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Community and Committee Back Johns Hopkins as Eastside Partner
AISD Trustees to vote tonight, but deal still needs TEA approval
"...Yet this plan, which the district's evaluation committee notes has "overwhelming community support", still must win over..."

May 6, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

House Appropriations Committee Gets Witchy?
Pro-life advocate calls lawmakers witches
"...blast Graham sent out yesterday, lambasting a House Appropriations Committee "coven" for suggesting that money be added back into..."

March 6, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Dukes Facing Criticism for Missing Committee Meeting
Chose San Diego area over Joint Medicaid Reform Legislat­ive Oversight Committee's first interim meeting
"...facing heavy criticism over claims she missed a vital committee meeting to take an out-of-state junket...."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

House Committee Hears "Discriminatory" Voter Suppression Bill
SB 9 would punish voter form errors with state jail felonies
"...a hearing that stretched after midnight, the House Elections Committee on Wednesday, May 15 heard Senate Bill 9 by..."

May 16, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Express Yourself? Texas Senate Committee Considers Free Speech on College Campuses
Wednesday hearing begins lengthy process
"...A Texas Senate committee met Wednesday to begin efforts to assess the state..."

Feb. 1, 2018 News Post by Austin Sanders

Committee Finds Grounds For Hall Impeachment
Regent accused of Bill Powers witch hunt
"...through open records requests) to achieve that goal. The committee agreed 7-1 (Rep. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, was the sole..."

May 16, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Council Reconsiders Committee Structure
"We can make the process more efficient and effective”
"...the ongoing conversation along the dais concerning Coun­cil's own committees. Several members have grown increasingly impatient with the committee..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Mobility Committee Talks TNC Regs
TNC proposals now move to full Council
"...City Council's Mobility Committee met last week for preliminary discussions on what the..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

City Charter Committee Single-Membered, Not Single-Minded
The CRC reports to City Council – not with one voice
"...off by the morning briefing of the Charter Revision Committee. To give a sense of the atmosphere, the meeting..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

House Committee Narrowly Passes Voter ID
Will voter ID survive a floor debate?
"...the voter ID bill – is finally out of committee. Whether it actually gets to the House floor for..."

May 15, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Voter ID Clears Committee
But Elections chair predicts grim future for SB 362
"...the voter ID bill – is finally out of committee. Whether it actually gets to the House floor for..."

May 11, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Committee Punts on 64 Rainey Street
City Council will likely take up the Rainey Street project debate in early August
"...Com­mit­tee. On June 24, after lengthy public testimony, the committee (chaired by District 7 Council Member Leslie Pool) declined..."

July 10, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Government by Committee
Council committees get up to speed
"...is City Council's busiest period of the month for committee meetings: Austin Energy is this Thursday, a prelude to..."

April 24, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Dying in Committee, Part 9
Senators can't save every bill - not even those that would save lives.
"...how nobody wanted to speak against the bill in committee after the families of the victims of phone-related accidents,..."

May 14, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Paralysis by Committee
STRs: One minus two proving to be a difficult concept
"...Short-Term Rentals," but unfortunately, a 10-hour Planning and Neighborhoods Committee meeting this Monday/Tuesday did little to advance that cause..."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Diversion Program for Vets Clears Committee
Bill proposes treatment, not jail, for vets who run afoul of the law
"...the law passed out of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee on April 17...."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

More Voter ID in Committee
Public testimony today
"...The House Committee on Elections is taking up the voter ID issue..."

April 7, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Voter ID in House Committee Today
Or as the Democrats like to call it, "voter suppression"
"...I'm sitting in a Capitol committee room awaiting the 1:15pm start of the House Elections..."

April 6, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Needle Exchange Clears Committee
Needle-exchange program could finally see daylight
"...it out of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee with just two votes against it. The measure is..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Innocence Committee
Lawmakers consider how to stop wrongful convictions
"...is up for consideration. On March 9, a House subcommittee on criminal procedure heard House Bill 498, San Antonio..."

March 11, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Needles Move Out of Committee
Needle-exchange bill clears first hurdle
"...it out of the Senate's Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday with just a single vote against it...."

March 4, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Committee Approves Bus Fare Hike
Raises approved for all except elderly and disabled passengers
"...effect as early as October. The Local Government Approval Committee, a grab-bag assortment of city and county officials from..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

Dying in Committee: Countin' the Days
Lege update: 119 days down, 21 to go.
"...stop counting. Today is the last day that a committee report, consent bill, or House joint resolution can be..."

May 7, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Dying in Committee, Part 4
Amputees won't get much help from the Lege this session on low insurance payouts.
"...bottom of the to-do list for his State Affairs Committee. However, the near-identical House Bill 223 managed to get..."

May 7, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Dying in Committee, Part 2
Looks like medi-pot won't be legalized this session
"...the bud? More bills are being left at the committee stage every day in the Lege, including a serious..."

May 1, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Dying in Committee, Part 1
The first casualties of the legislative session are the bills that will never be debated in the chamber.
"...through both chambers of the Lege and all their committees, it's easy to forget about the bills that never..."

May 1, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Political Action Committee Proclaims Support for Convention Center
PHAM says expansion means millions in community benefits
"...The PHAM political action committee (the acronym represents the four community interests) was organized..."

Aug. 8, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Playback: Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee: A New Campaign
Begin your write-in campaign for Poison 13 duo Tim Kerr and Mike Carroll to reunite Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee – possibly at Grizzly Hall, with Leo Rondeau opening!
"...Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee, the only Austin act with a more exhausting name..."

May 27, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

New Courthouse? Let's Form a Committee!
"There's momentum for this project. ... Don't waste that."
"...Tuesday afternoon, the court had agreed to establish a committee to take a look at the public-private partnership angle...."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Redistricting Plan Passed by Committee
Only minor changes to five-way screwing of Travis County
"...About an hour ago, the Senate Redistricting Committee passed a redistricting plan that sticks it to Travis..."

June 3, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

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