The Texas House on Monday tentatively gave a green light to a bill lowering the criminal penalties for low-level marijuana possession. Instead of six months of jail time, the penalty would be a misdemeanor for possessing under one ounce of the Mary Jane. The bill’s...
Texas Legislature
back to archiveThe last decade has pretty much sucked for Dems in the Texas House. That’s changing.
After the 2008 election, the blue team had narrowed the Republican advantage in the 150-member House of Representatives to just a two-seat 76-74 margin. With near parity between the parties and a moderate Speaker – San Antonio Republican Joe Straus -- the House was a...
Lone Democrat again votes for anti-LGBTQ legislation
So much for staying out of the discriminatory culture wars this legislative session. The Texas Senate passed a bill that many deem to be a “license to discriminate” against the LGBTQ community. Senate Bill 17 by Senator Charles Perry (R-Lubbock) would allow a...
What’s wrong with our Texas Secretary of State?
It’s looking like good old-fashioned incompetence. For the second time this year, the Texas Secretary of State – the office handling the integrity of our voting process – incorrectly placed names of legal voters onto the ineligible voter list. On Monday the office...