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Rick Perry May Be Speaking Softly but Wielding a Veto Pen This Session
May 01, 2013 in Hair Balls
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AG Greg Abbott Bans Same-Sex Benefits In Cities, Counties & School Districts, Sorta
April 29, 2013 in Hair Balls
Greg Abbott doesn't like it at all.Attorney General Greg Abbott, in an ironic twist of timing, has struck down the ability of cities, counties and school districts to offer domestic...
Diplomas for Everyone! Sen. Patrick Wants New School Curriculum Even If the Classes Don't Exist...Yet
April 17, 2013 in Hair Balls
Genovevo Salinas: Supreme Court Weighs Fifth Amendment Rights in Houston Murder Case
April 17, 2013 in Hair Balls
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Dan Patrick Tries An End-Run On His Plan To Give Texas Students Taxpayer-Funded Scholarships To Private & Parochial Schools
April 10, 2013 in Hair Balls
Dan Patrick has a plan.Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, is determined to get his taxpayer-funded scholarship bill through the Senate, and he's even willing to scale it back to do so. Patrick,...
North Forest ISD's Hopes to Avoid HISD Merger Vanishing Quickly
April 01, 2013 in Hair Balls
State Rep. Harold Dutton Makes a Powerful, But (of Course) Ineffective, Speech to His Colleagues on Educating Black Males (VIDEO)
March 27, 2013 in Hair Balls
TEA Head: Final Decision on Charter Providers for Troubled North Forest ISD Rests with HISD
March 25, 2013 in Hair Balls
Beer Nuts: State Alcoholic Beverage Laws Front and Center with Lege This Week
March 20, 2013 in Hair Balls
North Forest ISD Makes One More Appeal to State to Stay Alive
March 15, 2013 in Hair Balls
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Ex-NFLer Scott Turner, Now a State Rep, Wants Tougher Penalities for First-Time DWI Offenders
March 13, 2013 in Hair Balls
Scott Turner wants to get even tougher on first-time DWI defendants.New state Representative Scott Turner, R-Rockwall, lent a certain amount of star power to a bill Rep. Bill Callegari, R-Katy,...
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State Rep Harold Dutton Again Looks to Soften Jail-Cramming Marijuana Penalties
March 13, 2013 in Hair Balls
Another try for Dutton's weed bill.Rep. Harold Dutton's efforts to minimize the criminal penalties on the possession of the smallest amount of marijuana got a mixed reception in the...
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Gays in the Boy Scouts: Texas Elected Officials Are Signing on to Say Hell No
March 04, 2013 in Hair Balls
The Boy Scouts are figuring out where they stand.A conservative group called "Texas Values" is taking a new approach in the battle to make sure that no Lone Star boy...
Follow the Money: Financial Reports Released on Alvarado, Garcia on Eve of Runoff
February 28, 2013 in Hair Balls
Charter-Friendly HISD Doesn't Like Sen. Dan Patrick's Charter School Bill
February 21, 2013 in Hair Balls
Stabbing Victim Margarita Sanchez Credits Legal Aid with Saving Her Life at Austin Press Conference Today
February 20, 2013 in Hair Balls
Texas Starts the Debate Whether to Take Obamacare's Medicaid Money
February 19, 2013 in Hair Balls
The Texas Lege To Tackle Sex Education Again: Grab Some Popcorn And Get A Good Seat
February 08, 2013 in Hair Balls
Bill Raises Stakes On School-District Accountability
February 07, 2013 in Hair Balls
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Legislators Propose Tax Districts to Fight School Crime, Guns & Violence
January 23, 2013 in Hair Balls
Back to school specials.....Three Houston lawmakers are proposing the creation of school district crime control districts, new taxing entities that can fund additional security measures or free up dollars for...
Roe v. Wade, 40 Years On: Rick Perry Still Carries The Battle Flag
January 22, 2013 in Hair Balls
Remember the Alamo: $1.6 Million Added to State Budget for the State Landmark
January 21, 2013 in Hair Balls
Texas Public School Bible Courses Sparsely Offered, Poorly Taught
January 17, 2013 in Hair Balls
Dean of Senate John Whitmire Praised for 40 Years of Service
January 15, 2013 in Hair Balls
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Texas Legislature Opens Amid Protests from Texas Secessionists
January 09, 2013 in Hair Balls
Texas nationalists protest outside of the state capitol.Certainly no first day of a Texas legislative session would be complete without the appearance of the Texas secessionist movement. The nationalism movement in...
