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Voter ID Passes Senate Committee Hearing

Posted in Good Government, Privacy, tagged ap, Capitol Annex, david dewhurst, house elections committee, sb 362, texas house, texas senate, Vince Leibowitz, voter id, voter suppression on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

After a grueling 23-hour hearing, the Senate passed SB 362, requiring that voters present a photo identification. No big surprise there. The AP reports, No one was surprised that a special Senate panel, which includes all 31 senators and Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, approved the legislation along straight party lines in a 20-12 vote [...]

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Andrews County: A Radioactive Risk for West Texas

Posted in Nuclear, Toxics, tagged andrews county, Capitol Annex, Cyrus Reed, diane d'arrigo, dump, forrest wilder, Karen Hadden, nirs, Nuclear, nuclear information and resource service, nuclear waste, Odessa, panhandle, rose gardner, SEED Coalition, Sierra Club, TCEQ, terry burns, texas observer, Vince Leibowitz, waste control specialists on March 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I have been remiss in my duties as Blog Lady because I haven’t told you anything about the slated Andrews County nuclear waste dump. Oh, you hadn’t heard? TCEQ approved a “low-level” radioactive dump out in the lower panhandle. There wasn’t a contested case hearing — and citizens of Eunice, New Mexico, the closest town [...]

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Session starts, Straus is Official

Posted in Global Warming, tagged 81st Texas Legislative Session, Capitol Annex, Energy Efficiency, Greg Harmon, Hope Andrade, Joe Straus, SA Current, Texas Speaker's Race, Twitter, Vince Leibowitz on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

And its off to the races! The state legislative session has officially begun. House representatives and state senators were officially sworn into office in formal ceremonies Tuesday. The biggest news, of course, was the unanimous election of Joe Straus as Speaker of the House. Highlights from the House ceremonies: Hope Andrade, Secretary of State, got [...]

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