The Makeup of the Lege, From Education to Employment
If state lawmakers in the 83rd legislative session ever need legal representation, they will not have to look far; nearly a third of their colleagues are lawyers. If they want a tutorial on newfangled technology, they will have help — the Legislature, with its dozens of new members, is getting increasingly youthful, according to research of legislative records.
And as the 180 current legislators prepare for debates over higher education spending and accountability, they will bring varied experiences to the table: Nearly one-third of them went to a private college or university, and nearly two-thirds went to public schools. Four went ...
Comments (3)
Stefan Haag
This information is helpful, but is there a spreadsheet with each legislator and his or her characteristics that you could post so that interested people could be better informed about the members of the Texas legislature?
Gritsforbreakfast
Stefan beat me to it: How 'bout that spreadsheet?
WUSRPH
Helfpul...but it would be more helpful if next time you do this you give us a better exmple of what kind of business--i.e.--small, large, corporate, owner, employee, etc. and the same for the type of law being practiced---civil defense, civil plantiff, criminal defense, etc.