The Texas House today passed a bill allowing Texas Department of Transportation to study whether to increase the speed limit on certain highways to 85 miles per hour. See how the state compares with this interactive map.
Your afternoon reading: Lawmaker finds extra money for schools; redistricting gets under way; Nolan Ryan lends support to Todd Staples
Competing rallies on Wednesday provided a stark backdrop to the House vs. Senate tug-of-war playing out in the Capitol.
Your afternoon reading: Tea Party presses senators on budget; hospital tax quietly floated; Senate approves DNA testing bill
House Republicans may be inching toward a compromise on the billions of dollars they just voted to slash from the state budget.
Your afternoon reading: Supreme Court stays first execution set to use new drug; Senate rejects House's voter ID bill; Leppert cites "positive conversations" with Cornyn
Generally, committee meetings are open to the public and recorded — one way or another.
The gulf between the House and Senate over budget cuts may be widening.
Feral hogs are a fast-growing — and destructive — problem. Does that mean recreational hunters in helicopters should shoot them?
Your afternoon reading: more budget debate highlights; Texas among states to watch in 2012; redistricting battle pits Lamar Smith against Joe Barton
The House did its dance over the weekend, passing a stark $164.5 billion budget. Here are some highlights.
For the latest installment of our nonscientific survey of political and policy insiders, we asked how the state's top leaders are doing so far this session and which lawmakers — and which freshmen lawmakers — are standing out, for better or for worse.
Your afternoon reading: abortion enters budget debate; close vote cuts millions from Arts Commission; Republicans practicing "tough love," they say
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In the House budget battle, it's two bills down, one to go. But this one's a doozy.
