The Texas Capitol has been full of protesters and demonstrators off and on for the last month as lawmakers considered abortion legislation. And activists on both sides fight have put some R-rated signs in the hands of children.
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Higher Education
TRBs Ready to Move Forward, if Perry Allows It
Legislators appear ready and willing to approve billions in tuition revenue bonds — or “TRBs” — for campus construction projects, but only if Gov. Rick Perry will let them.
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Criminal Justice
Transportation, Criminal Justice Bills Headed to Full Senate
The Senate could vote as early as next week on transportation funding and criminal justice measures that died in the first special session. Those measures were quickly approved Tuesday by two Senate committees.
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Health care
How Activists Yelled an Abortion Bill to Death
When efforts by state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, and other Senate Democrats to run out the clock on an abortion bill fell short, protesters made enough noise to grind the Senate chamber to a halt.
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State Government
For Dewhurst, a Critical Failure With a Large Audience
The state’s lieutenant governor was hoping the special session would revive his support among conservatives. It might have done exactly the opposite.
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Politics
Most Action in Senate on Session’s Final Day
The last day of the special session could see a Senate filibuster of abortion legislation and the final actions on transportation funding and criminal justice measures.
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Politics
Newsreel: Polls, Schools and the End in Sight
This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: The end of the special session is in sight, the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune polls are out and a judge says new school finance litigation case will begin in January.
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Transportation
Guest Column: The Wrong Route to Road Funding
Lawmakers are considering a creative and innovative proposal for highway funding, but it’s the wrong way to go.
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Health care
Anti-Abortion Bills Back on the Table
UPDATED: The House State Affairs Committee did not vote on an omnibus abortion bill after more than nine hours of testimony. Opponents of the measure say the abrupt end to the hearing may open the door to killing it.
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With Session Almost Over, Nothing is Complete
The proverbial fat lady hasn’t sung yet, but she is backstage, warming up. And Texas lawmakers haven’t completed work on any of the legislation they came to enact.