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Policy Report Texas Fact Book 2010
Texas Fact Book 2010 Legislative Budget Board LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD EIGHTY-FIRST TEXAS LEGISLATURE 2009 – 2010 DAVID DEWHURST, JOINT CHAIR Lieutenant Governor JOE STRAUS, JOINT CHAIR Representative District 121, San Antonio Speaker of the House of Representatives STEVE OGDEN Senatorial District 5, Bryan Chair, Senate Committee on Finance ROBERT DUNCAN Senatorial District 28, Lubbock JOHN WHITMIRE Senatorial District 15, Houston JUDITH ZAFFIRINI Senatorial District 21, Laredo JIM PITTS Representative District 10, Waxahachie Chair, House Committee on Appropriations RENE OLIVEIRA Representative District 37, Brownsville Chair, House Committee on Ways and Means DAN BRANCH Representative District 108, Dallas SYLVESTER TURNER Representative District 139, Houston JOHN O’Brien, Director COVER PHOTO COURTESY OF HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTENTS STATE GOVERNMENT STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS . 1 MEMBERS OF THE EIGHTY-FIRST TEXAS LEGISLATURE . 3 The Senate . 3 The House of Representatives . 4 SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES . 8 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STANDING COMMITTEES . 10 BASIC STEPS IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE PROCESS . 14 TEXAS AT A GLANCE GOVERNORS OF TEXAS . 15 HOW TEXAS RANKS Agriculture . 17 Crime and Law Enforcement . 17 Defense . 18 Economy . 18 Education . 18 Employment and Labor . 19 Environment and Energy . 19 Federal Government Finance . 20 Geography . 20 Health . 20 Housing . 21 Population . 21 Science and Technology . 22 Social Welfare . 22 State and Local Government Finance . 22 Transportation . 23 Border Facts . 24 STATE HOLIDAYS, 2010 . 25 STATE SYMBOLS . 25 POPULATION Texas Population Compared with the U .s . 26 Texas and the U .s . Annual Population Growth Rates . 27 Resident Population, 15 Most Populous States . 28 Percentage Change in Population, 15 Most Populous States . 28 Texas Resident Population, by Age Group . -
79Th Legislative Session
Institutions of Higher Education by Legislator 79th Legislative Session Senators: County Ken Armbrister District 018 Public Universities or State Colleges ** Prairie View A&M University Waller George Wright, President (936) 857-3311 P.O. Box 188 www.pvamu.edu Prairie View 77446 ** University of Houston-Victoria Victoria Tim Hudson, President (361) 570-4332 3007 N. Ben Wil www.uhv.edu Victoria 77901-5731 Public Community or Technical Colleges ** Blinn College Washington Donald E. Voelter, President (979) 830-4000 902 College Ave www.blinn.edu Brenham 77833 ** Victoria College Victoria Jimmy Goodson, President (361) 573-3291 2200 East Red R www.vc.cc.tx.us Victoria 77901 ** Wharton County Junior College Wharton Betty A. McCrohan, President (979) 532-4560 911 Boling High www.wcjc.edu Wharton 77488 Kip Averitt District 022 Public Community or Technical Colleges ** Hill College Hill Sheryl Smith Kappus, President (254) 582-2555 112 Lamar Drive www.hill-college. Hillsboro 76645 ** McLennan Community College McLennan Dennis Michaelis, President (254) 299-8000 1400 College Dri www.mclennan.e Waco 76708 ** Navarro College Navarro Richard Sanchez, President (903) 874-6501 3200 West 7th A www.navarrocoll Corsicana 75110 ** Denotes that institution is physically located in the legislator's district. 1 Senators: County Kip Averitt District 022 Public Community or Technical Colleges Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf Howard Ron Brazel, Provost (915) 264-3700 3200 Avenue C www.hc.cc.tx.us/ Big Spring 79720 Technical Colleges ** Texas State Technical College System McLennan William Segura, Chancellor (254) 867-4891 3801 Campus Dr www.tstc.edu Waco 76705 ** Texas State Technical College-Waco McLennan Elton Stuckly, Interim President (254) 799-3611 3801 Campus Dr www.waco.tstc.e Waco 76705 Independent Universities ** Baylor University McLennan Robert Sloan, President (254) 710-1011 One Bear Place, www.baylor.edu Waco 76798-7056 ** Southwestern Adventist University Johnson Donald R. -
April 29, 2020 the Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas P.O. Box
April 29, 2020 The Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas P.O. Box 12428 Austin, TX 78711 Delivered via Email Dear Governor Abbott: Long-term care facilities like nursing homes, state supported living centers, and group homes are now the epicenters of the COVID-19 pandemic. While media outlets have rightly focused on the deaths in nursing homes across the country, people with disabilities and older adults face increased risks in all institutional and congregate settings. Like nursing homes, there have been similar outbreaks and deaths in our state supported living centers, state hospitals, and group homes. Our state government can and must do more to protect our most vulnerable Texans. That is why we respectfully request the following critical measures to defend our elderly Texans, Texans with disabilities, and the Texans on the frontline serving these communities. • Immediate additional funding through an emergency Texas Medicaid rate increase for long-term and intermediate care facilities to help cover increased costs for direct-care staff wages and personal protective equipment (PPE); • Greater transparency in the reporting of COVID-19 deaths and cases in nursing home facilities, state supported living centers, state hospitals, and group homes; • Mandatory available COVID-19 testing for every employee and resident of a nursing home facility, state supported living centers, state hospitals, or group home in Texas. Thank you for your consideration of our request, and ensuring Texas protects our most vulnerable. Please do not hesitate -
IDEOLOGY and PARTISANSHIP in the 87Th (2021) REGULAR SESSION of the TEXAS LEGISLATURE
IDEOLOGY AND PARTISANSHIP IN THE 87th (2021) REGULAR SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE Mark P. Jones, Ph.D. Fellow in Political Science, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy July 2021 © 2021 Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy This material may be quoted or reproduced without prior permission, provided appropriate credit is given to the author and the Baker Institute for Public Policy. Wherever feasible, papers are reviewed by outside experts before they are released. However, the research and views expressed in this paper are those of the individual researcher(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the Baker Institute. Mark P. Jones, Ph.D. “Ideology and Partisanship in the 87th (2021) Regular Session of the Texas Legislature” https://doi.org/10.25613/HP57-BF70 Ideology and Partisanship in the 87th (2021) Regular Session of the Texas Legislature Executive Summary This report utilizes roll call vote data to improve our understanding of the ideological and partisan dynamics of the Texas Legislature’s 87th regular session. The first section examines the location of the members of the Texas Senate and of the Texas House on the liberal-conservative dimension along which legislative politics takes place in Austin. In both chambers, every Republican is more conservative than every Democrat and every Democrat is more liberal than every Republican. There does, however, exist substantial ideological diversity within the respective Democratic and Republican delegations in each chamber. The second section explores the extent to which each senator and each representative was on the winning side of the non-lopsided final passage votes (FPVs) on which they voted. -
TSTA-PAC 2018 Endorsements Primary Winners / Runoffs / Friendly Incumbents
TSTA-PAC 2018 Endorsements Primary Winners / Runoffs / Friendly Incumbents Ryan Guillen - Rio Grande City HD 31** Republican Texas Senate Eric Johnson - Dallas HD 100** Kel Seliger - Amarillo SD 31** Jarvis Johnson - Houston HD 139 Julie Johnson - Dallas HD 115 Texas House of Representatives Ina Minjarez -San Antonio HD 124 Steve Allison – San Antonio HD 121* René O. Oliveira - Brownsville HD 37* Ernest Bailes - Shepherd HD 18 Ron Reynolds - Missouri City HD 27** Keith Bell - Forney HD 4 Shawn Thierry - Houston HD 146** Travis Clardy - Nacogdoches HD 11 John Turner - Dallas HD 114 Scott Cosper - Killeen HD 54* Dan Flynn - Van HD 2 State Board of Education Charlie Geren - Fort Worth HD 99 Ruben Cortez, Jr. - Brownsville SBOE 2 Cody Harris - Palestine HD 8 Marisa B. Perez - San Antonio SBOE 3 Dan Huberty - Houston HD 127** Ken King - Canadian HD 88 General Election Early Endorsement Chris Paddie - Marshall HD 9** Texas Senate Four Price - Amarillo HD 87** Democratic John Raney - Bryan HD 14 Kirk Watson - Austin SD 14 J.D. Sheffield - Gatesville HD 59** Royce West - Dallas SD 23 Hugh Shine - Temple HD 55** Reggie Smith - Sherman HD 62 Texas House of Representatives Lynn Stucky - Sanger HD 64 Democratic Alma Allen - Houston HD 131 Rafael Anchia - Dallas HD 103 Democratic Lt. Governor Nicole Collier - Fort Worth HD 95 Mike Collier - Houston Jessica Farrar - Houston HD 148 Abel Herrero - Robstown HD 34 Texas Senate Gina Hinojosa - Austin HD 49 Beverly Powell - Tarrant SD 10 Donna Howard - Austin HD 48 Nathan Johnson - Dallas SD 16 Victoria Neave - Dallas HD 107 John Whitmire - Houston SD 15 Mary Ann Perez - Houston HD 144 Joseph C. -
A Letter to Abbott
September 4, 2019 The Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas P.O. Box 12428 Austin, TX 78711 Dear Governor Abbott: The undersigned members of the House Democratic Caucus write today to urge you to call an emergency session of the 86th Legislature in response to the tragic mass shootings that have taken place in our state in the last several years, including two in the last month. But it is not only mass shootings we must respond to – more than 3,000 people lose their lives to gun violence in Texas each year. That horrifying statistic alone should prompt us to take action. We agree with your comments at Sunday’s press conference that the status quo is unacceptable. Members of the House Democratic Caucus, for several sessions now, have proposed dozens of specific bills aimed at changing the status quo by making Texans safer through common-sense gun and public safety legislation. We have attached a comprehensive list of bills our members authored in the 86th Regular Session for your review and consideration. As governor, you have the sole authority to both call an emergency session and determine the legislative proposals that are eligible to be considered. While we believe many if not all of the attached legislative proposals will help address the gun violence epidemic, at a minimum we ask that you place the following items on the call: 1. Enacting extreme risk protective order laws and closing existing loopholes in current protective order laws 2. Closing the background check loopholes 3. Banning the sale of high-capacity magazines 4. -
Texas House of Representatives Contact Information - 2017 Representative District Email Address (512) Phone Alma A
Texas House of Representatives Contact Information - 2017 Representative District Email Address (512) Phone Alma A. Allen (D) 131 [email protected] (512) 463-0744 Roberto R. Alonzo (D) 104 [email protected] (512) 463-0408 Carol Alvarado (D) 145 [email protected] (512) 463-0732 Rafael Anchia (D) 103 [email protected] (512) 463-0746 Charles "Doc" Anderson (R) 56 [email protected] (512) 463-0135 Rodney Anderson (R) 105 [email protected] (512) 463-0641 Diana Arévalo (D) 116 [email protected] (512) 463-0616 Trent Ashby (R) 57 [email protected] (512) 463-0508 Ernest Bailes (R) 18 [email protected] (512) 463-0570 Cecil Bell (R) 3 [email protected] (512) 463-0650 Diego Bernal (D) 123 [email protected] (512) 463-0532 Kyle Biedermann (R) 73 [email protected] (512) 463-0325 César Blanco (D) 76 [email protected] (512) 463-0622 Dwayne Bohac (R) 138 [email protected] (512) 463-0727 Dennis H. Bonnen (R) 25 [email protected] (512) 463-0564 Greg Bonnen (R) 24 [email protected] (512) 463-0729 Cindy Burkett (R) 113 [email protected] (512) 463-0464 DeWayne Burns (R) 58 [email protected] (512) 463-0538 Dustin Burrows (R) 83 [email protected] (512) 463-0542 Angie Chen Button (R) 112 [email protected] (512) 463-0486 Briscoe Cain (R) 128 [email protected] (512) 463-0733 Terry Canales (D) 40 [email protected] (512) 463-0426 Giovanni Capriglione (R) 98 [email protected] (512) 463-0690 Travis Clardy (R) 11 [email protected] (512) 463-0592 Garnet Coleman (D) 147 [email protected] (512) 463-0524 Nicole Collier (D) 95 [email protected] (512) 463-0716 Byron C. -
Housecommittee on Elections Texas House of Representatives Interim Report 2000 a Report to the House of Representatives 77Th
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INTERIM REPORT 2000 A REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 77TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE DEBRA DANBURG CHAIR COMMITTEE CLERK PAUL S. HARRIS Committee On Elections January 26, 2001 Debra Danburg P.O. Box 2910 Chair Austin, Texas 78768-2910 The Honorable James E. "Pete" Laney Speaker, Texas House of Representatives Members of the Texas House of Representatives Texas State Capitol, Rm. 2W.13 Austin, Texas 78701 Dear Mr. Speaker and Fellow Members: The Committee on Elections of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature hereby submits its interim report including recommendations for consideration by the Seventy-Seventh Legislature. Respectfully submitted, Debra Danburg, Chair Jesse Jones, Vice-Chair Sherri Greenberg Kip Averitt Terri Hodge Mary Denny Jerry Madden Jesse Jones Vice-Chairman Members: Kip Averitt, Mary Denny, Pete Gallego, Sherri Greenberg, Terri Hodge, Jerry Madden, D.R. (Tom) Uher Pete Gallego D.R. (Tom) Uher Jesse Jones Vice-Chairman Members: Kip Averitt, Mary Denny, Pete Gallego, Sherri Greenberg, Terri Hodge, Jerry Madden, D.R. (Tom) Uher TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............................................................1 INTERIM STUDY CHARGES AND SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS .................2 SUBCOMMITTEE ON UNIFORM ELECTION DATES ...............................3 BACKGROUND ..................................................4 FINDINGS .......................................................7 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................9 SUBCOMMITTEE ON CAMPAIGN -
Land and Resource Management
Interim Report to the 84th Legislature House Committee on Land and Resource Management December 2014 HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INTERIM REPORT 2014 A REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 84TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE JOE DESHOTEL CHAIRMAN MELISSA QUEVEDO COMMITTEE CLERK Committee On Land and Resource Management December 1, 2014 Joe Deshotel P.O. Box 2910 Chairman Austin, Texas 78768-2910 The Honorable Joe Straus Speaker, Texas House of Representatives Members of the Texas House of Representatives Texas State Capitol, Rm. 2W.13 Austin, Texas 78701 Dear Mr. Speaker and Fellow Members: The Committee on Land and Resource Management the eight-third Legislature hereby submits its interim report including recommendations for consideration by the Eighty-fourth Legislature. Respectfully submitted, _______________________ Joe Deshotel _______________________ _______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Armando Walle Abel Herrero _______________________ _______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Tan Parker David Simpson _______________________ _______________________ ______________________ ______________________ James Frank Craig Goldman _______________________ _______________________ ______________________ Chris Paddie Drew Springer Armando Walle Vice-Chairman Members: Abel Herrero, Tan Parker, David Simpson, James Frank, Craig Goldman, Chris Paddie, Drew Springer Table of Contents INTRODUCTION TO LAND & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ............................................... -
Nursewatch, Please Contact Catherine White at [email protected] with Your Event Details
Top ten banks globally by Tier-1 capital, $bn Want more like this? Join TNA for more in-depth updates and access to member-only benefits like education and advocacy toolkits. NLAC Updates NLAC 2018 SPRING MEETING The 2018 Spring NLAC meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 19, 2018 at TNA's new offices: 4807 Spicewood Springs Rd., Bldg. 3 in Austin. Mark your calendars. This roundtable will provide an opportunity for organizations to share and hear each other's focus, concerns and goals for the 2019 legislative session. Per the membership agreement, each NLAC organization may send 2 representatives. Please contact Cathy White by April 19th to RSVP at [email protected], 1-800-862-2022, x 136. If you'd like to feature your organization/association events in Nursewatch, please contact Catherine White at [email protected] with your event details. Political Updates The March primaries are behind us. Here are some of the races that we watched ·More than 30 races are headed to a May 22nd runoff - https://apps.texastribune.org/texas-elections-2018- primary-runoff-candidates/ ·Diana Arevalo (Public Health Committee member) lost to former House member Trey Martinez Fischer by 120 votes. ·Texas will very likely send two Latinas to Congress with the wins by Veronica Escobar in El Paso and (current senator) Sylvia Garcia in Houston. There have already been statements by Reps Ana Hernandez and Carol Alvarado that they intend to run for her Senate seat after Garcia’s eventual November win. This will force multiple special elections for the Senate seat and another for their house seats if either wins that election. -
June 21, 2021 the Honorable Chuck Schumer Majority Leader United
June 21, 2021 The Honorable Chuck Schumer The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Majority Leader Speaker United States Senate United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Mitch McConnell The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Minority Leader Minority Leader United States Senate United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20515 Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Madam Speaker Pelosi, Minority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader McCarthy, As state legislators, we are the day-to-day technicians in fifty unique laboratories of democracy. We do our part to make government work to the benefit of all, regardless of party. This was true during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when almost every state did its patriotic duty to provide voters relief and remove barriers to voting. This expansion of safe, secure voting led to an election with historic turnout. The scope of these state-level attacks is unparalleled. Close to 400 anti-voter bills have been introduced in legislatures across the nation, with many signed or on the way to becoming law in Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Arizona, and others. Make no mistake: these unpatriotic attacks on our elections will undermine confidence that elections in America can possibly represent the will of a checked and balanced majority. They present a deep threat to our democracy and will lead to material harm to communities that have long been under-represented. In a functioning democracy that fairly represents the voices of all people, elected officials should work together to expand the right to vote and protect the sanctity of elections. Indeed, we have attempted again and again to work with our Republican colleagues to set policies that safely and securely expanded voting access—but they simply refuse to act in good faith. -
Tort Dodgers: Business Money Tips Scales of Justice
Tort Dodgers: Business Money Tips Scales of Justice Tort PAC Contributions To the Texas Legislature 1995 Through 1996 By Lynn Tran and Andrew Wheat Texans for Public Justice April 1997 Copies of this report are available for $10 from Texans for Public Justice 609 W. 18th St., Suite E. Austin, TX 78701 (512) 472-9770 [email protected] © Texans for Public Justice, April 1997 Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge the generous assistance of Craig McDonald, Fred Richardson, Aimée Daigle and Dan Tepper in the production of this report. Tort Dodgers: Business Money Tips Scales of Justice Tort PAC Contributions To the Texas Legislature 1995 Through 1996 I. Summary of Findings …………………………………….….. 1 II. Introduction ………………………………………………….. 2 III. Methodology …………………………………………………. 4 IV. General Findings A. Industrial-Strength Tort Dodgers ……………………… 5 Deepest Pockets in Texas Bankroll TLR ……….. 8 B. Lawmakers Legalize Tort Dodging ………………….... 10 Republican Party Animals …………………….... 12 Squeaker Races …………………………………. 13 Fresh Faces, Costly Races ………………………. 15 V. Conclusion ……………………………………………………. 17 VI. Appendices Tort Bills in the 75 th Legislature ……………………….. 18 Tort Take of Individual Representatives ………………. 19 I. Summary of Findings • 22 business PACs spent $3.1 million on winning candidates in the last election cycle, finagling to get the Texas Legislature to relieve businesses of their responsibility for seriously injuring employees, customers and neighbors. • Texas’ biggest PAC, Texans for Lawsuit Reform, raised $1.5 million in the last election cycle, spending $854,826 on the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and current members of the 75th Legislature. TLR alone gave more than twice as much money as did the Texas Trial Lawyers. • 45% of TLR’s money came from just 18 wealthy families.