Tag Archives: Phil King
House Moves to Protect State Officials From the Public Integrity Unit
For years, Texas Republicans have aimed to weaken the Travis County DAs Public Integrity Unit. On Tuesday, they got one step closer....Read More
Lawmakers Consider a De Facto Ban on Abortion for Minors
After passing one of the most extreme anti-abortion laws in the country in 2013, conservative lawmakers have filed at least four bills this session targeting a ...Read More
Committee Hears Bill to Allow Ken Paxton to Toss Local Ballot Initiatives
A bill authored by state Rep. Phil King (R-Weatherford) would allow the attorney general to disallow local ballot initiatives at his discretion....Read More
Texas Legislators Put Forward Plan to Amend U.S. Constitution
Upset with "a hundred years" of "congressional misbehavior," six state reps held a press conference Wednesday to call for changes to the U.S. Constitution....Read More
House Committee Pledges to do Very Little About ‘Frackquakes’
If the first meeting of a House subcommittee on frackquakes is any indication, the Lege plans to ask nicely that the oil and gas industries do better....Read More
WTF Friday: Primaries and Other Scams
The frantic last week before Tuesday's primary election has been a truly rich pageant of WTF in Texas politics. Just this morning Barry Smitherman promised to f...Read More
House Passes Ethics Commission Bill with New Requirements Tacked On
A sunset bill for the Texas Ethics Commission tentatively passed through the House Monday evening, with a few ethics reform bills tacked on as amendments....Read More
House Endorses Prison Closures, Re-Entry Programs
On Saturday morning, the House showed just how far the criminal justice debate in Texas has come. The House passed SB 213, the sunset bill for the Texas Depa...Read More
Texas House Advances Big-Dollar Water Fund Bill
Amid worsening drought, the House overwhelmingly approved a plan to seed the state water plan with $2 billion today....Read More