When money was tight two years ago, the state’s top budget writers employed cutbacks and accounting tricks to balance the budget. Money is flowing again, but the budget folks are still finding it easy to say no.
Austin
Posted in
State Government
Medicaid Expansion in Spotlight as Session Heats Up
Will Texas expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act? That’s the $100 billion question this session at the Capitol, where supporters of federal health care reform may be gaining traction.
Posted in
State Government
Newsreel: State of the State
In this edition in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: Gov. Rick Perry delivered his State of the State address this week. It was big on large-scale spending, but didn’t touch hot-button issues like abortion, immigration or gun control. Anti-abortion advocates rallied on the steps of the state Capitol. And U.S. Representative Roger Williams raised his Second Amendment banner.
Posted in
Politics
Searching for Clues in Perry’s State of the State
The governor stayed away from social issues and some obvious hot-button topics in his State of the State speech this week. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a political speech.
Posted in
Transportation
TxDOT Considers Outsourcing IT
The Texas Department of Transportation is taking proposals for privatizing its information technology system, part of a larger movement by the agency toward outsourcing many of its functions.
Posted in
Energy
Bills Aim to Douse HOAs’ Xeriscaping Restrictions
Texas homeowners associations often require members to keep plush lawns. But some are easing their rules as the drought continues, and two Texas lawmakers have introduced legislation to prevent the groups from restricting xeriscaping.
Posted in
State Government
Video: Democrats Respond to Gov. Perry’s State of the State Address
Texas Democratic legislators respond to Gov. Rick Perry’s seventh State of the State address on Tuesday.
Posted in
State Government
Video: State of the State Address
Full video of Gov. Rick Perry’s seventh State of the State address.
Posted in
State Government
Governor Readies State of the State Address No. 7
For the seventh time since he became governor in 2000, Gov. Rick Perry will appear before a joint session of the Texas Senate and House on Tuesday to deliver his biennial State of the State speech.
Posted in
State Government
Video: Hundreds Crowd Capitol to “Rally for Life”
The state’s Republican leaders each took turns at the microphone on Saturday afternoon to rouse what Gov. Rick Perry called a record crowd at the annual Texas Rally for Life.
