Questions That'll Be Answered in 2011

Texas alternates election years with governing years, with legislative sessions set in the odd-numbered years after voters choose their leaders. There are variations, but it’s got a rhythm to it: Choose them, watch them govern, choose, watch. The elections are behind us (and ahead), and it’s time to see what this particular bunch will do in office.

Will the legislative session starting Jan. 11 really be all that different? Most soothsayers and gray-hairs in Austin think it’s going to be a bloody mess. If this were an ancient mariner’s map, it would have scary drawings around ...

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