Austin Campaign Finance Rules Get Shaken Up

Judge sides with former mayoral candidate Jennifer Virden

"...with perennial conservative candidate Jennifer Virden that an Austin campaign finance rule controlling when candidates can start raising funds..."

Sept. 5, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Campaign Finance Glossary

Here's a handy guide to the major questions concerning campaign-finance law in Texas

"...Did the Texas Association of Business break the law when it used unidentified corporate funds to pay for..."

March 28, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Texas Republicans Dodge Criminal Campaign Finance Bullet

Republican Party of Texas cuts deal with Travis County on corporate money charges.

"...of Texas and Travis Co. Attorney David Escamilla, the state party last week escaped criminal charges stemming from its..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Campaign Notes

"...up a record-keeping problem that Rep. Dawnna Dukes' primary campaign is calling an old nonissue being used to smear..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Campaign Money Shuffle?

The GOP's capture of the Texas House may have been accomplished with less than scrupulous campaign fund dealings.

"...R or a D. Republicans cheerfully acknowledge that their campaign umbrella groups procured millions from corporate benefactors, but insist..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin Campaign Contribution Limits Upheld

Split decision ends blackout period, “dissolution” requirements

"...today by U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel, Austin’s $350 campaign contribution limits were upheld, but the judge overturned the..."

July 21, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Did Campaign Ad Cross the Line?

Ah, the finer print of election laws

"...Meeker asked Rick Culleton to step down as his campaign treasurer because, Meeker says, he was concerned that the..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Campaign War Chest

Secretary of State Roger Williams' officeholder account is brimming with more than $200,000 in donor cash, suggesting that he has been stumping for dollars ever since Gov. Perry appointed him to the post in 2004.

"...As a nonelected office holder, Secretary of State Roger Williams doesn't have to stoop to the necessary..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Full Campaign Disclosure: Here Comes Late Money

Charges, countercharges, and lawsuits in City Council campaigns

"...last Thursday, April 28, in a brief and emotional statement delivered in front of his Wilshire Woods home, Place..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Law vs. Jones: 3rd Court Race Has Political History

You be the judge: Is it time for Law to get on down the road?

"...This year's judicial races, statewide and local, are not white-knuckle rides. In Travis County,..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Drug War Czar Stumping in the Silver State

"...Regulate and Control Marijuana have filed at least one lawsuit, against a host of Nevada public officials, asking the..."

Nov. 2, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

On the Campaign Trail: Shade Racks Up Most Cash

The pulse quickens in heated Place 3 race

"...at opponent Kathie Tovo, saying, "I can't give my campaign $53,000 as my opponent has done, so I depend..."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

TPJ Campaign Complaint Leads Back to WilCo

Texans for Public Justice says Chief Justice Kenneth Law has engaged in illegal fundraising practices – but that's not all

"...against Texas 3rd Court of Appeals Chief Justice Kenneth Law, alleging illegal and unethical fundraising practices and calling for..."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Then There's This: The Race For Campaign Cash

County Judge and Pct. 2 Commissioner's races don't come cheap

"...Campaign finance reports filed Monday at the county clerk's office..."

July 19, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Perry Campaign: Double Duties and Revolving Doors

State office staff signs up for campaign positions

"...of Gov. Rick Perry's official staff are joining his campaign staff. And obviously the governor's office would not want..."

Sept. 4, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bad Law, Bad Lawyer: Davis Wings Abbott

Dem sinks in barb over Republican's defense of slashing school finance

"...The AG thought they would be arguing about school finance: Instead, Davis gave him a lesson in civics and..."

Dec. 5, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Across the State

Heflin, Hochberg, Mercer, and Mabry among the incumbents on the bubble

"...on children's health care). Moreover, Heflin recently lost a lawsuit in which he and his wife at least appeared..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

State Supreme Court Justice Gammage Enters Governor's Race

Bell and Alvarado make it a three-way contest for now

"...took to the Bahamas in 2004 to discuss school finance issues with wealthy campaign donors. "He sailed the Caribbean..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Top 10 State Stories

Rick Perry's embarrassments, education's funding battles, and more

"...Austinites petitioning for our city to secede from the state, taking Lockhart's barbecue and Dublin's Dr Pepper with us...."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by the News Staff

Dell Medical School Team Unveils Plans to Reinvent Austin State Hospital

Rising from the ashes of the aging mental hospital

"...The campaign to transform the historic, haunted, and exhausted Austin State..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dark Money

Campaign finance reform as true-life political thriller

"...there’s an inherent challenge in shaping the topic of campaign finance law into exciting film subject matter. And while..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Buck Wood on Dark Money

Campaign finance lawyer rejects Prop K claims

"..."Under Texas law, wherever two or more are gathered together to affect..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Funding Balance

Some Austin politicos think qualified candidates of average means are deterred from running due to low contribution limits

"...As campaign cash totals start trickling in for the 2016 presidential..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature by Jack Craver

Targeting the Fat Cats

On Your Ballot: ALLC's Campaign Reform

"...illustration by Doug Potter A metaphor commonly applied to campaign finance reform is that it is like trying to..."

Oct. 10, 1997 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Funny Money

Campaign Finance Reform: Who Cares?

"...illustration by Doug Potter Campaign finance laws in Texas have changed since chicken magnate..."

June 6, 1997 News Column by Robert Bryce

Teenage Mutant Ninja Politics

The Hypocritical Limits of Campaign Finance Reform

"...Citizens hoping that the onset of campaign finance reform might usher in a new political millennium..."

April 5, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Money and Minds

The easiest answer on campaign finance reform might not be the wisest

"...The same principle applies to campaign finance – if you set out to strangle virtually..."

April 20, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...DeLays who act as if they are above the law: Don't mess with Texas elections." – Texans for Public..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Leffingwell, Shade: Stanford Behind Culleton Ads

Meeker's newly-former campaign manager colluding with his former campaign treasurer in attack ads

"...and Lee Leffingwell camps this morning, on the Rick Culleton-financed – and apparently, Jason Stanford-penned – attack ads against..."

April 29, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: It Will Be Mayor May Before you Know It

Plugging the holes in the city's campaign finance ordinance

"...I'm constantly refreshing Talking Points Memo for the latest campaign news, before heading home and checking my mailbox for..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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