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January 17, 2019 8:40 AM
Big questions remain including what the basic allotment will be
The House has proposed a staggering $9 billion in
additional general revenue for public education this session, on top of the
anticipated cost of additional school enrollment.
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January 16, 2019 2:27 PM
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January 16, 2019 12:05 PM
In a brief exchange with Chair Nelson on the floor, Patrick agreed that Senate Finance should be ready to work on the budget by Tuesday; the budget was referred to Finance today
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January 16, 2019 8:17 AM
Bonnen raised $4.1 million, Patrick raised $1.7 million
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January 15, 2019 4:51 PM
Per her office, among other things the Senate plan includes $2.4 billion to fund enrollment growth and an additional $3.7 billion for a teacher pay raise. This plan puts the House and Senate roughly $3 billion apart
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January 15, 2019 12:32 PM
Patrick says the Senate’s budget is being filed today
In
the cold and the mist of Tuesday morning, Gov.
Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick took the oath of office on
the north steps of the Texas Capitol and pledged bipartisan
cooperation, significant reforms of school finance and property taxes, and well,
the best legislative session ever.
“Today
is the dawn of a transformative session that will usher in a new era,” Gov. Abbott
said shortly after he was sworn in. Abbott said teachers, students, and taxpayers
will benefit from the work of Lt. Gov. Patrick, newly-elected Speaker Dennis Bonnen, and the members of both
the House
and Senate.
“Our
students deserve better. Our teachers deserve better. Our taxpayers deserve
better,” Abbott said.
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January 14, 2019 6:22 PM
Start
reading with us: Here is the
House
budget via the Legislative Budget Board as posted tonight.
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January 14, 2019 5:57 PM
They are: Art Reyna, who represented HD-125 from 1997 to 2003, also Steve Huerta, Ray Lopez, and Coda Rayo-Garza and Fred Rangel, the only Republican
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January 12, 2019 3:00 PM
This is not a recipe for solidifying the Republican team in the Senate; it is no coincidence that Empower Texan’s online publication is called Texas Scorecard
Yesterday’s
news that Empower Texans had been granted press credentials by the Texas
Senate – despite reported substantial objection by Senators – should come
as no surprise.
After
all, when it was announced that the Senate would handle its own credentials, we
here at Buzz Central privately speculated there could only be one
reason that after 20 years or so the Senate decided to handle its own
credentialing separate from the House because Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wanted to include some “media” the House would not
and/or exclude some media management disliked.
As
it turns out, the inclusion of Empower Texans is controversial not because of
its political persuasion but because it is a PAC, with deep financial
entanglements in elections.
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January 12, 2019 2:00 PM
New jobs, promotions, staffer moves, and maybe some hope for the Four Seasons bar
Week one is done.
19 more to go and the new Speaker
assures us there won’t be any need for a special session on school finance. It
will be reformed in the regular session, Speaker Dennis Bonnen said in his address at TPPF’s gathering at the Hilton
where yours truly ran into Empower Texans Chairman Tim Dunn in the lobby. Had never met him
before. Mr. Dunn chuckled when informed that his operations have been very good
for Quorum
Report.
One quick thing: After all
your emails about the less than impressive updates at the Four Seasons bar, I was
encouraged by many of you to check out the 7th floor bar at the new Fairmont.
It is delightful and another refuge for your cigar chomping editor – only SFA and
a few other places are welcoming of cigar smokers in this city anymore. Yes, I
realize how cranky that sounds. I’m told some changes are coming at the Four
Seasons after all the complaints. We shall see.
Now: The first People
on the Move of the 86th legislative session. New jobs,
promotions, staffer moves, and more on tap this week. If you’ve got career news
to share, email it to ksbraddock@gmail.com
and put POTM in the subject line.
Here’s this weeks’
edition:
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January 12, 2019 1:37 PM
Sen. John Cornyn
says he will oppose any effort to reprogram U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
funding from Hurricane Harvey relief efforts to a border wall along the
United States-Mexico border.
As the current shutdown of the federal government now
drags into a record 22 days, the idea that Pres. Donald Trump would declare a national emergency and redeploy
funding to the construction of a southern border wall has been an ongoing
source of speculation.
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January 12, 2019 12:13 PM
Widely anticipated, early in what is expected to be crowded field
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January 11, 2019 5:31 PM
Chatter indicates the House may present an initial budget outline as soon as Monday
The Legislative Budget Board adopted a
spending growth cap of 9.89 percent for the upcoming budget, a limit imposed so
the budget does not growth faster than the Texas economy.
The budget limit – less important than the biennial
revenue estimate – is the final pre-session piece to prepare for the unveiling
of the Texas budget. The first budget document – belonging to the House – could
be introduced as soon as Monday.
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January 10, 2019 9:25 PM
Vote was 149 to 49 to keep Vice Chair Shadid Shafi
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January 10, 2019 6:38 PM
Meantime, the Texas House has rejected Empower's request because the group runs a PAC and allegedly lobbies the Legislature without registering
Developing tonight: Our
understanding, from multiple Senate sources, is that the Senate met in caucus and there was serious opposition to issuing a media floor pass for Empower Texans, putting the senators at odds with Patrick. Patrick's office has not commented to QR about it. The Statesman reported
this afternoon that Empower, whose PAC has been a big contributor to
Patrick, was granted floor access for the session.
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January 10, 2019 1:25 PM
For those thinking assignments are imminent, it'll be a little longer. Chatter on the House floor has been that assignments will be announced 1/31. We will all find out together
A
copy of the speaker’s letter to members is available to subscribers.
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January 10, 2019 1:22 PM
Via
the Headliners
Foundation:
“The
service for Mr. Bud Shivers is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Tuesday, January 15th at
St. Mary's Cathedral, 203 East 10th Street, 78701 with a reception to follow at
the Headliners
Club. Please be advised that Tuesday is also Inauguration Day, so
parking around the downtown area may be difficult. If helpful, there are
parking garages within a few blocks of the church such as the garage next to
the Austin Club at 9th and Brazos, the State Capitol Visitors Garage at 12th
and San Jacinto, Omni Hotel at 8th and Brazos, or the garage at St. David's Episcopal
Church at 8th and Trinity.”
Meantime the Temple family tells us that the Memorial Mass for Larry E Temple, TWC
Executive Director, will be held on Saturday, January 19, 2019, at 10:30 a.m.,
at Saint
Martin de Porres Catholic Church, 26160 Ranch
Rd. 12, Dripping Springs, TX 78620. Reception to follow.
A
Rosary service will also be held at Saint Martin de Porres,
Friday, January 18, 2019, at 7:00 p.m.
In
lieu of flowers, Larry asked that donations be made to the National Federation
for the Blind of Texas nfbtx.org
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