Texas Motion Picture Alliance plans live webcast of their Las Colinas-based North Texas regional meeting
The film lobby's legislative agenda will be discussed, and you can watch the action in your bathrobe. (Or whatever.)
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008
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The film lobby's legislative agenda will be discussed, and you can watch the action in your bathrobe. (Or whatever.)
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008
You can wear black or white, but not both. (If I'm reading this correctly...)
Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008
... at the Studio Movie Grill in Addison.
Last year they pushed a film incentive program through the state legislature. What's next? (Attend the meeting to find out.)
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Sexually-oriented business makes its first six-figure payment even as it challenges the consitutionality of Texas' new sin tax.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Hear legislative priorities and predictions for the 2009 session from Sen. Bob Deuell and Reps. Joe Driver and Barbara Mallory Caraway.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Other North Texas officeholders involved in similar schemes
Texas Ethics Commission imposed a $10,000 fine against former Republican Representative Toby Goodman of Arlington.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Congressman Sam Johnson to Present Award During a Special Ceremony on Monday, March 24.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Since John Carona chairs the Transportation Committee, he has the means to expedite such things.
Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008
There are many poor Texans for whom pre-paid cell phones are their only means of communication.
Friday, Feb. 1, 2008
The Deep Ellum office is located at 2612 Main Street in Dallas.
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008
To be fair, he was easily beat by even bigger spenders in the state including Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst and Attorney General Greg Abbott.
Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008
... says assistant DA.
Meanwhile, Austin's Travis County is moving ahead with provisions of the new law.
Monday, Dec. 31, 2007
Owners say Texas Constitution mandates money from new surcharge go to public schools.
Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007
Sessions secured a seasonal session with several seniors.
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007
Texas Secretary of State Phil Wilson will announce the winner on Wednesday, Oct. 31.
Monday, Oct. 29, 2007
Six Republicans and one Democrat hope to replace Anna Mowery in Nov. 6 election.
Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007
There were only six votes on which the legislators could be judged. What the heck happened to all of the rest of the pro-environment legislation? The answer, by and large, is that it languished in committee and died. Meanwhile, Rep. Lon Burnam of Fort Worth aced the test.
Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007
The owners of dogs that attack human beings can now be labeled "criminally negligent."
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007
The deadline for schools to apply for a Texas Fitness Now grant is Oct. 1.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
What did Texas prosecutors think about the 80th Texas Legislature? For $100 you can find out at a legislative update from the Texas District and County Attorneys Association near you.
Monday, July 23, 2007
The Dallas Morning News asked Dallas area state legislators "In what way did you make the biggest impact, what was the Legislature's biggest accomplishment for the state and for your district, and what was your biggest regret?"
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
"One of the worst of Perry's vetoes."
Friday, June 22, 2007
Perry's justification of the veto was contradictory.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Texas Monthly has their venerable list. Scott Henson adds his own.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Here you have it - the 60 second version of 140 days of politicking.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
If the athlete looks like this guy, don't waste any of that $3 million budget on testing him/her.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
In counties like Dallas, which recently had to release 700 inmates under orders from the Commission on Jail Standards, law enforcement is desperate for tools to manage jail populations, and the easiest way to do that, just like in the prison system, is to reserve incarceration for more serious offenders.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Add it all up and criminal justice funding in the 80th Texas budget will cost taxpayers $17 billion, with a "B," in the next biennium.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Several new rules just took effect at the Texas Youth Commission that have received little attention and surprisingly no public comment since they were proposed in April.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Marlin will become Texas' next prison town thanks to a combination of actions by the 80th Texas Legislature.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
After a discussion over the weekend with Grits commenters about whether it was appropriate for legislators to claim to have "fixed" the Texas Youth Commission, I thought I'd take a closer look at what WAS done in SB 103, the main TYC reform legislation
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Scott Henson has put together an analysis of votes on the key criminal justice and civil liberties issues facing the state over on Grits For Breakfast.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
I keep putting off analyzing the good and bad legislation from the 80th Texas Legislature for two reasons: The Governor could still veto good bills, and the bad ones (which are all nearly certain to become law) make me too depressed to think about.
Monday, June 4, 2007
It ain't over 'til it's funded. And now it's over. (Almost.)
First, you get the bill; then you get the money.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
On Monday, the bill for passed with a 104-4 vote.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Sine Die is today, the final day of the 80th Texas Legislature.
Monday, May 28, 2007
In an effort to salvage some of the legislation that died waiting for a floor vote in the Texas House, the Texas Observer blog lets us know that Sen. John Whitmire got his SB 838 (discussed here on Grits) amended to another bill.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Just five days left in the 80th Texas Legislature - at this time of year it's routine to watch public policy proposals people have worked on for months or years stall out in a matter of moments, and that includes some of the positive legislation I've been tracking on Grits.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Well, it's not the statewide permission for local governments to approve needle exchanges that Senator Deuell and the Texas Senate wanted, but the Texas House approved an amendment to SB 10 this afternoon to allow Bexar County to operate a pilot needle exchange program.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
"Do rights matter if you don't know about them?," asks Robert Guest, a criminal defense attorney in Kaufman County and former prosecutor at I Was The State.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Beer Tasting at Kindred Spirits "He must have been an admiral, a sultan, or a king, and to his praises we shall always sing. Look what he has done for us, he's filled us up with cheer! Lord bless Charlie Mops, the man who invented beer, beer, beer, tiddly beer, beer, beer..." I have my beer drinking song ready. Do you? More info