Legislators ended their special session — mostly successfully — a little over 30 hours after they started it.
Sine Die!Legislators ended their special session — mostly successfully — a little over 30 hours after they started it. CDAs, R.I.P.Lawmakers extended the lives of five state agencies and approved $2 billion in bond sales, but stopped short of allowing new public-private partnerships for new transportation projects. Three-Letter WordCDAs could spoil the tidy three-day special session envisioned by Gov. Rick Perry and other leaders, after committees adjourned on Day One without acting to free certain Comprehensive Development Agreements from a moratorium that begins Aug. 31. Two Out of Three?The special session is less than half a day old, but one of the three issues on the governor's agenda is in deep trouble while two others are cruising through. Road HazardThe Legislature has to come back tomorrow. The governor put public-private highway projects on the agenda. And Robert Nichols, an engineer and former highway commissioner who's now a state senator, says the Legislature ought to solve the problems with those projects now instead of later. Turner Won't Run for MayorRep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, says he won't run for mayor of Houston and wants to focus on other projects and on his duties as a state lawmaker. Combs: Money in the TillAll the counting is done, and Comptroller Susan Combs says lawmakers left $359.1 million unspent during the regular session that ended on the first day of this month. Everything is LocalWe mashed up the supporter lists issued by Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and sorted them by city so you can see how folks are lining up where you live. Hutchison supporters are in italics; Perry's in regular type. Perry's List (sorted)Gov. Rick Perry published a list of people supporting his bid for reelection, probably against Republican U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. This version is sorted by city (here's the list as he presented it). Perry's ListRick Perry published a list of people supporting his bid for reelection as governor of Texas. |
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