Subject: Texas State Legislature

• Rafael Anchia Wants to Kill Anti-Immigration Legislation Dead. Good Luck With All That.

  February 14, 2007

• A Letter to the Editor (of The New York Times)

  August 16, 2006

• Drunk with Power?

  March 24, 2006

• Craig Watkins: Ganging Up on Crime

  September 13, 2007

• Who Paid for Your Politics?

  September 27, 2007

• Texas Railroad Commissioner Takes to Internets to Dispute Channel 8 Story

  September 12, 2008

• Open-Carry Advocates Are Bringing Their Gunfight to the DFW Airwaves

  Tomorrow, don't be surprised if you start hearing radio ads advocating an open-carry policy for handgun owners with the proper permits. The folks behind OpenCarry.org are attempting to get some spots on the Dallas-Fort Worth airwaves in which they demand the Texas Legislature allow folks to wear their pistols in public. As Mike Stollenwerk, the group's co-founder, told the Star-Telegram yesterday, "We are targeting Texas, [which]  ... is probably the most pro-gun state, but doesn't have ope

  December 1, 2008

• States' rights

  December 1, 1994

• Cruelest cut

  January 12, 1995

• Bad lawyer joke

  February 16, 1995

• A whorin' we will go

  Texas Lege folds to pressures of Republicans and lobbyists

  June 8, 1995

• Redefining reform

  Big business proponents contrive some of the worst bills of the 74th session

  June 15, 1995

• Hophead Extra: What Does Beer Have In Common With The Blind Salamander?

  Photos by Benjamin Lewis Some people consider it uncouth to begin drinking before 5 p.m. Thankfully, you won't run into any of those spoilsports at the "Blind Salamander Day" tour and tasting at Rahr & Sons brewery tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. I took my first tour of the brewery last weekend and sampled the brewery's newest product, Blind Salamander. For some reason, I had the idea that the tour would be very academic and dry, with thirsty tourists suffering through detailed explana

  January 16, 2009

• License to Drive? Not So Fast, Even If You're a Legal Immigrant With a Valid Work Visa.

  A lawsuit filed in Austin on Wednesday has found its way to the Courthouse News Service: Miguel Salazar and Edgar Soria, both of whom live in Dallas County, and Avila Trejo, currently a resident of Denton County, are suing the Texas Department of Public Safety because it refuses to issue them a driver's license. As far as the Mexican men -- and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund -- are concerned, they have every right to drive in this country: They each have valid work visas

  January 31, 2009

• Getting dumped

  July 23, 1998

• GOP to gays: Butt out

  September 3, 1998

• Dallas County DA Craig Watkins to Deliver Keynote at Annual Prayer Breakfast

  Dallas County District Attorney Craig WatkinsLarry James, president and CEO of Central Dallas Ministries, posted this announcement to his blog this a.m.: Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins will deliver the keynote address at this year's 14th Annual Urban Ministries Prayer Breakfast, set for April 21 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. As James notes, his organization has a particular interest in Watkins's work exonerating the wrongly imprisoned: CDM's Rev. Gerald Britt, the vice president of

  February 16, 2009

• Ignorance is bliss

  March 11, 1999

• A Downtown Law School is Good for Downtown. But is it Good for America?

  How UNT imagines the old City Hall will look once it becomes a law schoolA Friend of Unfair Park whose name does not rhyme with "Patt Mulle" sends us this Texas Watchdog story concerning the downtown law school the University of North Texas System is hoping to squeeze into the old Municipal Building. It's been almost five years since then-Mayor Laura Miller and other city and state officials announced the city's intention to convert the dilapidated 95-year-old building into a law school, and sta

  February 19, 2009

• Osama bin Bunny

  February 27, 2003

• Oklahoma Snubbed

  July 31, 2003

• A Texan's Home is his Castle, Until Someone Richer Wants It

  February 5, 2009

• Easier Being Green

  Despite tough times, energy conservation bills gain traction in Legislature

  January 22, 2009

• Texas Concealed Gun Laws Loosen

  October 25, 2007

• Czech You Very Much

  May 24, 2007

• Joe Bob Briggs

  Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

  May 1, 1997

• Membership Has Privileges

  We're in the club, you're not. Pfffftt!

  May 31, 2007

• Buzz

  Art lovers; Justice at work

  December 23, 1999

• Into the Breach

  We feel the need for weed

  February 22, 2007

• Little Lost Boys...and Girls

  Is the move to privatize Child Protective Services leaving huge gaps in care?

  November 2, 2006

• Play Dead

  Texas has some of the weakest animal protection laws in the country

  August 24, 2006

• Busted

  It's not just us; two state legislative committees find a culture of corruption at City Hall.

  March 9, 2006

• Drink Up

  Loosened Texas laws spawn a litter of Dallas street wineries. Ready for Preston Hollow Pinot Grigio?

  August 4, 2005

• Ruh-Roh

  Those silly officials from around the state think the law should apply in Dallas

  June 2, 2005

• Dear Santa

  A certain state representative needs some coal in his stocking

  December 9, 2004

• Movie Magic

  Outdoor pictures offer a trip back in time

  June 24, 2004

• Out and About

  These films do ask, do tell

  November 13, 2003

• Passing the Plate

  Proposed new license tags weigh in on the abortion debate

  April 24, 2003

• Beer Bust

  It's better to come to BJ's with a thirst than an appetite

  January 16, 2003

• Wheel of Justice

  Dallas judges struggle to find a fair way to appoint lawyers for the poor

  October 18, 2001

• Deadbeating the System

  Eight years ago, Kim Sullivan turned to the state for help collecting overdue child support. She's still waiting.

  October 11, 2001

• The Searchers

  Dallas police reissue guidelines on how officers conduct roadside searches

  July 19, 2001

• Pass the Plate

  God and Texas taxpayers answer the prayers of a prison-based ministry

  June 14, 2001

• Cloudy Issue

  Bill proposes to ban smoking in Texas restaurants

  March 1, 2001

• Hello, My Name is Pervert

  Outcasts among us, sex offenders struggle to find treatment and lead normal lives in a justice system that gives them little of either

  January 11, 2001

• Night Moves

  Bachman Lake residents say a new business is moving into their neighborhood--hookers

  December 21, 2000

• Swing Vote

  Think all politics is local? In the 5th District, think again.

  September 7, 2000

• A pox on 1995!

  Next year will be better

  January 11, 1996

• On The Range: Chili Con Carne

  Given the popularity of chili, this was probably inevitable.Chili con carne, better known as chili for short, was named Official State Dish of Texas back in the late 1970s. Why chili and not barbecue or steak? According to Paul Burka, political writer, food guru, and all-around resident curmudgeon of Texas Monthly magazine, the esteemed members of the Texas State Legislature were bribed with beer (probably enough to do the trick) and free chili by a lobbyist for the cause. In his

  April 15, 2009

• This Is Your Brain on Junior High: State Lege Gives UTD $6 Million to Study DISD Students

  ​It's a common scenario: an "A" elementary school student suddenly becomes a "C" middle-schooler. What happened? According to local brain health researchers, your child is suffering from information overload. "He was so overwhelmed by the amount of information he was trying to stuff in," says Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, chief director of the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas. She's referring to one ninth-grader she encountered during her research earlier this year o

  November 3, 2009