Democrats Attack Texas District Map as Abomination and Risky
National and state Democrats condemned a Texas congressional map drawn under Tom DeLay as an abomination that violates the Voting Rights Act and endangers state military interests. A pre dawn House committee realigned districts to favor Republicans, who would hold 15 of 32 seats. critics argued the plan divides Travis County and undermines minority representation while lawmakers debate broader budget and legal implications.
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Lloyd Doggett
Austin
Washington
Doggett
Travis County
Nick Lampson
D-Beaumont
Senate
DeLay
Sugar Land
U.S
Martin Frost
D-Arlington US
Silvestre Reyes
Groups oppose ban on citizen collected evidence
In Waco Texas officials resist Senate Bill 1361 that would bar citizen collected evidence in environmental cases. The measure, backed by agricultural and industry groups, aims to roll back sunset provisions that let residents aid pollution enforcement, while EPA warns the move could jeopardize air quality progress and federal highway funding.
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Texas
Senate
Todd Staples
Palestine
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Sunset Review
Ken Kramer
Lone Star Chapter
The
Sierra Club
Kramer
Lake Waco
North Bosque River
Kip Averitt
McGregor
Erath County
Billy Howe
Texas Farm Bureau
Jean Pieper Voshell
TCEQ
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Houston
Dallas-Fort Worth
EPA
Margaret Hoffman
Texas bill overhauls vending machine limits in schools
In Austin the bill to curb school vending machine foods was rewritten to create an interim study committee on school nutrition. Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. said lobbying blocked a Senate Ed Committee vote as the measure shifts toward examining contracts and health impacts with hearings to continue. An interim panel will include education health and agriculture officials plus lawmakers to study the issue.
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Senate
Austin
Senate Education Committee
Eddie Lucio Jr
Brownsville
Lucio
State Commissioners of Education, Health and Agriculture
Texas
Agriculture
Susan Combs
Combs
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