Daily Archives: May 11, 2017

Mayor Turner’s second budget

It’s about what you’d expect. With pension reform in sight, Mayor Sylvester Turner on Tuesday proposed a combination of departmental cuts, one-time fixes, deferred payments and a dip into city reserves to close next year’s $123 million budget gap. Turner … Continue reading

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Bill to allow discrimination in adoptions and foster care passes the House

Shameful. Under House Bill 3859, which advanced on a 94-51 vote, providers would be protected from legal retaliation if they assert their “sincerely held religious beliefs” while caring for abused and neglected children. The measure would allow them to place … Continue reading

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Mike Floyd gets his due

The newest star of Texas politics gets a nice profile in the Chron. [Mike] Floyd’s stunning victory made national headlines. While school boards have had student representatives for decades, Floyd is the youngest person in recent memory elected to a … Continue reading

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Texas blog roundup for the week of May 8

The Texas Progressive Alliance thinks lacking human decency should be considered a pre-existing condition as it brings you this week’s roundup.

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