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San Angelo Standard Times
December 1, 2008
Tyler Morning Telegraph
November 30, 2008
The state budget -- $167 billion for the current two-year period -- is the only legislation they're legally required to pass. The first noticeable chink in ...
Denton Record Chronicle
November 30, 2008
Fleming said legislation covering the public interest is needed because state regulators seem unable to fold residents' concerns into the permitting process ...
Texas Observer
November 28, 2008
In 2003, the newly elected Republican majority in the
Texas Legislature decided to exercise its newfound power by attacking one of state government's most ...
LubbockOnline.com
November 28, 2008
For readers who don't follow the workings of the
Texas Legislature closely, the Senate has what is called the two-thirds rule. This means that to bring a ...
LubbockOnline.com
November 27, 2008
But on the lighter side, windstorm insurance legislation, which is expected to be a legislative priority next year, is one of those critical issues that ...
Houston Business Journal
November 26, 2008
A little-known law passed by the
Texas Legislature last year affecting computer repair technicians is stirring up a fresh wave of controversy. ...
PokerListings.com
November 26, 2008
The new bill begins with the statement that as a matter of public policy, the
Texas Legislature finds that poker is a game of skill and not a game of chance ...
Houston Press
November 26, 2008
But the
Texas Legislature's lawyers had the temerity, no the gall, to scoff at her suggestion. After all, that illustrious body didn't want to make ...
Greenville Herald-Banner
November 24, 2008
Dan Flynn of Van to consider sponsoring the legislation in the next session of the
Texas Legislature, which begins in February. Deuell responded that the ...
SFA The Pine Log Online
November 21, 2008
In 2005, the
Texas Legislature approved the position of a non-voting student regent. In accordance with the provisions of this legislation each public ...
LubbockOnline.com
November 19, 2008
Nelson, a former public school teacher who was elected to the
Texas Legislature in 1992. "We shouldn't have a facility investigating itself because that ...
Temple Daily Telegram
November 19, 2008
In addition, several bills filed in the
Texas Legislature last week address energy efficiency, including a bill that states property owners associations ...
Newspaper Tree
November 19, 2008
In El Paso, the arguments don't fly very far with most (as they so far have not in the
Texas Legislature, where most of his bills died in committee last ...
Blanco County News
November 19, 2008
By Ed Sterling
Austin - Lawmakers filed more than 500 bills November 10-14 in advance of the 81st session of the
Texas Legislature, which convenes January ...
LubbockOnline.com
November 17, 2008
The
Texas Legislature meets in regular session only 140 days during odd-numbered years. It doesn't seem too much to ask that they spend those days on the ...
Southeast Texas Record
November 17, 2008
Just as Stephenson's cases opened the door, the
Texas legal system has seen many of the most significant cases, and the
Texas Legislature has pushed ahead ...
Corsicana Daily Sun
November 16, 2008
Mills' political
career began with his election to the
Texas Legislature in 1859, as sectional tensions were mounting and disunion was imminent. ...
Austin American-Statesman
November 15, 2008
"I still think the sweet spot for environmental legislation in
Texas is in the area of renewable energy," said Rep. Mark Strama, D-
Austin , who pushed air ...
Madisonville Meteor
November 14, 2008
10, at its commissioners court meeting by approving a resolution directed at the 81st
Texas Legislature to pass legislation reÂ-garding
technology fees. ...
LubbockOnline.com
November 14, 2008
So, the
nurses, who are members of the National Nurse Organizing Committee, are asking the
Texas Legislature to lower the nurse-to-patients ratio to four, ...
Community Impact Newspaper
November 14, 2008
David Dewhurst and House Speaker Tom Craddick to form the basis for most legislation introduced during the spring session. In the 2007 session, ...
Austin American-Statesman
November 12, 2008
It's very conservative, if we allowed this, (the
Texas Legislature) would probably cut our funding." Fite said he's heard opposition from student senators ...
Weatherford Democrat
November 12, 2008
... the 81st regular session of the
Texas Legislature meets in January. King's list of planned legislation is geared heavily toward property
Tax Relief. ...
Pegasus News
November 12, 2008
Dan Flynn (R-Van) is one of many anti-immigrant pieces of legislation expected to be considered by the
Texas Legislature when it convenes next year. ...
Houston Chronicle
November 11, 2008
At 84, he's the oldest member of the
Texas Legislature, but a keen interest in politics and a knack for storytelling keep Jones young at heart. ...
Denton Record Chronicle
November 11, 2008
The bill was among more than a dozen Nelson filed during the first day of prefiling for the
Texas Legislature's 81st regular session, which begins in ...
Houston Chronicle
November 11, 2008
The 81st session of the
Texas Legislature begins at noon on Jan. 13 and must end by midnight on June 1. If the past is any guide, most of the legislation ...
El Paso Times
November 10, 2008
Over the years, Paul Moreno earned a reputation as a killer of bad legislation. He cherished that role and rarely made any serious effort to pass his own ...
El Paso Times
November 10, 2008
He arrived in the
Texas Legislature in 1967 -- long before they were born. Younger Hispanics never experienced humiliating discrimination as Paul endured ...
El Paso Times
November 10, 2008
Over the years, Paul Moreno earned a reputation as a killer of bad legislation. He cherished that role and rarely made any serious effort to pass his own ...
Community Impact Newspaper
November 8, 2008
David Dewhurst and House Speaker Tom Craddick to form the basis for most legislation introduced during the spring session. In the 2007 session, ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram
November 6, 2008
"There's no legislation in place prohibiting them from that. I think a lot of fear has been built up by right-wing radio. "There's nothing to suggest that ...
Houston Chronicle
November 6, 2008
At 84, he's the oldest member of the
Texas Legislature, but a keen interest in politics and a knack for storytelling keep Jones young at heart. ...
Bizjournals.com
November 5, 2008
Lehman says the narrowing of the Republican majority in the
Texas Legislature is a good thing, too, for the real estate industry because it means that more ...
Corpus Christi Caller Times
November 4, 2008
... stood in for him at the
Texas Legislature during his time serving overseas. One of Noriega's best-known pieces of legislation provided for in-state ...
Austin American-Statesman
November 4, 2008
A glance at some of the conservative accomplishments of the
Texas Legislature since Republicans gained the majority in 2003 and Rep. ...
San Antonio Express
November 4, 2008
Texans who are about to benefit from billions of dollars in foreign reinsurance payments - and their representatives in the
Texas Legislature -should tell ...
Jacksonville Daily Progress
November 3, 2008
By Mike McEwen In the early part of this decade the
Texas Legislature enacted the
Texas Manufactured Housing Standards Act with an eye toward protecting the ...
Dallas Morning News
November 1, 2008
Elliott Naishtat, D-
Austin, is pushing legislation that would allow
Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican who has expressed opposition to a moratorium, ...