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May 12, 1995 News Column by Robert Bryce
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...to express opposition to Gov. Greg Abbott’s voucher bill, Senate Bill 2. The bill would give $10,000 payments to..."
April 18, 2025 News Feature
Right-Wing Funded Civitas Institute Is Almost Up and Running at UT-Austin
Classes focused on “liberty” start this fall
"...freedom. Patrick didn’t hesitate to call the UT Faculty Senate, “a bunch of loony Marxist professors” for their resolution..."
March 27, 2024 News Post by Kimberly Reeves
State Redistricting Chairs Pretend They Don’t See Color
New maps respond to the growth among Texans of color by including fewer opportunity districts for Black and Hispanic Texans
"...the 87th Texas Legislature got underway, the House and Senate redistricting committees have moved quickly to finalize their own..."
Oct. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Making the Math Work on Real School Finance Reform
"Texas Plan" brings new money to Austin and other districts, but nothing's final yet
"...hiring months for schools, but until the House and Senate agree on a final school finance plan, it's hard..."
April 26, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Last Day at the Lege
Sine die arrives as threat of a special session looms
"...differences have been split between the House and the Senate (and the fringe Freedom Caucus wrecking crew versus everyone)..."
May 29, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker
The 85th’s State Something
Taking stock at the Lege's midway point
"...done over these next few months. The House and Senate have come to something like a consensus on one..."
March 17, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Patrick Goes on Offense Post-Session
Patrick reflects on his first term as lite gov
"...session” included much fighting between the House and the Senate over ethics, immigration and open carry...."
June 4, 2015 News Post by Brittany Shulman
Lege Lines
Janek gets grilled, transportation moves, and more
"...commissioner took a roasting on Feb. 18 from the Senate Finance Committee over the infamous 21CT contract. The attack..."
Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Partisan Races
Looking at the statewide, legislative, and county ballot
"...As president of the senate, the lieutenant governor has to be part sugar, part..."
Oct. 17, 2014 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board
Road Funding Screeches to a Halt
Tensions clear between Perry and Straus, Dewhurst and Patrick
"...process dramatically changed from what either the House or Senate had approved. Because HJR2 deals with sending a constitutional..."
July 30, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker
'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 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
Lege Lines
School financing, school accountability, beer, redistricting, and more
"...the Budget Pingpong Commence! On March 20, the Texas Senate voted out Senate Bill 1, its draft budget for..."
March 29, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
LegeLines
UT Regents, education, gun control, and more
"...outburst from the normally taciturn Dewhurst came as the Senate approved Senate Resolution 234, offering Powers "sincere appreciation for..."
Feb. 22, 2013 News Column
Game of Senators
Patrick and Carona spill blood and venom in lite guv fight
"...(hi, Harvey!) the thermonuclear meltdown between two of the Senate GOP's heaviest hitters comes in the form of a..."
May 7, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Not So Sine Die: What's Special About More of the Same?
The Legislature doesn't quite end
"...a rewriting of the entire allocation system – in Senate Bill 1811. In fact, the seeds had been sown..."
June 3, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Painting by Numbers
Wherein we recall how we got here ... and contemplate the baleful map-drawing future
"...fled the state to Ardmore (and later, from the Senate, to Albuquerque, N.M.)...."
Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Point Austin: Health Care Is the Least of It
The debate in Washington and at home is about how to be a workable country
"...that 'any bill is better than no bill.' The Senate bill, the more I hear about it ... it..."
Jan. 8, 2010 News Column by Michael King
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
Capitol Briefs
"...city's workers in bargaining, seemed destined to pass the Senate until Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, intervened. No Senate bill can..."
May 25, 2007 News Column
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
Triumph in the Lege?
Lawmakers could pass tax legislation before it's curtains on Tuesday, handing the governor and lawmakers something to crow about when they return to the campaign trail
"...assure him that he had the votes in the Senate to "run over" Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, and pass..."
May 12, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith
It Just Doesn't Add Up
As the session winds down, school finance reform recedes once again
"...handling of school finance, it appears that House and Senate leaders have yet to convince Texans of their abilities..."
May 20, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith
2003 Texas Book Festival Preview
"...10:30-11:45am Senate ChamberLone Star JournalistsCatherine Crier, Bob Schieffer, Moderator: Steven Isenberg..."
Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature
Not Quite 'Dead, Dead, Dead' Yet
The Senate plays Chicken over congressional redistricting.
"...As of Wednesday, that's where matters stood in the Senate, while the House adjourned Monday in the fond and..."
July 25, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
2001 Texas Book Festival Schedule
"...an Earful Reading TentReading: Alan C. Huffines11:30am to 12:15pm Senate ChamberReading: Michael R. Beschloss 11:30am to Noon Giving an..."
Nov. 16, 2001 Books Feature
It's a Wrap!
A Legislative Wrap-Up on the 77th Session
"...an ignominious death a few days earlier, when the Senate bill enabling both the public Texas/Maine/Vermont Compact waste dump..."
June 1, 2001 News Feature by Michael King
Capitol Chronicle
The Legislature enters the home stretch -- two weeks to go.
"...passed dozens of bills under the gun of a Senate deadline that otherwise might have killed them all...."
May 18, 2001 News Column by Michael King
Feeling the Heat
A profile of the new Texas ACLU and Executive Director Will Harrell
"...bill prohibiting racial profiling by police had passed the Senate, and has good prospects in the House. A historic..."
