Dennis Bonnen Archives - The Texas Observer

Most Recent in Politics:

1Texans Could Soon Be Jailed for Flying Drones over Oil Facilities, Animal Factory Farms

2Texas Bill Could Send People to Jail for Driving a Woman to an Abortion, Lawmaker Says

3Bathroom Wars Prove Dan Patrick’s Dominance over Texas Legislature

4After Freedom Caucus Kills Her Legislation, Lawmaker Announces Anti-‘Lunch Shaming’ Campaign

5Two Blatant Lies from Governor Greg Abbott’s ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Op-Ed

6Two North Texas Evangelicals Ask: Who Would Jesus Deport?

Most Recent in Environment:

1Texans Could Soon Be Jailed for Flying Drones over Oil Facilities, Animal Factory Farms

2Endangered Science

3After Eight-Year Battle Over Reforming the Railroad Commission, Oil and Gas Industry Wins

4Bill Aims to Protect Communities of Color from Polluting Concrete Facilities

5For Texas Pronghorn, an Unusual 500-Mile Journey

6Lawmaker Hopes Bill Will Encourage Legislature to End Shady Accounting Practice

Most Recent in Border:

1Activists: Greg Abbott’s SB 4 Pitch to Univision Viewers is ‘Nothing But Lies’

2On Mother’s Day, Hundreds Protest Senate Bill 4 at Governor’s Mansion

3Texas Lege on Farmworker Housing Crisis: Better Luck Next Time

4Texas Senate Votes to License ‘Baby Jails’ as Child Care Facilities

5Without Notice, Texas Governor Greg Abbott Signs ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Ban on Facebook Live

6Controversial ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Ban Headed to Texas Governor’s Desk, Will Likely Become Law

Most Recent in Criminal Justice:

1Texans Could Soon Be Jailed for Flying Drones over Oil Facilities, Animal Factory Farms

2Texas Bill Could Send People to Jail for Driving a Woman to an Abortion, Lawmaker Says

3Two Blatant Lies from Governor Greg Abbott’s ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Op-Ed

4Traffic Ticketing Program That Feeds Debtors’ Prison Pipeline May Be in its Final Year

5Activists: Greg Abbott’s SB 4 Pitch to Univision Viewers is ‘Nothing But Lies’

6Sandra Bland Act Passes Senate Unanimously After Key Provisions Dropped

Most Recent in Education:

1After Freedom Caucus Kills Her Legislation, Lawmaker Announces Anti-‘Lunch Shaming’ Campaign

2Texas’ ‘Lunch Shaming’ Problem and the Fight to Fix It

3CPS Caseworker: Lawmakers Are ‘Shifting the Blame’ by Privatizing Child Welfare System

4‘Academic Freedom’ Bill Provides Cover to Teach Creationism, Climate Denial in Classrooms

5‘Another Book, Another Month, Another Day Closer to You’

6Dan Patrick Offers Vouchers as Solution to Special Ed Failures that He Helped Create

Most Recent in Health Care:

1Texas Bill Could Send People to Jail for Driving a Woman to an Abortion, Lawmaker Says

2Abandoning ‘Women’s Health’ Claims, Texas House Approves Wide-Ranging Anti-Abortion Bill

3CPS Caseworker: Lawmakers Are ‘Shifting the Blame’ by Privatizing Child Welfare System

4Texas Is Seeking Trump’s Approval of its Planned Parenthood Ban. Will Other States Follow?

5We Were the Safety Net

6Sandra Bland Act Passes Senate Unanimously After Key Provisions Dropped

Most Recent in The Interview:

1The Interview: Joaquin Castro Says Texas Democrats are Poised for a Comeback

2The Interview: Beto O’Rourke on Trump, the Border and How to Revive the Democratic Party

3The Interview: Tom ‘Smitty’ Smith

4The Interview: Lupe Valdez

5The Interview: Paul Quinn College’s Michael Sorrell

6The Interview: Judge John Dietz on Texas’ School Finance Crisis

Most Recent in Books:

1We Were the Safety Net

2‘Cornyation’ Celebrates San Antonio’s Most Fabulous Fiesta Tradition

3Valeria Luiselli’s ‘Tell Me How It Ends’ Is the First Must-Read Book of the Trump Era

4In the Age of Trump, the First All-Latino Sci-Fi Anthology Hits too Close to Home

5In ‘Blue Texas,’ a Historical Blueprint for Texas Activists

6Austin Writer Ed Ward Celebrates the Black Musicians Who Made Rock

Most Recent in Postcards:

5Feathering Their Nest

6The Business of Burying Horses

Most Recent in Essay:

1Going It Alone

2The Observer’s Founding Editor: ‘Bring the Fight Back’ to Texas Politics

3A Texan’s Political Guide to Resisting Trump

4The Resistance Against Donald Trump Begins in Texas

5What a 1940 Novel Can Teach Us About Fighting Trump

6A Single Mom’s Search for ‘School Choice’ in Texas

Most Recent in Eye on Texas:

1Eye on Texas: Runners Take on 170-Mile Race in Big Bend

2Eye on Texas: Liberty Hill Hosts Texas Firearms Festival

3Eye on Texas: TX Open Swim

4Eye on Texas: Blessing of the Hands in San Antonio

5Eye on Texas: Austin’s Chapels

6Eye on Texas: Portico Tejas

Most Recent in Poetry:

2Poem: ‘Resistance’

3Poem: ‘Screenplay for a Homemade Movie’

4Poem: ‘To Be One with the All’

5Poem: ‘Whitewashing’

6Poem: ‘Rice and Beans’

Tag Archives: Dennis Bonnen

by Christopher Hooks

Bonnen to Patrick: You Shall Not Pass (Property Tax Cuts)

Wed, May 13, 2015 |

As we enter the final stages of the Legislative session, the House and Senate are battling over two poorly constructed and faulty tax cut packages. Furthering ...Read More

Dan Bonnen

by Christopher Hooks

The House and Senate Get Ready to Brawl Over Tax Cuts

Mon, Apr 13, 2015 |

The House & Senate have very different plans for tax cuts — and both sides are getting ready for significant policy fight in the closing weeks of the lege...Read More

Dennis Bonnen

House OKs Enormous Border Security Bill

Wed, Mar 18, 2015 |

After four hours of debate on almost 50 amendments, the House passed, on an initial vote, a comprehensive border security bill by Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton...Read More

Sundown on the Sunset Commission? TPPF Floats the Proposal

by Beth Cortez-Neavel

1 Comment | Fri, Jan 11, 2013

The panel, "Should Texas Sunset the Sunset Commission?" asked an apparently pressing question on the minds at TPPF, but hardly anybody else's....Read More

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace

by Patrick Michels

Leave a comment | Fri, May 4, 2007

Texas leads the country in air pollution, hazardous waste, mercury contamination, carbon dioxide emissions, and any number of other ways you might measure a sic...Read More

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