Fostering Family Values
The Legislature engages in its biennial exercises in gay-bashing -- families be damned.
"...out and berated by the chairman of the House committee conducting the hearing. Perhaps it was the lateness of..."
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May 2, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith
Where There's a Bill...
New Legislation Poses a (Not So) Minor Threat
"...says Rebecca Herron, legislative aid to the Texas Senate Committee on Health & Human Services, which Sen. Zaffirini chairs...."
Jan. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Craddick Commits Committees
Some Central Texas Reps feel a sting for opposing the GOP leadership
"...cost him his seat on the House Public Health Committee, even though the veteran lawmaker had selected it as..."
Feb. 4, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith
Contemptible
Tom DeLay setting new 'salacious' standards in
congressional ethics
"..."admonition" for the Bug Man from the House ethics committee, following close behind an earlier one in response to..."
Oct. 15, 2004 News Column by Michael King
Capitol Chronicle
The State Policy Committee Politically Purges the State Employees' Charitable Campaign
"...Until this year, that is. The State Policy Committee, which reviews the applications of the charities, comprises state..."
April 13, 2001 News Column by Michael King
The Premature Death of the WHAC
How Gov. Greg Abbott killed vital oversight for women’s health
"...June Gov. Greg Abbott killed the life of a committee tasked with providing recommendations and guidance for women's health..."
Jan. 19, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Access Denied: Cap Metro Blocks Blind Contender
Transit agency's Access Committee cries foul over board decision
"...for the disabled, some members of the agency's Access Committee are crying foul over a decision by Cap Metro..."
Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward
To Bond, or Not to Bond?
Bonds dominate the immediate City Council horizon
"...scheduled, May or November? – the Bond Election Advisory Committee's work is done. Monday night, the committee stuck to..."
Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Lege Notes
Odds and ends from the 79th
"...a faster pace, as the bill from House Education Committee Chair Kent Grusendorf, R-Arlington, has landed in the Senate..."
April 1, 2005 News Column
Demand and Supply
The CBAC makes its recommendations, and the school board ponders its options
"...stressed that part of the reason for the citizens' committee was that it could bring greater public consultation to..."
Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
On the Lege
Rose, Dukes rewarded for standing with Craddick
"...his promotion to chairman of the House Human Services Committee, the Dripping Springs Democrat followed the actions of his..."
Feb. 2, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith
The Custody Battle at Brackenridge
Seton's plan to build its own pediatrics facility throws a monkey wrench into the proposed hospital district.
"...rankled community leaders -- her peers on a steering committee working toward the creation of a publicly funded hospital..."
Nov. 22, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith
Ready to Bond
AISD Tries to Ease Overcrowding
"...work and study, a 19-member, board-appointed, citizens' bond advisory committee issued a report in June, in which some $370..."
Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature
Lege Lines
Jonathan Stickland annoys his colleagues
"...fences by actually getting himself kicked out of a committee hearing...."
May 8, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Morrison to Mayor: 'It's Not Personal, It's Policy'
Leffingwell refuses to give up Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Planning Org. seat
"...adamantly refused to relinquish his seat on the coordinating committee of the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Planning Organization...."
July 4, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith
The Charter, the Devil, and the Details
Charter Revision Committee sends its recommendations to City Council
"...In a planned anticlimax, the City Council-appointed Charter Revision Committee held its final meeting last week (Feb. 16) to..."
Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Michael King
The Four Horsemen of the Deficit
Examining the new House committees on state spending
"...yesterday House Speaker Joe Straus announced four new select committees that will tackle the operations, demands, and tax base..."
Jan. 13, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Lege Notes
Odds and ends (mostly odds) from the 79th
"...to study capital punishment has been left pending in committee. SB 544 would create the Texas Capital Punishment Commission..."
April 8, 2005 News Column
What School Finance Crisis?
The Lege considers school finance, and recommends ways to cut wages and fire teachers
"...Even by government standards, the Joint Select Committee on Public School Finance report to the Legislature issued..."
March 26, 2004 News Column by Michael King
Back to the Chalkboard?
"...address Austin's problems educating children of color, the Mayor's Committee on K-12 Educational Excellence -- whose draft report was..."
May 17, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
A Rural Riddle
Hays County Water Planning Partnership forms to try and stop unmitigated growth
"...failed to include HCWPP in its Regional Planning Oversight Committee, a group charged with planning for the pipeline project...."
Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico
On the Lege
Byrd Bill Stalls ... Again
"...pending there since late last week. The earliest the committee can meet under Senate rules is Thursday afternoon, and..."
May 14, 1999 News Column
Texas Task Force That Reviews Pregnancy-Related Deaths Losing Advocate Role
When state withheld death data, advocate pushed back
"...six-year term on the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee (MMMRC), she may be removed from it. A law..."
March 15, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson
Lege Lines: Dem Lawmakers Boycott Anti-Abortion Bill Hearing
Brass ovaries vs. HB 16, and other battle lines drawn at the Capitol
"...a bill that would further stigmatize abortion, boycotting a committee hearing and delaying the bill's vote. House Bill 16..."
March 29, 2019 News Feature by Michael King
Team Risk
UT students create a safe place for their classmates to make daring new stage work
"...the 13 other students serving on the NWF executive committee would be spending a full 18 months putting the..."
March 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
AISD Scrambles for Another Bond Election
Volunteer Citizens' 2008 Bond Advisory Committee considering proposed projects, mostly driven by essential repairs, swelling student numbers, and changing curriculum requirements
"...Since October, the 21-member volunteer Citizens' 2008 Bond Advisory Committee has been considering proposed projects, mostly driven by essential..."
Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Feeling the Heat
A profile of the new Texas ACLU and Executive Director Will Harrell
"...corroborated by other sources will pass out of Senate committee soon. And two House bills calling for a moratorium..."
April 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard
The Spirit of 76th
The Presidential Card
"...margin early on but wasn't even allowed out of committee in the Senate -- were reportedly killed (directly or..."
June 18, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett
Texas Maternal Mortality Task Force Hasn’t Counted Abortion Death Cases for 10 Years
Committee members discovered longtime omission this year
"...Across the country, maternal mortality review committees are tasked with analyzing pregnancy-related deaths and reporting information..."
March 22, 2024 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson
Unchartered Waters
City Hall and citizen advocates look toward a new model of representation – is the seventh time the charm?
"...Outside a recent meeting of the 2012 Charter Revision Committee, Martha Cotera and Roscoe Overton – two civic leaders..."
