Pleas from lawmakers failed to ward off an immediate third special session on transportation.
Transportation
Reporting on roads, transit, infrastructure, and policy shaping travel and mobility across the state, from The Texas Tribune.
Posted in
State Government
The Evening Brief: July 30, 2013
Your evening reading: Perry calls third special session; debate over Capitol confiscations continues; Abbott calls White House’s voting rights push a scheme to turn Texas blue.
Posted in
State Government
Perry Calls Third Special Session, Focuses on Transportation Funding
UPDATED: Just over an hour after lawmakers ended their second 30-day special session of the year, Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday called lawmakers back for a third one, with transportation funding the only issue on the agenda.
Posted in
State Government
The Brief: July 30, 2013
A major blow to a transportation plan has left the Legislature teetering on the edge of a third special session.
Posted in
Transportation
Transportation Funding Bill Fails in House
A compromise transportation funding plan failed 84-40 in the House on Monday afternoon amid bipartisan opposition. Gov. Rick Perry quickly criticized those who voted against the measure but did not say if he would call a third special session.
Posted in
Transportation
Pickett: House, Senate Negotiators Agree on Road Funding Deal
UPDATED: Key negotiators in the House and Senate finalized a deal on Saturday to boost funding for transportation, according to a lawmaker involved in the talks. Now backers of the plan will have to rally enough lawmakers to vote for it.
Posted in
Transportation
Legislators Considering Compromise Road Plan
UPDATED: Amid ongoing negotiations over transportation funding plans, members of the House sent a new proposal to the Senate on Friday afternoon that could break the logjam.
Posted in
Transportation
TxDOT to Convert Some South and West Texas Roads to Gravel
More than 80 miles of roads in West and South Texas will be converted to gravel, state transportation officials announced Thursday. Officials cited a funding shortfall and the impact of the current drilling boom in making the decision.
Posted in
Transportation
With Time Running Short, Lawmakers Scramble on Road Plan
With less than a week left in the current special session and lawmakers anxious to go home, negotiators reached an impasse over transportation funding, prompting the governor to threaten to call a third session if more time is needed.
Posted in
Transportation
House and Senate to Negotiate TxDOT Funding Compromise
The Senate met briefly Friday to pave the way for negotiations to begin with the House over the details of a plan that would increase transportation funding by nearly $1 billion a year. The goal is for both chambers to pass the same measure next week.