texas legislation

Texas House members voted 80-12 on Tuesday to authorize law enforcement to track down absent Texas House Democrats in the state and to bring them back to the Texas Capitol. If needed, the action can happen "under warrant of arrest, if necessary"...

Wednesday on KFYO Mornings with Dave King and Matt Martin, Lubbock City Councilman Jeff Griffith joined Dave and Matt to talk about a bond proposal, crime and Lubbock and possible police pay raises, city charter changes, water bonds, renovations to the Lubbock airport, and more...

Tuesday on KFYO Mornings with Dave King and Matt Martin, The President and CEO of the Lubbock Chamber joined Dave and Matt to talk about PPP loans, COVID emergency loans, vaccinations, the Texas legislative session, and more. McBride started the discussion by talking about the new round of Paycheck Protection Program loans, or PPP loans, as well as general COVID-19 emergency loans, that are happen

"I think it's fair to say, for the first time in my career in covering politics in Texas, I think the democrats do have some leverage in this issue," Braddock said.

"Long term, the surface parking plan for Citizens Tower is not enough parking spaces. Now, could we proceed with the plan we have and have enough parking spaces when we open? Yes. But do we want to spend the money on that surface parking lot and then come back in 2 or 3 years and tear it back up? To me that doesn't make sense. So we are considering some type of parking structure. There have been no decisions made at this point." He went on to say, "We hope that we can make a decision on if we're going to do some type of parking structure by the end of this month."

A Texas State Representative from El Paso has filed a bill for the upcoming 2015 legislative session that is seeking to reform marijuana policy by reducing penalties for possession of small amounts of the plant.

I'd just love to see Texas take a position one way or the other (as have Arizona and Hawaii), and stop with the time-changing already.

The chance of the purposed concealed carry on campus passing in the house has greatly diminished in recent weeks. Read more for my thoughts on the arguments against this legislation.