Texas is summoning all of its political firepower to do battle against the Environmental Protection Agency. A newly announced task force of state and federal lawmakers will try to prevent the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases and abolishing the state’s flexible permitting system for refineries and other big plants.
March 2011
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State Government
Anchia: “It’s About Fewer People Voting”
State Rep. Rafael Anchia, (D) Dallas, expresses his concerns for the Voter ID bill.
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Guides
Texplainer: Why Is the Capitol’s Pink Dome So Shiny?
That’s what 1,200 gallons of fresh paint will do for a dome.
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State Government
Point of Order Derails Voter ID
Democrats stop Voter ID bill on a point of order. The bill now goes back to committee to fix before GOP returns it to Texas House.
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State Government
Voter ID On Hold in House [Updated]
One word in the voter ID bill brought debate in the Texas House to a halt today, postponing passage of the measure — one of Gov. Rick Perry’s emergency items — for at least a couple of days.
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The Midday Brief: Top Texas Headlines for March 21, 2011
Your afternoon reading: Democrat’s procedural objection sustained, ending voter ID debate for the day; National Review on Tom Leppert
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The Brief: Top Texas News for March 21, 2011
With voter ID set to hit the House floor today, how hard will Democrats fight?
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Higher Education
Lawmakers’ Concerns Linger After Changes at UT System
After running a gantlet of concerned legislators, Gene Powell, the chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents, took steps last week to assuage concerns over his direction of the system.
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State Government
Anglo Democratic Lawmakers: From Endangered to Protected Species?
Anglo Democrats — an endangered species when the political mapmakers were working in 2001 — might be a protected species this year. Many of them represent districts full of minority voters they say are protected from disruptive redistricting.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: The Rainy Day Fund Deal Will…
For the latest installment of our nonscientific survey of political and policy insiders, we asked whether the full Legislature will go along with a deal to tap the Rainy Day Fund and about how the budget process will finally work out.
