Texas' Draconian Abortion Restrictions Likely to Face Court Challenge

Amid clouds and darkness, Texans get ready to fight for choice

"...clear about this – abortion is still legal in Texas," Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, reminded the hundreds of energized..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Ralph Nader's Open Letter to the Legislature

"...May 20, 2003 Members of the Texas Legislature Capitol Building Austin, Texas, 78701..."

June 20, 2003 News Column

Texas Dems Go to Court to Block Abbott's Funding Veto

Filing says governor's defunding of Lege is invalid

"...18 issued his stunt veto of funding for the Texas Legis­lature in the upcoming biennial budget, to "punish" the..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

State Employee Unions Look Askance at Texas Lege’s Pension Changes

Unions give a hard pass on cash balance plan proposed in Senate Bill 321

"...The 87th Texas Legislature's proposal to shore up the state's pension fund..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Will Texas Expand Medicaid?

Long-running health care debate looks different through a pandemic prism

"...Although Texas has long had the highest numbers of uninsured residents..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

The Battle of Small Beer vs. Big Distributors Rages on With Texas Beer-To-Go Bill

Another chippy round of political beer pong

"...Here in Texas, the small, plucky craft brewers and the overdetermined parade..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

National Law Group Ditches Texas Over Lege’s Anti-LGBTQ Hate

American Assoc. of Law Libraries bans TX because of discrimination

"...threats from performers and various groups promising to boycott Texas over its plans to pass anti-LGBTQ legislation, one organization..."

July 14, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Texas Democrats Request Special Session on Guns

Legislators in five cities press Gov. Abbott

"...can do) in response to recent gun massacres in Texas and the ongoing toll of gun violence...."

Sept. 4, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Bills Grant Texas Doctors Legal Cover to Mislead Pregnant Women

Is the Lege giving doctors a license to lie?

"...However, if two bills pending in the Texas Legislature make it through both chambers, patients who don't..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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

COVID-19 Turns the Texas Lege's Routines Upside Down

The challenge ahead – how to get back to the business of legislating without staging a superspreader event

"...COVID-19 is endangering record numbers throughout Texas, but state leaders are determined that the show must..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

How Texas Is Texas Wine?

What “Truth in Labeling” means for Texas winemakers and vineyards

"...At the beginning of this month, over 30 Texas winemakers congregated with wine lovers at Featherstone Ranch in..."

April 28, 2017 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Texas Primaries Loom as Redistricting Lawsuits Drop

New maps and new challenges

"...Abbott had signed into law the fruits of the Legislature's quick and dirty redistricting process, the new lines on..."

Oct. 29, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Dems Take the Voting Rights Fight to D.C.

Breaking quorum again, lawmakers leave state to thwart Abbott's restrictive bill

"...Depending on your partisan bent, the departure of Texas House Democrats to Washington, D.C., this week can be..."

July 16, 2021 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Texas Senate Speeds This Year's Abortion Bills Through Lege

Senate speeds this year's abortion bills through Lege

"...Last year, as Texas grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, local abortion assistance group..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Doggett Gets Funding for Texas State University Climate Change Research

A publicly available tool will project climate impacts on state water resources

"...the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University to study the effects of climate change..."

Feb. 17, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Fumbling, Bumbling Letdown of the 87th Legislature

Sine dead

"...When the 87th Texas Legislature kicked off in January, six days after rioters..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas LGBTQ Caucus Looking for Change

At town hall reps reinforced the need to flip the House in 2020

"...The 87th Texas Legislature is coming. That's been a resounding message this..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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

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

Court: Texas House Districts Unlawful, Unconstitutional

Panel of judges rules 2-1 against drawing of 2011 maps

"...The Western District Court of Texas ruled last month that the state’s congressional districts were..."

April 20, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Lawmaker Wants to Make Abortion Completely Illegal

NARAL Pro-Choice says bill "most extreme" abortion measure at the Lege

"...removing the immunity protection for abortion procedures in the Texas Penal Code’s rules for criminal homicide. While the law..."

Jan. 12, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Common Law: Strange Brew – Interesting New Texas Laws

New Texas laws affect eating, drinking, weapons, and tanning

"...Hundreds of new Texas laws took effect on Sept. 1. Some of the..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Column by Luke Ellis

Will Texas Do Better?

Lege preview Part II – the wonders and the horrors

"...Next month, beginning Jan. 8, the 83rd legislative circus..."

Dec. 14, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Laws of Texas Inaccessible

"...to be able to read the current laws of Texas. The "Texas Legislature Online" Web site at www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/statutes.html states,..."

Oct. 1, 2003 Postmarks

Opinion: Teachers Can No Longer Afford to Live in Texas

Senate Bill 9 is an insult to teachers

"...An Open Letter Governor Abbott and the Texas Legislature,..."

May 19, 2023 Column by Cary Beshel

Sunset Advisory Commission Takes Aim at Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

State commission looks into concerns of transparency

"...Every 12 years since 1977, the Texas Legislature's Sunset Advisory Commission reviews state agencies for evidence..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Opinion: The Extreme Anti-Abortion Agenda Being Pushed Forward at the Texas Lege Is Harmful and Cruel

Texans deserve the trust and the power to decide what is best for them, their bodies, and their futures

"...bills in the country are quickly moving through the Texas legislature, including a bill that would ban abortions at..."

April 16, 2021 Column by Courtney Chambers

Don Zimmerman Explores Texas Lege Run

Like Jesus, former conservative City Council member to rise again

"...Easter weekend that he's aiming to run for the Texas Legislature in 2020. In a long Facebook post where..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Lege: The Shape of Things to Come

Wentworth predicts redistricting disaster

"...Democrats and Republicans both claim they can reshape the Texas Legislature in 2011, but Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio,..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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