Amid Chaos and Crisis, the 87th Texas Legislature Gets to Work
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"...death in the face. In between these Wednesdays, the 87th Texas Legislature came into being, as happens every two..."
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Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Criminal Justice Goes Unreformed by a Dismal 87th Texas Legislature
High presession hopes lead to deeper disappointments now
"..."It's like the worst session ever," Kathy Mitchell of Just Liberty told the Chronicle...."
June 4, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
Voting Rights, Other GOP-Aligned Measures Back in the Crosshairs for Special Session
More red meat as Abbott puts the Lege into overtime
"...Gov. Greg Abbott finally issued the proclamation calling the 87th Texas Legislature back to Austin Thursday, July 8, for..."
July 9, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Texas Democrats Request Special Session on Guns
Legislators in five cities press Gov. Abbott
"...calls on Gov. Greg Abbott to convene an “emergency session on gun violence” (as only the governor can do)..."
Sept. 4, 2019 News Post by Michael King
We Have an Issue: Ding-Dong, Another Brutal Legislative Session Is Behind Us
This week's Sine Die cover package explores the ups and downs (mostly downs) of the 87th Texas Legislature
"...The quiet, coordinated walkout of Texas House Democrats on Sunday night may have lacked the..."
June 4, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones
Texas House Dems Demand Gun Reform
Special session? Texas House Democrats are asking Abbott to call one
"...On Thursday, June 23, 58 members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus sent a letter to Gov. Greg..."
July 1, 2022 News Feature
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
Once Again, Redistricting Looms in Texas
Republicans hold all the power to draw new lines, but there's more attention on the process than ever before
"..."represented" in the People's House by John Carter, Pete Sessions, and Roger Williams, older white gentlemen from beyond our..."
Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
The Fumbling, Bumbling Letdown of the 87th Legislature
Sine dead
"...When the 87th Texas Legislature kicked off in January, six days after..."
June 4, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
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
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
As Texas Redistricting Maps Advance, Lawmakers Aspire for Newly Drawn Seats
Talarico goes south, Doggett west, as Casar trades up
"...redistricting machine as exhausted lawmakers wrapped up the third(!) special session of the 87th Texas Legislature this week; it's..."
Oct. 22, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
LGBTQIA Advocacy Groups Navigate COVID Restrictions While Keeping Texans Engaged This Lege Session
Equality Texas, TENT go online to boost queer, trans voices at Capitol
"...During previous state legislative sessions, LGBTQIA rights advocates rallied droves of supporters to protest..."
March 19, 2021 Qmmunity Post by Lilli Hime
Anti-Trans Sports Bill Heads to Abbott's Desk
HB 25 makes Texas fifth state to pass legislature targeting trans youth this year
"...its approval last week in both chambers of the Texas Legislature, anti-trans student-athlete House Bill 25 now heads to..."
Oct. 22, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan
Qmmunity: Fear, but Make It Queer
Abbott revives attack on trans kids, Netflix brings queer Fear Street party to Austin, and more news
"...Bigots Be Bigoting (Again): Today (Thursday, June 8) the 87th Texas Legislature kicks off its special session (first of..."
July 9, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan
Qmmunity: Anti-Trans SB 29 Dead, For Now
Critical win at the Lege welcomes Pride Month festivities
"...major deadline on Tuesday night (May 25) for the Texas House of Representatives to vote on any bills from..."
May 28, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan
Qmmunity: Hot Politics, Hot Nights
The feeling’s right with Theydies Night, Dyke Season dance party, and more queer events
"...thumbs. As the saying goes: No news from the Texas Lege is, uh, ... no news – literally. Last..."
July 23, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan
Here's Where You Draw The Line: City, State Redistricting Hearings
Both ICRC and Texas House face the public Sept. 18
"...10 City Council districts become public this week, the Texas House Redistricting Committee is holding its final public hearings..."
Sept. 14, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison
"People's Summit" Aims to Refocus State's Attention on Last Year's Freeze Disaster
Winter Storm Uri death toll may be more than 800
"...lawmakers, was intended to put a question to the Texas Legislature: How can the state walk away from a..."
Feb. 17, 2022 News Post by Kimberly Reeves
Qmmunity: Nurturing Our Rainbows
Drop the doomscroll and soak in queer magic at the Queer Home CookOUT, a moonlit queer swim, and more events
"...in a pretty bum news crop recently, from the Texas Lege's revival of anti-trans legislation this special session to..."
July 16, 2021 Column by James Scott
Austin at Large: One Step Forward, Two Steps ...
The Texas Democrats walk back their walkout amid hard feelings, flashes of hope
"...and the murmuring conversations on the floor of the Texas House. At 4pm or so last Thursday, for the..."
Aug. 27, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Voting Rights Action
Texas Dems storm the Capitol (peacefully!)
"...Democratic caucus. You can thank Beto O'Rourke and the Texas House Democrats for that...."
June 25, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse
Top Austin Headlines of 2021: Whole Lotta Lege News, Mostly Bad
May 30: Texas House Democrats walk out en masse at the end of the regular session, thwarting (for a while) not only “election integrity” legislation but also a ban on trans student athletes
"...progress was made on progressive policy change in the 87th Texas Legislature. Four years after Texas Republicans failed to..."
Dec. 17, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan
Qmmunity: Anti-Trans Student-Athlete Bill Slithers Through the Lege
SB 29 voted out of committee for full Texas Senate vote
"...one of many anti-trans student-athlete bills filed this Lege session, has advanced to the Texas Senate following a late-night..."
April 2, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan
Live From (Your Laptop on) Congress Avenue, It's #TribFest2021!
The virtual Texas Tribune Festival kicks off on Sept. 20
"...fall schmoozefest will be a Zoomfest instead. The annual Texas Tribune Festival begins this coming Monday, Sept. 20, with..."
Sept. 17, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Freshman State Senator Sarah Eckhardt Lays Out Her Agenda
Sarah Eckhardt prepares for an uncertain session
"...Since she prevailed in last summer's special election to replace Kirk Watson, Sarah Eckhardt's days have..."
Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Safer Legal Abortion? Not in This State!
The Texas Legislature's special session aims to trample even further on Texans' constitutional right to legal health care
"...The 87th Texas Legislature passed the most extreme restrictions on abortion..."
July 23, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Austin at Large: Hanging Guns on the Wall
As Abbott tries to keep the drama alive, whose behinds will end up busted?
"...first act of our next election cycle – in Texas, it begins a couple weeks after sine die –..."
June 25, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Redistricting: Now, The Fun Begins!
Upcoming opportunities to give public input to Lege, city map-makers
"...The redistricting committees in the Texas House and Senate are holding hearings now, before the..."
Sept. 10, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Austin at Large: A Tale of Two Gregs
While Abbott loses his marbles, Casar and other urban progressives band together
"...people know this now, as the nation watched the 87th Texas Legislature end up in a ditch filled with..."
