $156 Million Disaster

The Accenture scheme blows up in the state's face

"...It took more than a year of blunders before Health and Human Services Commission officials last week halted an..."

March 23, 2007 News Column

Senate Budget Lesser of Two Evils

Reps from both chambers commence to thrash out final numbers

"...The 82nd session of the Texas Legislature will end as it began:..."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Millions for Propaganda ... Nothing for Women's Health

Texas heavily underwrites anti-abortion centers, while slashing reproductive care

"...your right, a basket full of free pocket-size Bibles and Christ-centered booklets; to your left, as you enter Austin..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Sex and the Senate

What will it take to curb sexual harassment at the Texas State Capitol?

"...Legislature, the 150-member House of Representatives approved a new, stronger reporting process to secure justice for victims of sexual..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

New Assaults in War on Women's Health Care

New rule places stranglehold on Planned Parenthood

"...On Thursday, June 9, members of the state Health and..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Needle-Exchange Bill Barely Hanging On

State Rep. Dianne White Delisi all but kills legislation that would let local health departments establish one-for-one anonymous needle-exchange programs

"...a doctorate degree. She doesn't even play a doctor on TV. Still, a lack of credentials didn't stop her..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

On the Lege

Austin Rep. Elliott Naishtat is leading charges to protect both seniors and children this session

"...Chalk one up for the AARP and other advocates who rode..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Needle Exchange Clears Committee

Needle-exchange program could finally see daylight

"...Greenville GOP Sen. Robert Deuell's bid to let local health departments establish anonymous hypo-needle-exchange programs (Senate Bill 188) made..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Allowing Doctors and Delivery Drivers to Stop Providing Birth Control

New framework makes it easier to refuse to offer medical care

"...Since the Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, Americans concerned with reproductive..."

Feb. 14, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Will Senate Restore Women's Health Care Funds?

Ranking Senate Republican favors more funding for women's health

"...Last week, in a move that has encouraged women's health advocates, Sen. Jane Nel­son, R-Flower Mound, ranking Senate Repub­lic­an..."

March 1, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

On the Lege

Tired arguments and middle-aged men set anti-woman agenda

"...In the world of family-planning and reproductive rights, it's been business as usual at the..."

April 20, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Women's Health Advocates Brace for "Perfect Storm" at Texas Legislature

Republican lawmakers racing to further restrict abortion access

"...A month before the 87th Texas Legislature gaveled in, Republican lawmakers..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Session Winners and Losers

As sine die nears, bills drop left and right

"...Was there a more resonant visual metaphor this week than the Texas House last..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Medicaid and the Lege: Throw 'Em in the Street?

'Dropping out of Medicaid' may not be so easy for Texas

"...In the fires of the fall election campaign, no single topic blazed hotter than health care,..."

Dec. 10, 2010 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...

"...Unit out of the Travis County District Attorney's office, and started to debate the weakest ethics reform imaginable...."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Notes: Taser talk and more

Stories from under the pink granite dome

"...Back in December, Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, filed House Bill 418 to restrict..."

March 2, 2007 News Column

Lege Lines: A Win for Brewers, a Scam for Paxtons, and More

This bill's for you

"...Is a Go! The scrappy Texas Craft Brewers Guild and their mighty foes at the Beer Alliance of Texas..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Reproductive Health Care: Same Story, New Target

Fallout from the 84th Texas legislative session

"...had anything left to destroy after eviscerating both women's health care funding and abortion access over the past two..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Senate: Same Committees, Fewer Meetings

Upper chamber clears already light schedule before voter ID bust-up

"...Over the weekend, Quorum Report reported that four Senate committees (Higher Education, Veterans Affairs and Military Installations, the..."

March 10, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Health Care: Flirting With Armageddon

Choosing between a 'firing squad' and 'death by starvation'

"...Last month, in his State of the State address to the..."

March 4, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Texas’ New Data on Pregnancy Deaths Is Old. As in, Pre-Abortion-Ban Old

New legislation seeks to streamline data gathering process

"...to be pregnant. This state’s maternal mortality rate is one of the highest in the nation. Strikingly, the most..."

Jan. 24, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

On the Lege

Looking back at the Lege through local eyes

"...Against the session's backdrop of intermittent political unrest in the House, Austin-area..."

June 8, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Sen. Kirk Watson on the 86th Texas Legislature

“In Texas, we don’t focus on what our needs are; we focus on what we want to pay”

"...Kirk Watson, the former Austin mayor, is entering his fifth term..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Senate Committees Announced

Lt. Gov releases committee appointments with few changes for Travis delegation

"...Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst quietly released the list of Senate Committees for the 81st Session. Comparing the list to..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

House: Livin' on a Pair

Tracking the Travis delegation through the 82nd Lege

"...a pair of bills each out of the House and into the Senate before the Easter break, and that..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

On the Lege: Bombshells and Budget Officers

The Legislature begins to get down to business.

"...entered its third week, the heady air of Republican celebration began to subside a bit, and a few early..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

On The Lege

Knocking Out Hate

"...knockout. Loralei Gilliam, executive director of the American Family Association of Texas, was in a hearing room at the..."

March 19, 1999 News Column

LegeLand: Some Key Committee Seats for Local Dems

Funding battles will start in meeting rooms

"...It took a month of weighing member seniority against personal interests, but on..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

An End to TYC's Problems ... and to TYC?

The Sunset Advisory Commission recommends drastic action to remedy the problems plaguing the Texas Youth Commission: dissolve the agency

"...Daniel Bryant strikes a quiet-spoken and rather bookish figure. A nuclear medical technician, he's thinking..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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