Capitol Annex’s Press Room

[Press Release from State Reps. Jim Dunnam (D-Waco) and Tommy Meritt (R-Longview)]
State Representatives Jim Dunnam (D-Waco) and Tommy Merritt (R-Longview) released the following joint statement today regarding the dispatch of peace officers to Texas Youth Commission (TYC) facilities.

[Press Release From Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Houston)]
State Representative Sylvester Turner will appear before the Committee on Human Services today to lay out, HB 109, to return the Children’s Health Insurance Program back to it’s original design.

Rep. Harvey Hilderbran (R-Kerrville) filed HB 1256 which allows local law enforcement to hold illegal immigrants in city jails, fingerprint all minor offenders who do not have identification, and detain illegal immigrants who returned to the U.S. after deportation for criminal convictions or have defied previous deportation orders.

Due to some technical difficulties, we’ve been forced to suspend posting new press releases until Wednesday afternoon. Thank you for your patience.

Here at Pressroom, we’re going to try something new this week. Instead of posting the complete press releases, we’re just going to post the first paragraph of the release and a link to a .pdf file of the releases. Every release we receive that isn’t a .pdf, we’ll turn into one. Let us know what […]

[Press Release from State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez (D-Austin)]
AUSTIN– Today State Representative Eddie Rodriguez (D-Austin) voted against the resolution to break the constitutional spending cap for the first time in Texas history.
SCR 20 allows the legislature to break the constitutional spending cap in order to pay for local school property tax cuts, however, with the passage […]

[Press Release from Texas Senate Committee On Transportation And Homeland Security]
Austin, Texas - Senator John Carona, Chairman of the Texas Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security, today announced a special hearing to take public testimony on transportation policy.
“We have initiated some sweeping changes in transportation policy over the last four years,” said Carona.
“The state […]

[Press Release from State Rep. Charles “Doc” Anderson (R-McLennan County)]
HCR 43 by Rep. Charles “Doc” Anderson has been referred to the House Committee on Environmental Regulation, the first step toward passage.  The resolution calls on the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to impose a six month moratorium on the issuing of permits for pulverized coal […]

[Press Release from State Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr.]
AUSTIN, TX—Retired teachers in Texas stand to receive a boost to their pensions under a bill introduced by Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. earlier this week. Senate Bill 492 would increase a retired teacher’s monthly retirement, disability or death benefit by a five percent cost-of-living adjustment. Retired teachers have […]

[Press Release from State Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon (D-San Antonio)]
State Representative Ruth Jones McClendon (District 120, D-San Antonio), filed legislation on Monday to provide increased compensation to retired teachers who have not received a cost of living increase since 2001.  Representative McClendon’s proposal, House Bill 1105, is a companion to Senate Bill 425, filed on […]

[Press Release from the Texas House Democratic Caucus]
AUSTIN– State Reps. Jim Dunnam (D-Waco), Garnet Coleman (D-Houston), and Pete Gallego (D-Alpine) responded to Gov. Rick Perry’s State of the State address today.  The House Democrats maintained that despite a few forward-looking recommendations, Governor Perry failed to recognize many of the most essential priorities the legislature must […]

[Statement From State Sen. Eddie Lucio]
“I sincerely believe that Gov. Rick Perry has the best interest of the state at heart, as do I. Many of his proposals certainly hold my interest and many of his efforts have my support. Our agendas for the people of Texas share many commonalities, but until we take the […]

[Press Release from State Rep. Dawnna Dukes (D-Austin)]
AUSTIN — The first full week of February has once again been declared “National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week” by resolution of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. This resolution calls on government representatives and agencies, private organizations and public officials to promote activities in […]

[Statement from Rep. Dianne White Delisi (R-Waco)]
Austin – State Rep. Dianne White Delisi provided the following statement today regarding Governor Rick Perry’s executive order on cervical cancer vaccination:

[Press Release From State Rep. Debbie Riddle (R-Houston)]
AUSTIN - State Representative Debbie Riddle (R- District 150) filed legislation yesterday that would put the phrase “under God” into the Texas pledge.

[Press Release from State Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr.]
AUSTIN, TX— Today State Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr filed Senate Bill 419 to improve the outlook of children afflicted with Autism.
“On behalf of thousands of Texas families affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), I am extremely excited to announce new legislation that will help assure vital services are […]

[Press Release from State Rep. Robert Puente (D-San Antonio), chair of House National Resources Committee]
(Austin, TX) – House Natural Resources Chairman and State Representative Robert Puente (D-San Antonio) filed legislation today in the Texas House that will help protect water levels in Texas rivers and the ecological balance of our bays and estuaries. “The water […]

[Press Release from State Rep. Roberto R. Alonzo (D-Dallas)]
DALLAS–Texas State Representative Roberto R. Alonzo (D-Dallas) has filed legislation proposing to move all primary elections from March to the first Tuesday in February during presidential election years.  House Bill (HB) 993, which was filed on Tuesday by Dallas’ veteran legislator, proposes to move the Texas presidential […]

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