Tag Archives: Kel Seliger
‘License to Discriminate’: Texas Senate Advances Anti-LGBTQ Bill
Doctors, child care providers, counselors and other state-licensed workers who refuse to provide services based on “a sincerely held religious belief” would be protected under Senate Bill 17.
The Texas Senate on Tuesday gave its initial OK to a bill that civil rights advocates say would give state-licensed workers — including doctors, child care pr...Read More
Just When Ken Paxton Thought He Was In the Clear…
We'd reached a plateau in the long-broiling ethics scandal around Attorney General Ken Paxton. But in the last week, things are starting to heat up again....Read More
Seliger Looks to Reduce Importance of High-Stakes Tests
Proposed legislation would allow students to graduate high school without passing all of Texas' required high-stakes tests....Read More
The Increasingly Tea Party Texas Senate: Charles Perry Edition
With Charles Perry's win in Senate District 28 last night, next session's Senate is clicking into place. Boy, it's going to be a hell of a time....Read More
Texas Senate Loses Yet Another Moderate
Robert Duncan's resignation to lead the Texas Tech University System will likely tilt the Texas Senate even further to the right....Read More
Perry Vetoes Dark Money Disclosure Bill
Gov. Rick Perry vetoed his first set of bills Saturday, including SB 346, Sen. Kel Seliger’s “dark money” disclosure bill....Read More
House Hears Bill Limiting UT Regents’ Power
Sen. Kel Seliger's bill that could cut through the University of Texas System regents' current power struggle with the Legislature was heard by the House Higher...Read More
Texas Senate OKs ‘Hotter’ Waste for West Texas
Harold Simmons' West Texas radioactive waste empire got a boost today after the Texas Senate passed legislation allowing Waste Control Specialists to accept "ho...Read More