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Fikac: Nail lid shut: Senate's two-thirds rule dead
Posted by Mattyboy217 229 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Peggy Fikac on Perry's great hair and tough political stands
Posted by kmurphy86 243 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
And it's not Gov. Rick Perry. At least, it's not just Perry. State Sen. Wendy Davis, the Fort Worth Democrat whose filibuster derailing a plan for public school cutbacks forced the special session, saw her profile rise even as her re-election prospects were dimmed by GOP-driven redistricting.
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Peggy Fikac: Legislators ready to dish revenue menu
Posted by shadowmech 294 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Along with big-ticket items like delaying state payments to school districts, the House Appropriations Committee is poised to consider a multitude of smaller money-raisers like cutting in half the $100 payments that state inmates get when they are released from prison.
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Peggy Fikac: Anti-D.C. words make appointee sound fed up
Posted by kmurphy86 298 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
A Washington liaison with an anti-Washington message might be just what Gov. Rick Perry thinks Texas needs, but some state senators aren’t so sure.
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Peggy Fikac: Faces behind the budget cuts emerge
Posted by energybee 365 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The human services that would be slashed in starting-point, bare-bones budget proposals from legislative leaders are the kind of services we'd want to have if we were in their place.
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Peggy Fikac: Top Texas emergency? Give Las Vegas a call
Posted by Rupert484 379 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Rick Perry's trip can be seen as another indication of how little he worries about Democratic criticism that his choice of emergency items ignores the state's big emergency — a budget shortfall threatening deep cuts in vital state services.
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Peggy Fikac: Perry thinks you don't care about debate
Posted by magusjones 476 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
GOP Gov. Rick Perry seems to think you don’t much care that he’s skipping Tuesday night’s debate.
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Fikac: Proposal gives voters a say on gas-tax increase
Posted by Mechaknux4 525 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The idea is another sign of the seriousness of the money problems facing transportation, with the gas-tax-fueled highway fund projected to run out of money for new projects in 2012.
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