Point Austin: What Do They Conserve?

The 82nd Legislature sets a new standard for official recklessness

"...(both symbolic and real) in the form of hysterical anti-abortion bills and draconian cuts to health care that hit..."

May 13, 2011 News Column by Michael King

85th Texas Legislature Preview

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

"...and clear agendas – budget slashing, gerrymandering, voter suppression, abortion bans – that defined where conflicts would arise. This..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Deep Divisions in Texas' Powerful Anti-Choice Movement

Battle reflects Lege’s growing extremism

"...When the state health department debated its latest abortion restriction – a law tucked away in the 2017..."

April 6, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...gives himself one 30-day special session to pass 20 bills he likes, but the two chambers each favor different..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

A Peek Into the New Lege's Anti-Choice Plan

It can surely be worse

"...Texas Legislature has spent the past decade crafting draconian abortion restrictions that inevitably prompt prolonged, costly, and controversial legal..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...the authors are uncertain what's in the omnibus late-train bills. What follows is a preliminary snapshot of the major..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

Our Bodies, Our Cities

Austin and Beyond

"...limit Austin's annexation powers. Krusee has filed two annexation bills so far. One would allow courts to assess penalties..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett

What to Expect When You're Expecting a Special Session

New bill numbers and potential arguments imminent

"...legislation. In the process, the Senate took two more bills down with it: More cash for transportation, and new..."

July 1, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Navigating Possible MAP Detours

More reproductive health care antics at the Lege

"...that last part – access to safe and legal abortion – that's raised hackles Downtown. Two bills, by state..."

March 18, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lege Lines: Toxic Masculinity Drops the Hammer

Standing up to anti-choice rhetoric during a three-bill frenzy at the Capitol

"...silence their women counterparts for standing up against anti-choice bills. Take last Wednesday, for example, during an all-day Texas..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: School Finance Bill Passes House With Flying Colors

Stickland only holdout on ambitious “Texas Plan” finance bill

"...regulate private employment, has been supplanted by four smaller bills, each of which passed the Senate State Affairs Committee..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Reproductive Rights Advocates Prepare for the Fight

Groups, lawmakers relaunch "Trust. Respect. Access." campaign

"...“Our anti-abortion state leadership and legislators, emboldened by the recent election..."

Feb. 9, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Top 10 Reproductive Rights Stories

"...issuing a stopgap to the disastrous final provision of anti-abortion law House Bill 2 in late June, the U.S...."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

On the Lege: A $156 Million Disaster

The Accenture scheme blows up in the state's face

"...people away from the ballot box (see "Voter ID Bills," below), one state representative is trying to make sure..."

March 23, 2007 News Column

Looking for Mr. Goodbill

A look at what's been filed for the 77th session at the Texas Legislature

"...precisely, their staffs) have been busily pre-filing hundreds of bills for consideration in the new year. This session's bills..."

Dec. 29, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...Demo­crats dragged things to a grinding halt, killing numerous bills, in order to block an anti-immigrant voter ID bill..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Planned Parenthood Sues Texas Over Anti-Choice Bill SB 8

Health providers hope to strike down second-trimester abortion ban

"...again, this time to challenge the latest attack on abortion rights...."

July 20, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Fallout From the Lege's War on Reproductive Rights

Texas waits on the full impact of legislative cuts

"...Greg Abbott called a special session rife with the anti-abortion restrictions that didn't muster enough support to pass the..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Capitol Briefs

"...• With numerous bills killed on a backlog of the House calendar –..."

May 25, 2007 News Column

Women's Health: Our Bodies, Their Laws

State Affairs' nine "wise men" decide what's good for Texas women.

"...session Democratic committee chairs who might block the nastiest bills have been replaced by Republicans. To add insult to..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

A Victory by the People

Filibuster, parliamentary gamesmanship kill abortion bill … for now

"...Senate Bill 5 – the omnibus abortion bill that would have massively restricted access to reproductive..."

June 26, 2013 News Post by Dan Solomon

Texas’ New Law Seeks to Kick Out Elected Prosecutors (Especially Ours)

"Rogue prosecutor" law takes effect Sept. 1

"...– is a straightforward push for a crackdown on abortion, in direct response to some of Texas' most prominent..."

July 7, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Rodeo 80

The 2007 Legislature in a quick-step roundup

"...fine city's a merry widow, rejoicing that several Austin-bashing bills never got their due. But the untimely demise of..."

June 8, 2007 News Column

Texas Lege Preview: The Only Exception in Post-Roe Texas

Legislators wrangle over birth control, rape, and travel

"...After the Lege enacted an abortion ban last session that made providing an abortion a..."

Jan. 13, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

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

This bill's for you

"...Beer-to-Go Is a Go! The scrappy Texas Craft Brewers..."

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

Early Filing at the Lege

Early filing began this week for the upcoming state legislative sessions. Already, the war on women’s health is on.

"...Texas legislators filed three abortion-restrictive bills Monday, assuring another heated fight for pro-choice advocates..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Big Legebowski

The session will be remembered largely as an opportunity lost to partisan displays

"...to one of Horseshoe Bay Republican Troy Fraser's environmental bills getting killed by the House Democrats' chubbing maneuver to..."

June 12, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

A New Pro-Choice Leader at NARAL Pro-Choice Texas

Aimee Arrambide takes over advocacy group

"...model legislation that statehouses can use to combat destructive abortion laws. That playbook inspired a City Council "Abortion is..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: Don’t Blame the Death Worm

The Texas House wants to kill off "film incentives"

"...Texas Com­mis­sion on Environ­mental Quality to the Alternatives to Abortion program, which oversees anti-abortion, nonmedical crisis pregnancy centers. Rep...."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Campaign Renews Pro-Choice Fight

New reproductive health policy campaign seeks to reverse damage of anti-choice laws

"...are battling to halt the final provision of Texas anti-abortion law House Bill 2 in court. Dubbed "Trust. Respect...."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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