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February 20, 2020 11:54 AM
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February 20, 2020 8:38 AM
Rep. Israel says her focus is working as Chair of the Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee - organizing and raising campaign cash - to build a majority in this year's elections
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February 20, 2020 8:35 AM
Rise in debt cases is attributed to the Trump Administration’s loosening of debt-collection regulations
Annual court statistics unveiled at the Texas
Judicial Council indicate a sharp rise in civil cases around debt and
eviction last year and a steep drop in both prosecution and conviction of
misdemeanor marijuana cases.
Angela Garcia, the chief data officer at the Texas
Office of Court Administration, presented an overview of the numbers
this past week, outlining one-year and five-year trends in case load across
municipal, county, district and the Texas Supreme Court.
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February 19, 2020 4:56 PM
In renewing his promise to push for a simple majority threshold, Patrick admits his “team” may be smaller than the GOP Caucus; senators may fear Patrick’s role on the Legislative Redistricting Board but there is almost always a workaround when playing legislative chess
Out with the old and in
with the new. As we prepare for the imminent free-for-all to fill the
soon-to-be-vacated seat held by Sen. Kirk Watson, it’s appropriate to
reflect on the environment in the Texas Senate and how it may be
about to change.
Just after the filing
deadline passed in December, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was proud of the fact
that none of the GOP senators who serve in Austin had drawn a primary
challenger. “These senators told the people of their districts what they were
going to do – and they did it – which is why no one is challenging them,”
Patrick said.
And why would any upstart
candidate challenge them from the right? Senators had data on their side. During
session, it was fairly well known that Patrick would
provide senators with individualized polling results showing how voters in
their districts felt about his priority bills right before those measures would
be debated on the floor. A lack of GOP Senate primaries may mean Republicans
are liberated to an extent. In short: Retribution for them can only be dealt
out by Patrick, not the voters in safe Republican districts.
But Patrick doesn’t need
to endorse primary challengers or fund insurgent campaigns – the way he exacted
revenge on former Sen. Craig Estes – to find significant leverage with senators
and keep them on his “team.”
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February 18, 2020 5:38 PM
Members of the Austin delegation along with local officials and activists already practicing their best Senate saunter
“Good morning, senator,”
must have escaped the lips of more than one Travis County Democrat as they looked
into a mirror today as news was breaking of the retirement of Sen. Kirk Watson,
D-Austin, who surprised political observers with his abrupt announcement.
Rumors of a Texas Senate
Democrat stepping down picked up steam last night on social media – yes,
spurred on by me – and ended this morning as the veteran member said he is resigning
effective April 30 to take a job at the University of Houston as
the first dean of the Hobby School of Public Affairs. Congrats,
sir.
Before the dust could settle
and all the praise could be heaped on Watson for his years of service, names
were being floated and the Travis County delegation was meeting to talk about
the dominoes that will inevitably fall. Here’s the down and dirty version of
what we’re hearing at Buzz Central.
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February 18, 2020 5:29 PM
Rep. Gates - Appropriations Committee; Pensions, Investments, & Financial Services Committee
Rep. Birabil - Higher Education Committee; Urban Affairs Committee
Rep. Eastman - Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee; Natural Resources Committee
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February 18, 2020 8:13 AM
Longtime Democratic senator from Austin will become the first dean of the University of Houston's Hobby School of Public Affairs. Resignation effective April 30
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February 18, 2020 12:12 AM
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February 17, 2020 5:46 PM
But it is early in its work, with the chairman saying the commission is in its “information gathering phase.”
The Texas Commission on Judicial Section
has at least six more meetings before issuing its report, but the group does
appear to agree on one point: voters will be a part of the process.
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February 17, 2020 5:44 PM
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February 15, 2020 8:06 AM
From the Midland Reporter-Telegram: "Clayton Williams was surrounded by family and loved ones in Midland when he died from complications of a bout with pneumonia, according to a long-time work associate. Williams was 88."
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February 14, 2020 4:07 PM
New faces in the lobby, a comms pro leaves the governor’s office, staffer moves and more
HOUSTON – The Bayou City
has perhaps never felt more like the center of the political universe with presidential
campaigns descending on Houston, pushing in their chips on Harris County,
rounding up endorsements and doing damage control following national
controversies. It was good to visit with as many of you as possible last night at
the 2020 Harris County Democratic Party’s Johnson, Rayburn, Richards
Dinner.
Mike Bloomberg’s “Mike for Black America” rally at the
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum was pretty masterful stagecraft
as the former mayor who previously said “the way you get the guns out of the kids’
hands is to throw them against the wall and frisk them” was embraced by Mayor Sylvester
Turner and other African-American leaders. Turner said his thinking was
influenced by the fact that Bloomberg now acknowledges the policy was wrong and
has strongly apologized. Meantime back at the JRR dinner, Julian Castro,
stumping for Elizabeth Warren, was taking thinly veiled swipes at
Bloomberg who preceded him on that stage as well.
Awkward.
Meantime, back in Austin y’all have been very busy sending along career news to ksbraddock@gmail.com and putting POTM in
the subject line. Appreciate it very much and apologies for publishing at a
different time this week. I know most of you like your POTM with lunch on
Fridays.
Here’s the latest edition
of People on the Move.
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