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- Creeping Totalitarianism: Identify yourself or go to jail – Grits for Breakfast
Where are the “limited government” conservatives when you need them?
- Video interview: Senator Dan Patrick – BurkaBlog
- Legislators bet that school funding isn't voters' top concern – Jason Embry, Austin American-Statesman
It’s not a bad bet given the slow economy and clear opposition to tax increases. There is no reason school districts can’t make the case for local tax increases. - Senate votes to create new Texas Oil and Gas Commission – Terrence Stutz, Trail Blazers Blog
- Will Perry implement Obamacare mandates? – Sarah Kliff, Politico
National writers can’t do Texas without first describing just how BIG everything is!
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- Lamar Smith v Joe Barton in redistricting – John Bresnahan, Politico
Might this push Barton into the Senate race? - Leppert talking to Cornyn's NRSC – Sean Miller, The Hill
- Pro-Life Legislators Remove $61 Billion in Taxpayer’s Funds from Abortion Industry – The Right Side of Austin
- Cuts in family planning worry some Texas lawmakers – Patricia Kilday Hart, Houston Chronicle
Members were encouraged to make the cuts by Texas Right to Life, which distributed a flyer stating the “$61 million will be redirected away from the abortion industry. So-called Family Planning grants are revenue streams for the abortion industry.”
- Rep. Peña breaks from GOP to oppose House budget – Jared Janes, The Monitor
- Terrifying or reasonable? Texas state employees would pay more for health insurance under budgets for Employees Retirement System – Mark Lisheron, Texas Watchdog
- Qualified Texas students being displaced by out-of-state university applicants – Yamil Berard, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Senate passes bill to add counties to water authority board – Zen T.C. Zheng, Houston Chronicle
- Texas House says yes to shooting hogs from a helicopter – AP
Another sign that all of the state’s problems have been solved? - The Governor and the Budget: What’s Rick Perry’s End Game? – Richard Murray, Prof13 Blog
The best disseminators of political conventional wisdom in the academy are not always the best analysts of real politics. - House Republicans hold firm – will the Dew? – David Jennings, Big Jolly Politics