Jane Nelson: I’m mad some think I want to harm ethics commission
Michael Quinn Sullivan When the Texas Senate unveiled its base budget proposal Tuesday, eyebrows raised when prominent conservative activist Michael Quinn Sullivan was among the first to notice that...
View ArticleLBB recommends shoring up health plan for retired teachers, success measures...
The Legislative Budget Board on Friday recommended that Texas lawmakers shore up the health insurance plan for retired teachers by increasing state, retiree and school district contributions. The...
View ArticleHegar ‘shocked and utterly embarrassed’ about condition of facilities
Update 3:50 p.m. on Feb. 4: A day after Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar told Senate budget writers he was “shocked and utterly embarrassed” about the condition of his 20-plus field offices, bipartisan...
View ArticleSenate budget writers bemoan escalating state debt
Senate budget writers on Wednesday bemoaned escalating state and local debt, although who’s to blame and how big of a deal it really is emerged as points of contention during the in-depth discussion....
View ArticleCost of waiving tuition for veterans could grow to $2 billion
Senate budget writers on Thursday gawked at the exponential cost projections of a state law that waives tuition for veterans and their families at any of the state’s public higher education...
View ArticleOtto filing bill to fund retired teacher health care
House Appropriations Chairman John Otto, R-Dayton. Updated 6:35 p.m.: The Texas House’s lead budget writer filed legislation Monday that would fully fund a state health care plan covering more than...
View ArticleThe saber and the compass: Can Greg Abbott save pre-K from the tea party...
Good morning Austin: I arrived midday yesterday at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s grand opening of its grand, new, six-story, 41,000-square-foot building at 901 Congress Avenue, only 352 yards...
View ArticleKafka’s Law: `You never look good arresting disabled people ‘
Good morning Austin: Shortly after ten last night, 15 advocates for the disabled and the attendants who serve them, many of them in wheelchairs, were charged with criminal trespass for refusing to...
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