At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, R-Kerrville, a 2014 candidate for comptroller, talked about how he’d make the biennial revenue estimate more accurate.
83rd Legislative Session
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TribLive: Hilderbran on Combs
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, R-Kerrville, a 2014 candidate for comptroller, assessed the performance of the current occupant of the job, Susan Combs.
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Energy
With or Without $2 Billion, Water Woes Unlikely to Go Away
Whether or not Texas voters approve Proposition 6, which would take $2 billion from the state’s savings account to use for water financing, the state has a long way to go in dealing with its water deficit.
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TribLive: Staples on Why He’s Running
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples explained why he decided to run for lieutenant governor in 2014.
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Tommy Williams Hired by Texas A&M University System
UPDATED: Former state Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, has officially joined the Texas A&M University System as its new vice chancellor of federal and state relations.
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Transportation
TribuneFest: All Transportation is Local
At the Trib’s Oct. 17 symposium on transportation at Southern Methodist University, Aman Batheja sat down with Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins; Tarrant County Commissioner Gary Fickes; John Langmore, vice chairman of Austin’s Capitol Metropolitan Transportation Authority board; and former U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, chief of public engagement for VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio.
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Public Education
Hot Seat: A Conversation With Duncan, Frullo and Springer
At our 10/23 Hot Seat conversation at the Texas Tech University, state Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, and state Reps. John Frullo, R-Lubbock, and Drew Springer, R-Muenster, talked about water, transportation, public education and other issues in play in the 83rd session.
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Transportation
TribuneFest: Transportation and the 83rd Legislature
At the Trib’s Oct. 17 symposium on transportation at Southern Methodist University, I sat down with four members of the House Transportation Committee: Chairman Larry Phillips, R-Sherman, and state Reps. Cindy Burkett, R-Sunnyvale, Linda Harper-Brown, R-Irving, and Joe Pickett, D-El Paso.
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Ritter Retiring From Texas House
After nearly 15 years in the Texas House, state Rep. Allan Ritter, R-Nederland, announced his retirement on Friday.
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State Government
TribuneFest: A Conversation With Joe Straus
Full video of Jay Root’s one-on-one with Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, at the 2013 Texas Tribune Festival.
