Sunset Staff: Scrap TTC, Overhaul TxDoT
Legislature's Sunset Commission staff make their sweeping recommendations for state transportation agencies
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June 3, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Cap Metro Responds to Sunset
Transit agency agrees with all report recommendations
"...Metro today released a formal reply to the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission’s staff review of the transit agency. The..."
May 6, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols
The Sunset Shuffle
Legislature moves the massive Health and Human Services review back two years
"...and beyond, as the big Health and Human Services Sunset Review, scheduled for next session, will be pushed back..."
May 31, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Sunset Comes in Many Colors
How agencies are faring at the Sunset Advisory Commission
"...every 12 years, every state agency goes through a Sunset review to see whether it's still doing a good..."
May 22, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Who'll Guide the Sunset?
New members appointed to the Sunset Advisory Commission could change its tone.
"...Everyone forgets the Sunset Advisory Commission, the busy little 12-person body of five..."
Oct. 17, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Sunset II
Ag Department Cleans House
"...former Texas House member Rick Perry, the TDA is sunsetting all its rules with the stated intent of keeping..."
June 30, 1995 News Feature
Last Day at the Lege
Sine die arrives as threat of a special session looms
"...it has to at least pass the budget and Sunset legislation extending the lives of state agencies. With today..."
May 29, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Proceed With Caution
Sunset Commission looks to combine five health care agencies into one
"...Human Services Commission has come under the microscope of Sunset Advisory Commission auditors. The Sunset staff appears to be..."
Nov. 21, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Naked City
TDHCA announces its latest tax credit allocations for low-income housing under unusual scrutiny, but critics of the agency find few improvements or surprises.
"...Affairs, observers hoped that recent harsh indictments by a committee of the state legislature would compel the agency to..."
Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Newsdesk
The Sunset Advisory Commission calls out TxDOT's lack of accountability
"...The Sunset Advisory Commission, the quietly powerful Lege committee that can..."
June 6, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Texas Environmental Penalties Are Increasing
Time for tougher regulation
"...Environmental Quality will grow some new teeth thanks to Sunset Advisory Committee recommendations adopted in House Bill 1505, the..."
March 31, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Who Owns the Legislature’s Archives?
State Library Sunset bill lets lawmakers hold the keys
"...Texas State Library and Archives Commission, following the agency's Sunset review. The State Library, which occupies the imposing Lorenzo..."
April 12, 2019 News Feature by Michael King
The Deal of a Lifetime
TDHCA Board member Florita Bell Griffin is standing trial in a Houston federal courtroom on allegations that she, along with two co-defendants, conspired to profit from deals she helped approve.
"...In September, the state Sunset Advisory Committee postponed making a final decision on recommendations..."
Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Microscope Zooms in on Anti-Science SBOE
Legislators try to rein in controversial education board
"...Shapleigh summed it up best in last week’s Nominations Committee meeting, addressing SBOE Chair Don McLeroy of College Station:..."
April 28, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols
Sun to Set on Severely Disabled Patients
Austin State Supported Living Center cottages to be shuttered
"...the Austin SSLC (initiated in 2012) comes after the Sunset Advisory Commission, a state agency tasked with identifying governmental..."
Aug. 15, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Lege Notes
Odds and ends (mostly odds) from the 79th
"...Mike Krusee, R-Round Rock, chair of the House Transportation Committee, to announce that SB 478 – a proposal for..."
April 22, 2005 News Column
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
"...Extension to discuss his experiences. Hosted by House Corrections Committee budget officer Rep. Jim McReynolds, D-Lufkin, and advocacy group..."
Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
How Long Is 140 Days?
As the 81st Legislature departs, does it leave a footprint?
"...action as state reps tried to salvage the crippled Sunset review process by passing House Concurrent Resolution 291, which..."
June 12, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Evicted and Helpless
Disabled residents to be forced out of state supported living center
"...expected to come within the next four years. The Sunset Advisory Commission, the state agency tasked with identifying governmental..."
Sept. 19, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Joint Interim Committees
They're finding themselves with few or no members on these vital policy-building bodies
"...Speaker Tom Craddick make their appointments to joint interim committees, Democrats are finding themselves with few or no members..."
Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Naked City
"...trustees will hear a presentation from the Citizens' Bond Advisory Committee, which may include a May 10 bond referendum..."
Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature
Cap Metro Promises To Be Good
Transit agency formally responds to Sunset findings
"...released a formal reply last week to the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission's staff review of the transit agency. The..."
May 14, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Sun to Set on Severely Disabled Patients
Austin State Supported Living Center to close seven homes
"...decision to shrink the Austin SSLC comes after the Sunset Advisory Commission, a state agency tasked with pointing out..."
Aug. 11, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma
Austin State Supported Living Center to Stay Open
Bill to close it dies before end of session
"...started more than a year ago. Last summer, the Sunset Advisory Commission recommended closure of the Austin SSLC, due..."
June 5, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Welcome to Capital Metro
Whoever the new CEO turns out to be – she'll have her hands full
"...state report – a specially commissioned review by the Sunset Advisory Commission, a body normally devoted to auditing state..."
June 18, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols
TYC: Will the Lege Drain the Gulag?
State government starts long, protracted, and expensive era of oversight, litigation, and structural changes to discredited agency
"...On the bill's final day in the House Corrections Committee, 32 amendments were added. More were added on the..."
May 11, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Legeland Update
Sunset shuffles, forensic fights, defections and campaign filings
"...Speaking of LHB, she stays on the powerful Sunset Advisory Commission. A month after Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst..."
Nov. 12, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Naked City
Expect some upsets at the state housing agency, as Gov. Rick Perry and the state Sunset Advisory Commission implement changes in the scandal-wracked department.
"...The state Sunset Advisory Commission says the Texas Dept. of Housing and..."
Jan. 26, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
"...reopen in a spot down the street. Sweet, Sweet Sunset Seat..."
Jan. 9, 2009 News Feature
TxDOT Clocked for Toll Trafficking
Texas Department of Transportation gets tough reception at Sunset Advisory Commission
"...of a state agency, and that extends to the Sunset Advisory Commission's review of the Texas Department of Transportation..."
