Emily Mathis
House Passes Budget As Session Deadline Nears
Hot List: Day 137 of the Legislature
The session adjourns on Monday, but the big question on everyone's lips at the Capitol is: Will there be a special session? Read More
No Sweat: Water Fund Resolution Passes the House
After a short debate, Senate Joint Resolution 1 easily in the House, letting voters approve creating a fund for state water planning projects. Read More
Hot List: Day 133 of the Texas Legislature
It's one week left of the Legislature, and lawmakers are cramming last-minute laws into the session like it's the night before their final exams. Read More
Guv for Life: Why the Texas House Ran Away from Term Limits
If 80 percent of Texans support enacting term limits on office holders, that's a staggering number of voters that were outright ignored yesterday in the House with the failure of this resolution. Read More
Hot List: Day 126 of the Legislature
The focus in the House today is prevention of wrongful convictions. Read More
Hot List: Day 120 of the Legislature
After a heck of a battle, the session's biggest education bill, HB 5, has finally passed in the Senate. Read More
Hot List: Day 115 of the Legislature
The House Committee of Homeland Security and Public Safety met yesterday to begin legislative investigation into the recent West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion disaster. Read More
Hot List: Day 109 of the Legislature
The House will vote on an $875 million state spending bill today. Read More
‘Only One Life’: Confronting LGBTQ Discrimination in the Workplace
Reps. Johnson and Villarreal authored duplicate bills, HB 238 and HB 1146, that would propose to prohibit workplace discrimination against LGBTQ employees. Read More