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Hold Those Tolls: Lege leaves question, How will we pay for roads?
Friday, July 27, 2007
It was Dec. 16, 2004, and Rep. Mike Krusee, R-Round Rock, was sitting pretty. He was virtually a guest of honor at a meeting of the Texas Transportation Commission, across…Johnson’s determination recalled
Sunday, July 15, 2007
AUSTIN -- After he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson all but gave up on the idea of carrying the South that year.His shy but…Lady Bird remembered at service
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Lady Bird Johnson was remembered today by aides from Lyndon B. Johnson’s era in Washington and by family members that included her two saddened yet grateful daughters.Her two-hour memorial service…Lady Bird Johnson dies at 94
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Her marriage to a larger-than-life Texan thrust a shy, small-town girl named Lady Bird Johnson into the national spotlight. A love affair with the great outdoors kept her there.And though…Watson: We’ll pay for problems with more than tolls
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
I hate traffic. I hate losing time.And I don't particularly like toll roads, although I probably don't have the reflexive aversion to them that some have developed over the past…Green Power to the People
Sunday, July 01, 2007
You probably missed it — hardly anyone was paying attention — but legislators rescued renewable energy in Texas at the end of the legislative session. Lawmakers repealed an obscure provision…Friday, June 29, 2007
I recently sent an e-mail outlining the status of a variety of funding mechanisms for transportation improvements. One thing I mentioned was a significant reduction in Federal money coming to…
Friday, June 15, 2007
For the last several years, we all have been involved in the debate over how Texas finances roads. You might think that, as a result, the 80th Legislature would have…
Magazine tabs Kirk Watson as legislative rookie of the year
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, was among the Central Texas legislators singled out by Texas Monthly magazine in its annual assessment, released Thursday, of the best and worst lawmakers during the…Texas Monthly releases list of ten best, worst lawmakers
Thursday, June 14, 2007
A list about to hit newsstands is already picking up a lot of buzz at the State Capitol. Texas Monthly magazine released its biennial list of the best and worst…