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Name: Texas Legislature

First reported 15 mins ago - Updated 15 mins ago - 1 reports

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Texas House Passes Three Amendments to Texas CISPA-Like Bill

On Tuesday, the Texas House added three amendments to the CISPA-like bill flying through the Legislature. It is great to see that all the attention now directed at this terrible bill is spurring action by state lawmakers. But the amendments fail ... [Published Burnt Orange Report - 15 mins ago]

Entities: Texas Legislature, Face Recognition, Google Inc, Rick Perry

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

TEXAS LEGISLATURE: Senate approves franchise tax cut

AUSTIN -- The Senate passed a $600 million franchise tax cut for businesses in Texas and approved a permanent exemption for small businesses late Tuesday night. HB 500 would permanently raise the floor for the franchise tax to exempt businesses that make ... [Published Cleveland Advocate - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Texas Legislature, Glenn Hegar, Kel Seliger, Taxes

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 reports

Texas Legislature

Texas: Bill modifies concealed handgun licenses

Concealed handgun license holders in Texas would be allowed to carry a revolver or semi automatic pistol, regardless of what they trained with on the shooting range under a bill advancing in the Texas Legislature. ... [Published NRA-ILA - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Texas Legislature

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

TX: Texas Legislature Passes Commercial and Industrial PACE Bill

Renewable Energy World: The Texas House and Senate passed Senate Bill 385 in May. If Governor Rick Perry approves the bill, the state will break new ground by developing plans for commercial and industrial property assessed clean energy (PACE) progra ... [Published I360 Gov - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Texas Legislature, Energy World Corporation Ltd, Industrial Property

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Rick Perry

Final hurdles on budget stand before lawmakers

Ed Sterling coloradocountycitizen.com | 0 commentsWith 10 days to go until the end of the 140-day 83rd regular session of the Texas Legislature, a committee of House and Senate negotiators on May 17 agreed on a proposed state budget for fiscal years ... [Published Colorado County Citizen - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Rick Perry, Granbury (United States), Texas Legislature

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Texas Legislature Passes Commercial and Industrial PACE Bill

The Texas House and Senate passed Senate Bill 385 in May. If Governor Rick Perry approves the bill, the state will break new ground by developing plans for commercial and industrial property assessed clean energy (PACE) programs. This bill will redesign ... [Published Renewable Energy World - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Texas Legislature, Lien, US Bureau of Economic Analysis, John Carona

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Rice University

Rice experts available to discuss Texas Legislature end-of-session developments

) – With the Texas Legislature 2013 session about to end May 27, a range of Rice University experts are available to comment on the issues at play.Politics and policy behind the budget bill negotiations:Mark Jones , chair of political science at Rice ... [Published Rice University - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Texas Legislature, Rice University, Public Policy, Jeff Falk, Bob Stein

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

TEXAS LEGISLATURE UPDATE: Nurse Assault Bill passes Senate

AUSTIN - The Texas Senate today took an important step to protect nurses and address nursing shortages by passing legislation to increase safety for health care workers in Texas hospitals’ emergency rooms. The bill will be sent to Gov. Rick Perry for ... [Published Cleveland Advocate - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Texas Legislature, Assault, emergency

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 3 reports

Texas Legislature Passes Commercial and Industrial PACE Bill

Entities: Texas Legislature, US Bureau of Economic Analysis, John Carona

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Texas Legislature Passes Major ‘Buy American’ Measure

Thanks to what Texas AFL-CIO President Becky Moeller calls a “historic, robust” bipartisan effort, the Texas Legislature approved on Monday a "Buy American" provision for water projects that establishes a preference for iron, steel and manufactured ... [Published AFL-CIO NOW BLOG - May 21 2013]

Entities: Texas Legislature, AFL-CIO, Iron, Steel

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Texas Legislature In Home Stretch

In an exhaustingly long day in the Texas House yesterday, drama erupted on several occasions. Earlier in the day during the local and consent calendar, Representative Ruth Jones McClendon killed several bills, one later on the general calendar, that ... [Published Burnt Orange Report - May 21 2013]

Entities: Texas Legislature, Integrity, Ruth Jones, Attorney General

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Hot List: Day 133 of the Texas Legislature

Just one week left in the legislative session, and as usual lawmakers are cramming last-minute law-making like it’s the night before final exams.The House has a long calendar of bills today, but the big one deals with ethics reform. Senate Bill 219 relates ... [Published Texas Observer - May 20 2013]

Entities: Texas Legislature, Jay Root, Low-Level Radioactive Waste, Todd Hunter

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This amendment is poorly written and would be nonsensical law. It reads: "Use of Facial Recognition Technology by Retail Establishment Prohibited. A retail establishment may not use facial recognition technology for any purposes."

Texas House Passes Three Amendments to Texas CISPA-Like Bill [Published Burnt Orange Report - 15 mins ago]

...data demonstrates that a student who performs well on a standardized test one year is … likely to perform that well in the next year," he said. " This allows high performing students to focus their time and energy on learning new things rather than focusing on a test every year in which we know what the result will be."

TEXAS LEGISLATURE: Senate approves franchise tax cut [Published Cleveland Advocate - 1 hour ago]

...This year, Republican Senator John Carona introduced a new bill to improve Texas's prospects for creating successful PACE programs. "I think Texas, in taking up this effort to get their legislation amended, is really on the cutting edge of states around the country" Gabrielson said

Texas Legislature Passes Commercial and Industrial PACE Bill [Published Environmental News Network - 23 hours ago]

• "There are a lot of big issues still in the ditch. I hope they can at least get water and RRC across the finish line but I'm not too optimistic."

Inside Intelligence: About the End Games... [Published The Texas Tribune - 23 hours ago]

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Federal judge orders hearing next week on redis... [Published Lubbock Online - 9 mins ago]
Texas House Passes Three Amendments to Texas CI... [Published Burnt Orange Report - 15 mins ago]
TEXAS LEGISLATURE: Senate approves franchise ta... [Published Cleveland Advocate - 1 hour ago]
Woe-bama [Published Fwweekly - 1 hour ago]
Burleson annexes land, establishes new school zone [Published Cleburne Times-Review - 2 hours ago]
Texas: Bill modifies concealed handgun licenses [Published NRA-ILA - 2 hours ago]
First Reading: Beyond the brink [Published Austin American Statesman - 3 hours ago]
Texas bill that modifies concealed handgun lice... [Published Corpus Christi Caller-Times - 4 hours ago]
TX: Texas Legislature Passes Commercial and Ind... [Published I360 Gov - 4 hours ago]
With Humor and Temper, Carona Plays the Maverick [Published The Texas Tribune - 5 hours ago]
Bill modifies concealed handgun licenses [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - 12 hours ago]
UT-Brownsville gains means to ‘grow into next p... [Published Brownsville Herald - 13 hours ago]
Federal appeals court upholds concealed weapons... [Published Lubbock Online - 13 hours ago]
Final hurdles on budget stand before lawmakers [Published Colorado County Citizen - 14 hours ago]
CSCOPE: Some Officials Lament State's Lack of C... [Published Campus Watch - 15 hours ago]
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas Board... [Published Guidry News - 15 hours ago]
Texas Legislature Passes Commercial and Industr... [Published Renewable Energy World - 17 hours ago]
Rice experts available to discuss Texas Legisla... [Published Rice University - 17 hours ago]
LSC-PA dorm bill headed to governor [Published Port Arthur News - 18 hours ago]
Texas Republicans Don’t Act on Threats Against ... [Published RHRealityCheck - 18 hours ago]
Seven Days in May: Taut political thriller unfo... [Published Austin American Statesman - 20 hours ago]
Gov. Perry should sign bill to restrict 'dark m... [Published Beaumont Enterprise - 21 hours ago]
TEXAS LEGISLATURE UPDATE: Nurse Assault Bill pa... [Published Cleveland Advocate - 22 hours ago]
Texas Legislature Passes Commercial and Industr... [Published Environmental News Network - 23 hours ago]
Inside Intelligence: About the End Games... [Published The Texas Tribune - 23 hours ago]
Polling Center: Budget Endgames and Public Opinion [Published The Texas Tribune - 23 hours ago]
Time running out for state water plan in Austin [Published New York Business Journal - May 21 2013]
Unistar-Sparco Computers, Inc. Awarded State of... [Published Prlog - May 21 2013]
'Anti-American' complaints kill Texas lesson plans [Published Beaumont Enterprise - May 21 2013]
Texas Legislature Passes Commercial and Industr... [Published CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com - May 21 2013]

Blogs

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Texas House Passes Three Amendments to Texas CI... [Published Burnt Orange Report - 15 mins ago] On Tuesday, the Texas House added three amendments to the CISPA-like bill flying through the Legislature. It is great to see that all the attention now directed at this terrible bill is spurring action by state lawmakers. But the amendments fail ...
Texas Legislature Passes Commercial and Industr... [Published CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com - May 21 2013] The Texas House and Senate passed Senate Bill 385 in May. If Governor Rick Perry approves the bill, the state will break new ground by developing plans for commercial and industrial property assessed clean energy (PACE) programs. This bill will redesign ...
Texas Legislature Passes Major ‘Buy American’ M... [Published AFL-CIO NOW BLOG - May 21 2013] Thanks to what Texas AFL-CIO President Becky Moeller calls a “historic, robust” bipartisan effort, the Texas Legislature approved on Monday a "Buy American" provision for water projects that establishes a preference for iron, steel and manufactured ...
Texas Legislature In Home Stretch [Published Burnt Orange Report - May 21 2013] In an exhaustingly long day in the Texas House yesterday, drama erupted on several occasions. Earlier in the day during the local and consent calendar, Representative Ruth Jones McClendon killed several bills, one later on the general calendar, that ...
What Will Happen if Texas CISPA-Like Bill Passes? [Published Burnt Orange Report - May 20 2013] Hey Texans - hope you like 404 messages. The Texas CISPA-like bill, SB 1052 - is being debated today and may very well pass the Texas Legislature. The Texas CISPA bill could soon affect the ability for Texas users to access specific websites ...

Audio/Video

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Newtown: Gun Control, Crime and Mental Health [Published Bloomberg - YouTube - Dec 18 2012]

Press Releases

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Texas Coalition for Affordable Power: Senate Bi... [Published Business Wire Energy News - May 16 2013]
Texas Legislature Authorizes Innovative PACE Pr... [Published PR Newswire - May 15 2013]
Samsung Deepens Roots in Austin, Dallas; Garner... [Published Business Wire - Apr 19 2013]
Federal Sequester's $51 Million Cut to Texas Se... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Mar 01 2013]
Top Lenders Made 2012 a Great Year for Homeowne... [Published PR Newswire - Mar 01 2013]