House Homeland Security & Public Safety – May 3, 2022
House Homeland Security & Public Safety met on May 3 to hear invited testimony for a number of interim charges. A video archive can be found here. This report is [...]
Sunset Commission – April 27, 2022
The Sunset Commission met on April 27 to hear public testimony on the following: Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, Texas Invasive Species Coordinating Committee, Texas Water Development Board, [...]
House State Affairs – April 26, 2022
House State Affairs met on April 26th to discuss the following interim charges: expansion of broadband services to rural areas, implementation of pole replacement programs, review of state goods and [...]
House Ways & Means – April 21, 2022
The House Committee on Ways & Means met on April 21 to hear invited and public testimony for a number of interim charges related to overseeing the implementation of bills, [...]
Senate Local Government – April 20, 2022
The Senate Committee on Local Government met on April 20 to hear invited and public testimony on interim charges related to bond elections and ballot language. The hearing notice can [...]
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality – March 9, 2022
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) met on March 9 to hold a general meeting. The commission discussed various items pertaining to the environmental wellbeing of Texas. These items [...]
Texas Water Development Board – March 3, 2022
The TWDB met on March 3 to discuss several items with a focus on funding, rehabilitating, and replacing infrastructure of water lines in small communities of Texas and Rural Texas. [...]
Comment Period Open for Draft Water Quality Management Plan
The public is now invited to comment on the Draft January 2022 WQMP update. This Draft Update includes an addendum to the TMDLs for Lavaca River Above Tidal and Rocky Creek. [...]
Federal Infrastructure Law Guidebook Released
On January 31, the White House released the first edition of its Bipartisan Infrastructure Law guidebook for state, local, Tribal, and territorial leaders. The guidebook contains an overview of the [...]
Senate State Affairs – October 14, 2021
Senate State Affairs met on October 14 to discuss SB 51 relating to prohibited COVID-19 vaccine mandates and vaccination status discrimination and to exemptions from certain vaccine requirements. Sen. Hughes [...]