The House passed a "technical correction" resolution late this afternoon that would allow the session to end tonight without dismantling key state agencies. If the Senate agrees, the move would greatly reduce chances that Gov. Rick Perry will call lawmakers...
Democrats just lost an effort to ratchet up the stakes for the Texas Department of Insurance. If they'd succeeded, pressure would mount to take up a bill to reauthorize the department, which would force members to take campaign-handy record votes...
The Senate just passed 31-0 its so-called safety net bill that will allow agencies subject to sunset review this session to continue for two years, even if their bill authorizing a bill continuation does not pass. Of the 25 or...
Looks like the House will spend much of the rest of the day on the Department of Transportation sunset bill, the mother of all fights about transportation policy and the structure of the agency. Our highway man, Michael Lindenberger, is...
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