The Texas Progressive Alliance is settling in for another long hurricane season as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Off the Kuff offered his thoughts on the Battleground Texas kickoff meeting in Houston.
WCNews at Eye on Williamson says the cheaters are winning, Wage theft in Texas.
Republicans have kind of a fetish thing going on with hangman’s nooses, PDiddie at Brains and Eggs has noticed.
At TexasKaos, Libby Shaw explains the 24/7 embrassment that Ted Carnival Cruz is by exploring his latest forray into the “outer limits” of sanity. Check it out:TX U.S. Senator Carnival Cruz Gets FiliBusted.
This week at McBlogger, we take a look at the state of Transportation funding in the Legislature (with the help of the Texas Tribune) as well as a stunning turnaround for Governor Perry.
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And here are some blog posts of interest from elsewhere in Texas.
Empower The Vote Texas warns that the RNC is seeking to get out from the consent decree that has limited their ability to engage in voter suppression.
Texas Clean Air Matters explains what ozone action days are all about.
Texas Watch reports on a poll that says Texas voters – across all geographic, partisan, and political lines – want stronger legal protections from rogue insurance companies.
Lone Star Ma reminds us that April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Jeff Balke clues you in on how to be a journalist.
Jason Stanford mocks the idea that Big John Cornyn has been nudged even farther to the right by his junior Senate colleague.
Nonsequiteuse recaps the gruesomest moments from the testimony on the so-called “fetal pain” bill.
Equality Texas has some tips for homophobic lobbyists.
Juanita wonders what Smokey Joe Barton is smoking.
Texpatriate is perplexed by the Senate’s passage of the drug testing for unemployment benefits bill.
And finally, BeyondBones sings the praises of the iguana that came to them after hitching a ride to the United States.