The Texas Progressive Alliance commemorates the life of Martin Luther King Jr. today and welcomes any progress on moving his Dream closer to reality.
Off the Kuff offers some thoughts on emphasizing local elections for the next cycle or two.
lightseeker, back from his sabbatical at Texas Kaos, re-examines the state of the Democratic Party and the need for and challenges to grow its voter base, in The Great Progressivism Debate, Part I.
WCNews at Eye on Williamson grimaces at the taste of the rotten fruit of one party rule in Texas. See the corruption inherent in the system?
Texas Leftist kicked off his coverage of the 84th Legislative Session with a new blog series. Big Government Texas is a catalogue of the endless hypocrisy demonstrated by Texas' TEApublican CONservative leaders. Check out Part 1 and Part 2 of the series.
Texas Republicans clearly love their cronies' profits more than they care about the safety of our workers. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme mourns along with those missing an actual fighter for workers and Texas children.
Handicapping the race for Houston mayor this early in the cycle is a dirty job, but PDiddie at Brains and Eggs did it anyway.
Bluedaze asks North Texans to make their voices heard at the EPA public hearing in Arlington on the proposed guidelines for controlling ozone.
Neil at All People Have Value -- perhaps suffering a bit of Seasonal Affective Disorder -- ruefully observes that since nobody voted in 2014, nobody really cares about what happens in Austin in 2015.
Texpate made a prediction about this summer's Supreme Court decision on marriage equality.
Dos Centavos wants to remind everyone that there is, again, no Tejano band playing on Go Tejano Day at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs:
TFN Insider and Texas Watch join in bidding Rick Perry a very fond "Adios, mofo".
Christopher Hooks at the Texas Observer details the unannounced reasons why Leticia Van de Putte is running for mayor of San Antonio.
Juanita Jean explains what "local control" really means.
The Lunch Tray highlights Ag Commissioner Sid Miller's grandstanding on "cupcake amnesty".
Better Texas Blog lays out its legislative priorities.
CeCe Cox wants rationality to win out over fear-mongering in Plano.
Bill Kelly of Mental Health America of Greater Houston has his maiden blog post up, welcoming the Texas Lege back into session. Minding Houston will be an advocate for policy supporting the mental health care system in Texas.
Grits for Breakfast shares a SAEN op-ed that implores the Lege to comply with the Prison Rape Elimination Act by raising the age of criminal culpability.
Lone Star Ma bemoans the STAAR requirements.
Newsdesk eulogizes Linda Bridges, president of the American Federation of Teachers chapter in Texas, who died unexpectedly last week.
Socratic Gadfly shares his best blog posts of 2014.
Fascist Dyke Motors has the second part of what's inside your head.
Trail Blazers takes note of the Dallas DREAMer invited to sit in the First Lady's box at the State of the Union address tomorrow night.
Finally, the TPA wishes Paul Burka all the best as he begins the next chapter of his life.
Off the Kuff offers some thoughts on emphasizing local elections for the next cycle or two.
lightseeker, back from his sabbatical at Texas Kaos, re-examines the state of the Democratic Party and the need for and challenges to grow its voter base, in The Great Progressivism Debate, Part I.
WCNews at Eye on Williamson grimaces at the taste of the rotten fruit of one party rule in Texas. See the corruption inherent in the system?
Texas Leftist kicked off his coverage of the 84th Legislative Session with a new blog series. Big Government Texas is a catalogue of the endless hypocrisy demonstrated by Texas' TEApublican CONservative leaders. Check out Part 1 and Part 2 of the series.
Texas Republicans clearly love their cronies' profits more than they care about the safety of our workers. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme mourns along with those missing an actual fighter for workers and Texas children.
Handicapping the race for Houston mayor this early in the cycle is a dirty job, but PDiddie at Brains and Eggs did it anyway.
Bluedaze asks North Texans to make their voices heard at the EPA public hearing in Arlington on the proposed guidelines for controlling ozone.
Neil at All People Have Value -- perhaps suffering a bit of Seasonal Affective Disorder -- ruefully observes that since nobody voted in 2014, nobody really cares about what happens in Austin in 2015.
Texpate made a prediction about this summer's Supreme Court decision on marriage equality.
Dos Centavos wants to remind everyone that there is, again, no Tejano band playing on Go Tejano Day at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs:
TFN Insider and Texas Watch join in bidding Rick Perry a very fond "Adios, mofo".
Christopher Hooks at the Texas Observer details the unannounced reasons why Leticia Van de Putte is running for mayor of San Antonio.
Juanita Jean explains what "local control" really means.
The Lunch Tray highlights Ag Commissioner Sid Miller's grandstanding on "cupcake amnesty".
Better Texas Blog lays out its legislative priorities.
CeCe Cox wants rationality to win out over fear-mongering in Plano.
Bill Kelly of Mental Health America of Greater Houston has his maiden blog post up, welcoming the Texas Lege back into session. Minding Houston will be an advocate for policy supporting the mental health care system in Texas.
Grits for Breakfast shares a SAEN op-ed that implores the Lege to comply with the Prison Rape Elimination Act by raising the age of criminal culpability.
Lone Star Ma bemoans the STAAR requirements.
Newsdesk eulogizes Linda Bridges, president of the American Federation of Teachers chapter in Texas, who died unexpectedly last week.
Socratic Gadfly shares his best blog posts of 2014.
Fascist Dyke Motors has the second part of what's inside your head.
Trail Blazers takes note of the Dallas DREAMer invited to sit in the First Lady's box at the State of the Union address tomorrow night.
Finally, the TPA wishes Paul Burka all the best as he begins the next chapter of his life.
