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As a challenge looms, Straus confident that he will remain speaker. #txlege @michaelpmarks reports: http://share.d-news.co/izb30pN
Texas manufacturers oppose gutting franchise tax. #txlege #txbudget http://share.d-news.co/EMfMdIL
.@GovernorPerry-appointed board backs health coverage expansion for low-income Texans under #ACA http://trib.it/1sFoYjX #txlege
Top leaders endorse streamlining of Texas social services. @SenJaneNelson, Janek back shrinking 5 agencies to 1. http://share.d-news.co/u7G6QEW
Janek: 1 big state HHS agency, 'sted of 5, would work better. "We can move some of the barriers out of the way," he tells @SenJaneNelson.
Janek replied to Sunset Commission member @RepPenaRaymond, who asked abt continuity. Sunset wants to shrink 5 TX HHS agencies to 1. #txlege
"If so honored, yes, I'll stick around in this job." -- TX social services czar Kyle Janek. Hasn't discussed staying on w/@GregAbbott_TX
Doesn't mean other Rs won't press on #abortion, social issues. "End of life issues [not] resolved." - @DanPatrick http://bit.ly/1ECkpyn 3/3
.@DanPatrick's priorities: Border. Property taxes. School choice. Dropout rate. STEM. More docs. Roads. H2O: http://bit.ly/1ECkpyn 2 / 3
Catching up: @DanPatrick tells @EricaGrieder of @TexasMonthly that he's "done a very good job" on social issues: http://bit.ly/1ECkpyn 1/3
For the new first couple of Texas, Thursday is doubly special. @GregAbbott_TX #tx2014 #txlege http://share.d-news.co/6LpljYC
.@GregAbbott_TX comes out – warily – for business tax break. Will he clash w/@DanPatrick on taxes? #txlege #txbudget http://share.d-news.co/65arfYG
'You'll see me again,' outgoing Texas Gov. Rick Perry tells South Carolina audience. @ChristyHoppe: http://share.d-news.co/unaxnsk @GoverorPerry
Vanquished statewides run for mayor? @DavidHDewhurst (Houston) http://bit.ly/1B3Katd ; @leticiavdp (San Antonio) http://bit.ly/1u7MTND
MT: @SpeakerStraus girds for battle with tea party. @davidSrauf reports on Team Straus mailers: http://bit.ly/1u7AGsd #txlege 2/2
MT: News from wild, wunnerful TX House: @VoteGiovanni says @ScottTurnerTX "in now way qualified" to be speaker. http://bit.ly/1tZ1AAM 1/2
Whoa! Where'd the weekend go? Aired Sunday: @BenPhilpottKUT, @hinklej & I discuss the elections. http://kxan.com/2014/11/09/state-of-texas-in-depth-election-recap/ … #tx2014
ICYMI: @TXCapTonight replay at 11. We look ahead to 2016, plus @RobertTGarrett @ChronicleMike @PBrownTWCNews and I talk elections. #txlege
Kind of an up and down week for this Houston-area state rep: On Tuesday, re-elected. On Friday, convicted: http://www.chron.com/news/politics/texas/article/State-Rep-Reynolds-convicted-of-6-counts-of-5878877.php?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter … #txlege
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