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Archive of Texas on Tuesday June 30, 2009
TX: Governor says session's task is set in stone
Gov. Rick Perry is being pressed to add issues ranging from children's health care to voter identification to the agenda of the special session that begins Wednesday, but his answer is still no. Read More
TX: Three issues, and lots of other bills
Gov. Perry has made it clear he has no plans to add anything more to the Legislature's special session agenda, besides the three issues already identified. Read More
Furloughs cut into state services
With states facing a $121 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year, a growing number of them have turned to squeezing their workforce for savings, and effects both great and small will be felt. Read More
TX: Ruling gives courts access to prison trust funds
Texas state prison convicts could soon see their trust funds — more than $33 million overseen by the state — getting tapped to pay overdue court costs and related expenses. Read More
TX: Toll road item may threaten session
The spoiler of Gov. Rick Perry's midsummer's dream of a three-day special session could be the "Nichols language." Read More
TX: Perry campaign lists financial supporters—including former Sen. John Montford
Quick, somebody get me the Who's Who for Republican benefactors in Texas. I'll need something like that to sort and analyze the hundreds of people listed by Gov. Rick Perry's campaign today as members of his 2010 finance team; fetch the list here. Read More
TX: GOP consultant: Perry and Hutchison both have money enough to generate "yuck factor" for voters
Republican consultant Craig Murphy reviewed the list of financial supporters laid out by Perry's campaign today (see that blog here) and concluded that it's an "impressive" indication that both Perry and his expected challenger in the March GOP primary, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, will raise plenty of money to pour into TV advertising-plus. Read More
US: Governments grab unused gift cards
Some states faced with sinking tax collections and rising debt are going after unused gift cards that bolster their revenue. Read More
US: Ruling adds teeth to state oversight of banks
For years, state governments have had little power to enforce consumer-protection and lending rules at the country's biggest banks. No more. Read More
US: Obama steers health debate out of capital
WASHINGTON — With Democrats deeply divided over health legislation, President Obama is trying to enlist the nation's governors and his own army of grass-roots supporters in a bid to increase pressure on lawmakers without getting himself mired in the messy battle playing out on Capitol Hill. Read More
US: A green way to dump low-tech electronics
Since 2004, 18 states and New York City have approved laws that make manufacturers responsible for recycling electronics, and similar statutes were introduced in 13 other states this year. Read More |
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