House Speaker Joe Straus has released the interim charges that will direct the work of the lower chamber’s legislative committees for the next 11 months — and lawmakers will be busy.
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Campaign Roundup: The Week’s Political News
State campaign news, candidate announcements, retirements and rumors from the past week.
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Higher Education
Higher Ed Oversight Committee’s First Hearing Set
Since it was created in May, little has been heard from the Legislature’s Joint Oversight Committee on Higher Education Governance, Excellence and Transparency. But today, its first public hearing was set for Wednesday, Sept. 21.
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State Government
Woolley Won’t Seek Re-election to House
State Rep. Beverly Woolley, R-Houston, says her current term — her ninth — will be her last; she’s not running for re-election next year.
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Guides
Texplainer: Who’s Next in Line to Be Governor?
Hey, Texplainer: Who becomes governor if both Rick Perry and David Dewhurst are elected to other offices? Citizens, meet state Sen. Mike Jackson.
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Health care
Perry Throws His Weight Around Lege and Comes Out a Winner
Gov. Rick Perry may or may not try to become the leader of what was once called the free world. In the meantime, he has cemented his reputation as one of the most powerful governors ever to walk the corridors of the Texas Capitol.
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State Government
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 86
This week on the TribCast, Ross, Reeve, Emily, and Julian discuss the theatrics of the end of the special session and look forward to the interim.
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State Government
The End Game: Special Session Wraps Up Today
The House couldn’t get the votes it needed to suspend the rules to take up the TSA anti-groping bill before the clock runs out today.
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Politics
The Brief: June 27, 2011
Will they or won’t they? That’s the question lawmakers, who seem to have met for a matter of minutes in the waning days of the special legislative session, face today on a series of controversial measures Gov. Rick Perry added to the call.
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State Government
Updated: Straus Calls TSA Bill “Publicity Stunt”
The House appears set on passing a non-binding TSA anti-groping resolution, instead of Rep. David Simpson’s bill. Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says a Senate committee will hear the upper chamber’s version of the bill on Monday.