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Mental Health Care Bill Passes Out of Senate Health and Human Services Committee
(Pictured: Jane Nelson)
One of the emergency items Governor Abbott laid out in his 2019 State of the State Address was mental health care, in...
Senate Property Tax Reform Bill Passes Out of Committee
(Pictured: Paul Bettencourt)
In the State of the State Address, Governor Abbott listed property tax reform as one of his six emergency items for the...
Early Voting Has Ended in the Texas House District 125 Special Election
Early voting has concluded in the special election for Texas House District 125 located in San Antonio. As of Friday, February 8th, 3,490 voters had cast ballots in District 125, about 3.5 percent of the district’s nearly 101,057 registered voters.
Here's to the Losers: How Incumbents Spent Millions to Lose in 2018
With the final campaign finance reports for the 2018 election cycle turned in three weeks ago, Texas residents can now have a better idea...
Follow the Freshmen: Campaign Finances and the Sprint to Session
Second in an occasional series
Reform Austin has reported extensively on the nexus of special interest campaign money and its impact on state legislation. Millions of...
Governor Abbott's 2019 State of the State Recap
Earlier this morning, Governor Greg Abbott gave his biennial State of the State Address from the Texas Capitol. The State of the State Address...
8-DAY FILING FOR SPECIAL ELECTION IN HOUSE DISTRICT 125
With Election Day a week away, the Texas Ethics Commission recently released the four candidates’ 8-day campaign finance filings, the last required report before the February 12th election.
Follow the Freshmen: New Legislators Seek to Make Mark Filing Bills
First in an occasional series
The 86th session of the Texas Legislature welcomed 34 new members last month, with 28 members sworn into the Texas House...
New Member Profile: Peter "Art" Fierro (D – El Paso)
On Tuesday night, Chairman of the El Paso Community College Board of Trustees Peter “Art” Fierro was declared the winner of the Texas House District 79 special election. It was a low turnout election and Fierro avoided a runoff by 157 votes. Here's who Fierro is and an analysis of his campaign finances.
First House Public Education Committee Hearing Recap
(Pictured: Mike Morath)
AUSTIN, TX - The Texas House of Representatives Public Education Committee held the first hearing of the 86th Regular Session on Wednesday,...
