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Chris Turner, D-Arlington, and other representatives on the House floor during budget debate March 31, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409174754/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/31/HS1880Turner_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Rep. Chris Turner, D-Arlington, and other representatives on the House floor during budget debate March 31, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Rep. Chris Turner, D-Arlington, and other representatives on the House floor during budget debate March 31, 2015.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-13/house-makes-specialty-long-budget-debates/"> House Makes a Specialty of Long Budget Debates </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 2 Apr 2015 23:08:00 -0500" title="2015-04-02 23:08"> April 2, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Forget burning the midnight oil. The House this week intruded on the breakfast hour when it debated the budget until 5:39 a.m.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-13/house-makes-specialty-long-budget-debates/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-13/debate-climax-came-early/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409174754im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/31/HBOne189_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="State Rep. John Otto, R-Dayton, carries literature laying out House Bill 1 as he prepares to discuss the appropriations bill on the House floor March 31, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150409174754/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/31/HBOne189_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Rep. John Otto, R-Dayton, carries literature laying out House Bill 1 as he prepares to discuss the appropriations bill on the House floor March 31, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Rep. John Otto, R-Dayton, carries literature laying out House Bill 1 as he prepares to discuss the appropriations bill on the House floor March 31, 2015.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-13/debate-climax-came-early/"> In This Debate, the Climax Came Early </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a> and <a href="/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 2 Apr 2015 23:04:00 -0500" title="2015-04-02 23:04"> April 2, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Did the House need to stay until 5:30 a.m. on the budget? It could be argued the debate was over after the first record vote of the day.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-13/debate-climax-came-early/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-13/inside-intelligence-about-those-lege-reform-effort/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409174754im_/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/20150409174754/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/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-13/inside-intelligence-about-those-lege-reform-effort/"> Inside Intelligence: About Those Lege Reform Efforts... </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 2 Apr 2015 23:02:00 -0500" title="2015-04-02 23:02"> April 2, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about the <span>reform projects being floated at the Legislature regarding the agency structure at HHSC and the enforcement authority of the Ethics Commission.</span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-13/inside-intelligence-about-those-lege-reform-effort/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-13/calendar/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150409174754im_/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/20150409174754/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/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-13/calendar/"> The Calendar </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Texas Weekly </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 2 Apr 2015 23:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-02 23:00"> April 2, 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/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-13/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/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-13/quotes/">Quotes of the Week</a></h2> </header> <div class="content prose"> <p class="quote">This is my first year here, and I'm not sure what is normal. But I'm pretty sure it doesn't usually devolve into discussion of a person's sexual history.</p> <p class="cite">Freshman state Rep. <strong>Stuart Spitzer</strong>, R-Kaufman, on the budget floor debate that erupted over his amendment to move money from HIV prevention programs to abstinence education</p> <p class="quote">I sincerely have enjoyed this process. When you’re a CPA by background, you’re sort of like a hog in a mud puddle.</p> <p class="cite">House chief budget writer <strong>John Otto</strong>, expressing sheer delight to his House colleagues at managing the 17-plus-hour floor debate on the state budget</p> <p class="quote">It made me not want to breathe.</p> <p class="cite">Texas Tech researcher <strong>Greg Mayer</strong> on his discovery of the prevalence of <span>antibiotic-resistant bacteria downwind of Panhandle and South Plains feedlots</span></p> <p class="quote">I can't tell you how many times I would be in the Oval Office with President Reagan, and he would say, 'Jim, I'd rather get 80 percent of what I want than go over the cliff with my flag flying.'</p> <p class="cite">Former presidential adviser and Cabinet secretary <strong>James Baker</strong> to <em>Texas Monthly</em>, refuting the image that has developed of <strong>Ronald Reagan</strong> as "a hard-line conservative ideologue."</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/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-13/rearview/">The Week in the Rearview Mirror</a></h2> </header> <article> <div class="content"> <p>The House this week passed a $210 billion, two-year budget. Action on the only legislation required each session now heads to the Senate, where different funding priorities are in play.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>In an unusual, strongly worded report, </span><span>a Travis County grand jury recommended this week that University of Texas System Regent <strong>Wallace Hall</strong> be removed from office but did not hand down an indictment against the controversial regent.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>A scathing investigative report of the Health and Human Services Commission's $20 million deal for fraud tracking software revealed "operational defects" within the agency's procurement process.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>A week after his entry into the presidential race, U.S. Sen. <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> announced that he's raised about $4 million over those eight days. Also, he registered in double digits — 13 percent — in the most recent <em>Washington Post</em>/ABC News poll and in the <span>"top tier" of GOP hopefuls in a Public Policy Polling survey.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>The city of McAllen, Houston Community College and Texas A&M University</span><span> have applied to host a presidential or vice presidential debate in 2016, organizers announced Wednesday. </span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><em>Disclosure: <span>Texas A&M University</span> is a corporate sponsor of The Texas Tribune. <span>Houston Community College was a corporate sponsor in 2012. </span>A complete list of Tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/support-us/donors-and-members/">here</a>.</em></p> </div> </article> </section> <section id="people" class="cell w-6"> <header> <h2><a class="plain" href="/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-13/people/">Political People and their Moves</a></h2> </header> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Pete Gallego</strong> announced on Thursday that he'll run to retake the CD-23 seat he lost to Republican <strong>Will Hurd</strong> in November. The Alpine Democrat said he will embark on a listening tour through the district during the summer, followed by a series of campaign kick-off events in the fall. The seat is considered the only swing congressional district in the state.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Ina Minjarez</strong> and <strong>Delicia Herrera</strong> advanced on Tuesday to a runoff in the special election to fill the vacant Bexar County-based House District 124 seat, which is open after the election of the seat's previous occupant, <strong>José Menéndez</strong>, to the Texas Senate.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>Former San Antonio Congressman <strong>Charlie Gonzalez</strong> is stepping down as senior adviser to that city's <span>VIA Metropolitan Transit. His two-year stint at the agency included serving as <span>senior vice president of public engagement. </span>He said his plans include returning to his work as an attorney.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span><strong>Colette Pierce Burnette</strong> was named the next president and chief executive officer this week of <span>Huston-Tillotson University, </span>the private, historically black college in East Austin. She is the school's first woman leader since the 1952 merger of <span>Samuel Huston College and Tillotson College created the university.</span></span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><em><em>Disclosure: <span>VIA Metropolitan Transit</span></em> was a corporate sponsor in 2014. A complete list of Tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150409174754/http://www.texastribune.org/support-us/donors-and-members/">here</a>.</em></p> </div> </article> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper-r"> <footer id="site_footer" class="wrapper-r"> <div id="footer" class="clear grid"> <div class="cell w-3"> <div> <h2 class="visuallyhidden">Texas Weekly</h2> <p> <span class="volume">Volume <span class="value">32</span></span>, <span class="issue">Issue <span class="value">13</span></span> </p> <p><time>03 April 2015</time></p> <p>Contributors: <span class="name">John Reynolds</span></p> </div> <div> <p><em>John Reynolds, 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