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DeBeauvoir issued Goodfriend and Bryant a marriage license on Feb. 19, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150530185435/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/19/marriage_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="Sarah Goodfriend, second from left, and Suzanne Bryant, center, with their daughters (far left and far right) and Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir, second from right. DeBeauvoir issued Goodfriend and Bryant a marriage license on Feb. 19, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Joe Deshotel</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Sarah Goodfriend, second from left, and Suzanne Bryant, center, with their daughters (far left and far right) and Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir, second from right. DeBeauvoir issued Goodfriend and Bryant a marriage license on Feb. 19, 2015.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-19/head-gsdm-urges-opposition-gay-marriage-bill/"> Head of GSD&M Urges Opposition to Gay Marriage Bill </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a>, <a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/aman-batheja/">Aman Batheja</a> and <a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/morgan-smith/">Morgan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 14 May 2015 23:08:00 -0500" title="2015-05-14 23:08"> May 14, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The big question in the House on Thursday was whether the midnight deadline would strike before Republicans could bring up a controversial gay marriage bill.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-19/head-gsdm-urges-opposition-gay-marriage-bill/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-19/houston-weve-got-presidential-debate/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150530185435im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Set074oheadCMS_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="The set at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. on Oct. 10, 2011, the night before Rick Perry's fourth Republican presidential debate."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150530185435/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Set074oheadCMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="The set at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. on Oct. 10, 2011, the night before Rick Perry's fourth Republican presidential debate." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">The set at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. on Oct. 10, 2011, the night before Rick Perry's fourth Republican presidential debate.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-19/houston-weve-got-presidential-debate/"> Houston, We've Got a Presidential Debate </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a>, <a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/abby-livingston/">Abby Livingston</a> and <a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 14 May 2015 23:06:00 -0500" title="2015-05-14 23:06"> May 14, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Also, political announcements for upcoming elections later this year and next year.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-19/houston-weve-got-presidential-debate/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-19/inside-intelligence-about-those-emergency-items/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150530185435im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/inside_intelligence-logo_1_png_260x1000_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150530185435/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/inside_intelligence-logo_1_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-19/inside-intelligence-about-those-emergency-items/"> Inside Intelligence: About Those Emergency Items... </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 14 May 2015 23:02:00 -0500" title="2015-05-14 23:02"> May 14, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked </span>about grading <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a> on his emergency items and evaluating the substance of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/jonathan-stickland/">Jonathan Stickland</a>.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-19/inside-intelligence-about-those-emergency-items/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-19/calendar/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150530185435im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Capsized4_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150530185435/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Capsized4_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-19/calendar/"> The Calendar </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Texas Weekly </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 14 May 2015 23:00:00 -0500" title="2015-05-14 23:00"> May 14, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Key meetings and events for the coming week.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-19/calendar/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="rail cell w-4"> <div class="quotes"> <section class="sidebar_block"> <header> <h2><a href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-19/quotes/">Quotes of the Week</a></h2> </header> <div class="content prose"> <p class="quote"><span>Every six minutes that goes by, another bill dies ... Some bills are already dead and nobody knows it yet.</span></p> <p class="cite"><span>State Rep. <strong>Giovanni Capriglione</strong>, R-Southlake, on this week's deadline for the House to take initial action on bills originating in that chamber</span></p> <p class="quote"><span>I have absolutely no desire, no intention or no will to request that these members vote for a gimmick to bust the spending limit for us to do things that we think are really neat.</span></p> <p class="cite"><span>Ways and Means Chairman <strong>Dennis Bonnen</strong>, opposing a Senate plan not to <span>count</span> property tax relief against the spending cap</span></p> <p class="quote">They have everyone running for office peeing in a cup. If the House is going to take this up, we’re going to do it in a meaningful way.</p> <p class="cite">State Rep. <strong>Byron Cook</strong>, R-Corsicana, criticizing <span>Senate </span>ethics legislation as "one of the most superficial efforts" he's ever seen</p> <p class="quote">We are raising a state and nation of fat slobs that can text at 100 miles per hour but can't walk half a mile without collapsing in a pool of deep fried sweat.</p> <p class="cite">Dallas attorney <strong>Jim Walker</strong>, commenting on Agriculture Commissioner <strong>Sid Miller</strong>'s relaxing of rules against deep-fat fryers and soda machines in Texas public schools</p> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid index_bottom" style="padding-top: 1em;"> <section id="rearview" class="cell w-6"> <header> <h2><a class="plain" href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-19/rearview/">The Week in the Rearview Mirror</a></h2> </header> <article> <div class="content"> <p>Jockeying continued all week between the House and Senate leadership over the form of tax relief this session. Negotiations on the issue were being closely followed because the impasse could trigger a special session if it is not resolved. The latest word on Thursday, though, was that a deal could be struck before week's end.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>The Senate referred the House's border security bill for a hearing early next week, a signal that the two chambers have forged a deal on passing legislation on the topic declared a legislative priority by Abbott earlier this year.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>Facing a midnight deadline in the House to take initial votes on that chamber's bills, Democrats dragged their feet, working to delay a vote on a bill forbidding the use of state or local funds to issue same-sex marriage licenses.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>Gov. <strong>Greg Ab<span style="line-height: 1.35;">bott</span></strong><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> signed legislation this week approving a measure that would ensure that some high school seniors who fail to pass state exams can seek an alternate route to graduation.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>Attorney General <strong>Ken Paxton</strong> on Tuesday boosted University of Texas System Regent <strong>Wallace Hall</strong>'s efforts to dig into admissions at UT-Austin by siding with Hall in a dispute over whether regents can have access to confidential student records. <span>Even after that ruling, though, Hall was told that he can't see confidential student information related to admissions.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>The controversy over the secret videorecording project of lawmakers by the American Phoenix Foundation escalated further on Sunday after the disclosure that a copy of the footage had been shared with Breitbart Texas. As the week unfolded, Texas Rangers had become involved as the videographers were confronted more and more frequently by Capitol reporters and lobbyists.</p> </div> </article> </section> <section id="people" class="cell w-6"> <header> <h2><a class="plain" href="/web/20150530185435/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-19/people/">Political People and their Moves</a></h2> </header> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span><strong>Donald R. "Dee" Margo</strong> of El Paso was named by Gov. <strong>Greg Abbott</strong> to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Oversight Committee for a term to expire on </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_805997535"><span class="aQJ">Jan. 31, 2021</span></span><span>. Margo is a former state representative for House District 78 from 2011-13.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span><strong>John L. Nau III</strong> was named chairman of the Texas Historical Commission by Abbott for a term to expire on </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_805997557"><span class="aQJ">Feb. 1, 2021</span></span><span>. Additionally, Abbott appointed former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice <strong>Wallace Jefferson</strong> and <strong>Anna Benavides Galo</strong> for terms to expire </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_805997558"><span class="aQJ">Feb. 1, 2019, and Feb. 1, 2021</span></span><span>, respectively.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span><strong>Benjamin M. Hanson</strong> of Austin was named by Abbott to the State Cemetery Committee for a term to expire on </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_805997560"><span class="aQJ">Feb. 1, 2021</span></span><span>.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span><strong>Rodolfo “Rudy” Madrid Jr.</strong> of Kingsville was appointed by Abbott to the Commission on State Emergency Communication for a term to expire on </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_805997562"><span class="aQJ">Sept. 1, 2017</span></span><span>.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Zak Covar</strong><span> is stepping down from </span><span class="il">the</span><span> Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, </span><span class="il">the</span><span> agency announced. </span><span>His resignation is effective </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_805997575"><span class="aQJ">June 1</span></span><span>. </span><span>Covar, who was</span><span> appointed to </span><span class="il">the</span><span> commission in January 2014, is leaving to pursue a private sector job.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>GOP presidential candidate </span><strong>Ted Cruz</strong><span> on Monday named </span><span class="il">the</span><span> California and Michigan chairmen of his presidential campaign</span><span>. </span><strong>Saul Anuzis</strong><span> will lead Cruz's 2016 bid in Michigan, while </span><strong>Ron Nehring</strong><span> will take </span><span class="il">the</span><span> helm in California. Both men are former chairmen of </span><span class="il">the</span><span> Republican parties in their states.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Deaths: Bob Nichols</strong>, 88, former president of engineering firm Freese and Nichols, former national president of the National Society of Professional Engineers</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><em>Disclosure: <span class="il">The</span> Texas <span>Historical Commission is</span> a corporate sponsor of <span class="il">The</span> Texas Tribune. Dee R. Margo and John L. Nau, III are major donors to The Texas Tribune. 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