The Legislature has blown past the deadline for it, not Gov. Rick Perry, to have the last word on whether to accept $556 million in federal stimulus money for unemployment insurance. The Senate passed bill is still before the House...
"I ask you, how can monitoring elk be more important than wounded soldiers?" an irate Craddick ally asked a top lieutenant of Speaker Joe Straus late this afternoon. Boy, House members are testy today. The questioner was Rep. Kino Flores,...
The budget won't be on the House floor until Friday, April 17. But members are warming up their vocal chords today. First, Rep. Norma Chavez, D-El Paso, dissented when the Calendars Committee approved a rule limiting floor amendments on the...
The House just passed a Senate-passed resolution that congratulates President Obama on his election and its "great historical significance" and offering him "best wishes for a successful tenure" and a vow that the Texas Legislature "is prepared to work together...
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