85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...moment captured the underlying conflict leading into the 85th Texas Legislature, it came on the afternoon of Thursday, Jan...."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

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 were already working on..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines – The Texas Legislature: Not Enron

Passing a state budget when one side’s “cooking the books”

"...If the Republican Texas House Speaker from San Antonio can be summed up..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Has Texas Observed Its Last Confederate Heroes Day?

Texas Lege considers bills to end the state holiday

"...Last month, the state of Texas observed Confederate Heroes Day for what many hope will..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

The Future Is in Flux for the Texas Film Incentive Program

Texas loses productions to states with bigger and better incentive programs

"...decade, the creative industries have been explaining that the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program isn't just for cinema,..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Behold the Texas Miracle!

The Texas Miracle has a very mixed record on state prosperity

"...– are familiar with the political rhetoric of the "Texas Miracle." Coined by state business boosters to describe the..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Planned Parenthood Sues Texas Over Medicaid Exclusion

The provider claims the state is breaking federal law

"...Planned Parenthood has filed suit against the state of Texas over its decision to exclude the reproductive health provider..."

Nov. 23, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Texas' Latest Pro-Gun Laws Kick In

Never let it be said that Texas lawmakers have done nothing to respond to mass shootings

"...Never let it be said that Texas lawmakers have done nothing to respond to increasingly frequent..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Court Rules: Texas Voter ID Still Racist

Second ruling finds GOP deliberately suppressed minority vote

"...That's why it's highly damaging to the state of Texas that yesterday a federal court ruled, once again, that..."

April 11, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: It's Rainin' Down in Texas

Marking Texas time and history by rising floodwaters

"...week is from an unnamed state meteorologist in 1927: "Texas is a land of perennial drought, broken by the..."

May 29, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Texas Dems Storm the Capitol (Peacefully!) To Demand Voting Rights

O'Rourke, House quorum-breakers rally thousands

"...O’Rourke led crowds from across the state to the Texas Capitol on Sunday evening, June 20, where a close-packed..."

June 21, 2021 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

HBO Going Under the Dome for 'God Save Texas'

Lights, camera, point of order in new political drama

"...you who believe there isn't enough drama in the Texas legislature: HBO has announced it is developing a new..."

June 18, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Supremes: Not Our Job to Fix School Finance

Long-awaited ruling says school funding system constitutional

"...The Texas school finance system meets the minimum standards demanded by..."

May 13, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Legislature Restores Public's Right to Know

Bipartisan public records bill likely to become law

"...contracting information that had become difficult to obtain after Texas Supreme Court rulings allowed companies to declare unspecified "proprietary"..."

May 24, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Supreme Court to Hear Texas Abortion Case This Week

HB 2 oral arguments start Wednesday

"...it all centers around a law born in the Texas Capitol...."

March 1, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Texas Lawmakers OK Medical Marijuana, Industrial Hemp

But goal of decriminalizing low-level possession unattained

"...case on many policy fronts this session, the 86th Texas Legislature failed to bring the state into the 21st..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Sounding the Alarm on Texas' Nursing Home System

25% of the state's 1,200 long-term care centers have been cited for serious standard deficiencies

"...was hardly an isolated incident. Just months before, the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services told KXAN that..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

With a Possible Update to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Former Council Members Recall Local Scandal

How a misunderstanding changed Austin politics

"...send to Gov. Greg Abbott an update to the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA) to reinstate provisions, struck down..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

At the Capitol, Texas Tries to Catch Up With Cannabis

From medical use to decriminalization to legalization, marijuana seems to have bipartisan support, so what's taking so long?

"...Oklahoma's making Texas look bad. They've got a robust medical marijuana program,..."

May 3, 2019 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Future May Finally Be Brightening for Texas Film Incentives

The sequel to film rebates?

"...The Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program (TMIIIP for not overly..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas' Marijuana Policy May Be Progressing Quicker Than Expected

Texas' marijuana policy may be progressing quicker than anyone realizes

"...for both recreational and medical users took hold in 2015, the Texas Legislature began work on Senate Bill 339,..."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by Braden Maccke

MPP: Ready to Roll on Pot in Texas

The Marijuana Policy Project is rolling out a Texas legalization campaign

"...pot decriminalization, touched off a flurry of pot-talk in Texas. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis was asked about pot..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Overdose Reversal Training Brings Supplies, Education to Texas State University

To serve and inject

"...exposures in the United States?" Callie Crow asked the Texas State University Police Department last Thursday at TXST's Round..."

Nov. 11, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

ATX Film News: Good News for Texas’ Film and Game Incentives

"...jinx it, but things are looking up in the Texas Legislature for the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program,..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Texas GOP Tees up More Voter ID Nonsense

Secretary of State issues election advisory, ignites right-wing voter fraud frenzy

"...When newly appointed Texas Secretary of State David Whitley (until recently a top..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Providers Fight Another Texas Abortion Ban

Health risks and pain for patients

"...Woman's Health medical director Dr. Bhavik Kumar oversees four Texas abortion clinics, but he spends most of his time..."

Nov. 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas Maternal Mortality Rate Soars

Local health department examining deaths: Is the Lege to blame?

"...back-to-back studies showing unusual jumps in maternal deaths in Texas are drawing concern over women's health, and moving the..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Bad Science Marches at the Legislature

Anti-vaxxers turn out for Public Health meeting, promise more action

"..."You can't vaccinate against stupid." If you're wondering what..."

March 6, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Lege Preview: Parties Agree That Fentanyl Sucks

Bipartisan consensus emerges to tackle opioid overdose crisis

"...There are not many life-or-death issues Texas faces that will be resolved through any sort of..."

Jan. 13, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Texas Lege Stands Still on Justice Reform

But God forbid we take your guns away

"...to the Waller County jail where she died in 2015 – only to be thwarted by implacable opposition from..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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