Monthly Archives: November 2019
TWIA rate hike might be on the table at association's meeting
TWIA rate hike has homeowners worried. The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA), the insurer of last resort for wind and hail in Gulf Coast...
Poncho Nevarez committee chairmanship safe for now
Update 6 p.m.: State Rep. Phil King gave a lengthy interview (paywalled) to the Quorum Report arguing that Dennis Bonnen is willfully misreading the...
Texas runoff elections set for Jan. 28
Texas runoff elections set for Jan. 28.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has set a date for runoffs in the latest crop of special elections....
Texas teacher pension law lifts service fee cap
The subject of Texas teachers’ retirement systems remains contentious, in part because the state’s teachers have one of the lowest pensions in the country....
Rodney Reed execution stopped by Texas court
Rodney Reed was scheduled to be executed Wednesday. YouTube screenshot
Texas' highest criminal court halted Rodney Reed's execution Friday afternoon, sending the now-famous...
Flood information law will let home buyers be prepared
Flood information required by new Texas law.
Following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey and Tropical Storm Imelda Texas has been wrestling with the best...
Poncho Nevarez: timeline of a downfall
State Rep. Poncho Nevárez (D-Eagle Pass) has made headlines in the last few sessions. In 2015 he was threatened by open-carry advocates, which resulted...
Red tape keeping Texas children off health insurance
Texas continues to have the highest rate of children without health insurance. A recently released report from Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy...
Lone Star Agenda recruits Biedermann and Tinderholt
Lone Star Agenda can claim two new recruits. For state Reps. Kyle Biedermann (R-Fredericksburg) and Tony Tinderholt (R-Arlington), the talk of Texas turning “purple”...
Texas beer-to-go law benefits customers and brewers
On September 1, craft breweries across Texas embraced the end of an era. On that fall day, the state relinquished its status as the...
