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Perry, Dewhurst: Drug Test the Unemployed
RickPerry.orgCredit: RickPerry.org The 83rd Texas Legislature doesn’t officially kick off until January 8. But bill-filing season began yesterday, offering us an early, albeit very incomplete, glimpse...
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In Catholic Schoolroom, Patrick and Dewhurst Unveil Plans for a Reformation...
In a little Catholic school classroom a block from the Capitol, three wise guys heralded the birth of a new agenda to shake up Texas’ public schools. Surrounded by festive decorations and Christmas...
View ArticleTexas Senate Preserves Two-Thirds Rule
Well, that wasn’t so hard. The Texas Senate, roughly fifteen minutes after convening this morning, voted 27-0 to pass a set of Senate rules that preserves the all-important two-thirds tradition. Lt....
View ArticleWill the Lege Spend Any of That Surplus on Schools? ‘Don’t Get Greedy,’...
Wednesday morning, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst discussed his plans for education funding with the Texas Observer. More than 600 Texas school districts are suing the state, claiming its distribution of...
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Dewhurst, Nelson Support Healthcare Reform, not Medicaid Expansion
Beth Cortez-NeavelLt. Gov. Dewhurst and Sen. Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound) at Wednesday’s press conference discuss SB 7 and 8. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst told reporters at a Wednesday morning press...
View ArticleHot List: Day 16 of the Legislature
The Lead The Capitol has been pretty empty for the last week. The House and Senate have been adjourned since Wednesday, Jan. 16, so lawmakers could attend President Obama’s inauguration and honor...
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Perry at Pro-Life Rally: Ideal World Is One Without Abortion
Beth Cortez-NeavelMany pro-life organizations set up tables with models, like this bowl of plastic fetuses, hoping to illustrate the point that life begins at conception. This week marked the 40th...
View ArticleThe School-to-Prison Pipeline
After the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, the safety of schoolchildren has become a much-discussed topic everywhere, and Texas is no exception. Texas...
View ArticleEmotional Tribute to Bill Powers Includes Allegations of ‘Character...
The Senate paid an emotional tribute to University of Texas President Bill Powers this afternoon. During the honorary resolution’s introduction, senators meandered and chatted as usual, but Lt. Gov....
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Protestors Swarm Capitol As House Fights Over Abortion Bill
senate-bill-5-house-fight Scenes from the Sunday night/Monday morning House fight over the omnibus abortion restriction bill, Senate Bill 5....
View ArticleAnti-Abortion Bill Could Be Headed for Defeat in Senate
Update at 7:52 PM: For some reason, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst brought everyone back for a second vote on suspending the rules to take up SB 5. The motion failed 19-10. It is expected that SB 5 will be...
View ArticleThe People Behind the ‘Unruly Mob’
After Democratic senators and an orange-clad crowd killed one of the harshest anti-abortion bills in the nation with a filibuster—by a state senator who went from obscurity to national celebrity—Lt....
View ArticleDavid Dewhurst Claims He Saw ‘Bags of Feces’ at Capitol
For the last week, activists, lawmakers and media have demanded that DPS produce evidence that protestors tried to bring jars of urine and feces into the Senate gallery last Friday. No DPS trooper has...
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Gov, Lite: Meet the Four (Whacky) Candidates for Texas Lt. Governor
Most of the time I (semi-)accept the fact that I live in a red state where Republican primaries are bound to bring out the crazy. But sometimes I can’t help but look at the candidates and think: How...
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CSCOPE Takes Another Awful Spin Around the News Cycle
Patrick MichelsLt. Gov. David Dewhurst has vowed action against CSCOPE: “We’re gonna step all over their face on this.” Near the end of the regular session, Sen. Dan Patrick, chair of the Senate...
View ArticlePoop-gate Update: DPS Says It Will Release Information
Poop-gate is the scandal that just won’t die. Here’s the latest from the shit-hits-the-fan department: The Observer was one of six media outlets that requested information from the Texas Department of...
View ArticleRestraining Order Puts Llano ISD at Center of CSCOPE Controversy
Kids in school learn that it only took four major battles to secure Texas’ freedom. But that was before today, before Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Rep. Steve Toth and a few of their favorite patriots fired...
View ArticleThe Paranoid Style in Texas Politics
Willie Nelson, describing his idea of freedom, once said, “I’m from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there’s no one in control.” The truth of that observation was never more...
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Adios, Reality: Texas Culture Wars Take a Madcap Turn
For a Marxist indoctrination plot, it started innocently enough. In the mid-1990s, school leaders across Texas were searching for ways to make sure all their teachers followed the state’s new course...
View ArticleThe People Behind the ‘Unruly Mob’
After Democratic senators and an orange-clad crowd killed one of the harshest anti-abortion bills in the nation with a filibuster—by a state senator who went from obscurity to national celebrity—Lt....
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