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David Simpson at the head of the line to prefile bills on Nov. 8, 2010."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150317141837/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/billfiling_line_JPG_800x1000_q100.JPG" title="Newly-elected state Rep. David Simpson at the head of the line to prefile bills on Nov. 8, 2010." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Elise Hu</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Newly-elected state Rep. David Simpson at the head of the line to prefile bills on Nov. 8, 2010.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-10/bill-filing-deadline-approaches/"> Bill Filing Deadline Approaches </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 12 Mar 2015 23:08:00 -0500" title="2015-03-12 23:08"> March 12, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The Legislature hits a big milestone as the focus of session begins to migrate to the two chambers.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-10/bill-filing-deadline-approaches/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-10/session-hits-cruising-speed/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150317141837im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/11/Former_fetus_Stickland_copy_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="State Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150317141837/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/11/Former_fetus_Stickland_copy_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-10/session-hits-cruising-speed/"> Session Hits Cruising Speed </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 12 Mar 2015 23:04:00 -0500" title="2015-03-12 23:04"> March 12, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The "Former Fetus" flap highlights the divide between House leadership and the Tea Party wing.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-10/session-hits-cruising-speed/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-10/inside-intelligence-about-those-pending-bills/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150317141837im_/https://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/20150317141837/https://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/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-10/inside-intelligence-about-those-pending-bills/"> Inside Intelligence: About Those Pending Bills... </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 12 Mar 2015 23:02:00 -0500" title="2015-03-12 23:02"> March 12, 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 pending legislation sitting in the Lege and the potential for vetoes.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-10/inside-intelligence-about-those-pending-bills/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-10/calendar/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150317141837im_/https://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/20150317141837/https://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/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-10/calendar/"> The Calendar </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Texas Weekly </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 12 Mar 2015 23:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-12 23:00"> March 12, 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/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-10/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/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-10/quotes/">Quotes of the Week</a></h2> </header> <div class="content prose"> <p class="quote">If we don’t have the provider network, women cannot be served. And they will die.</p> <p class="cite">State Rep. <strong>Sarah Davis</strong>, R-Houston, objecting to the Senate's approach to distributing money for a cancer screening program for low-income Texans</p> <p class="quote">I think the ‘Kumbaya’ is about to be over. It’s time to start telling the voters where we stand.</p> <p class="cite">State Rep. <strong>Jonathan Stickland</strong>, R-Bedford, to the <em>Austin American-Statesman</em>, signaling the rift between Tea Party Republicans and the House leadership</p> <p class="quote">We are about to start cutting each other to shreds.</p> <p class="cite">Stickland, again, to the <em>Statesman</em> in case he wasn't making himself clear</p> <p class="quote">I thought, well, you know, the worst that could happen is he's gonna drop me out of his plane.</p> <p class="cite"><strong>Billy Hamilton</strong>, chief revenue estimator to then-Comptroller <strong>Bob Bullock</strong>, remembering being instructed to meet Bullock at an airport after projecting lower oil prices</p> <p class="quote">As a final note, if the <em>Amarillo Globe-News</em> ever publishes a picture of two men or two women kissing each other, I will cancel my subscription.</p> <p class="cite">Newly elected Republican Party of Texas Chairman <strong>Tom Mechler</strong> in an op-ed published last March in the <em>Globe-News</em></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/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-10/rearview/">The Week in the Rearview Mirror</a></h2> </header> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>All three of Gov. <strong>Greg Abbott</strong>'s University of Texas System regent appointees were confirmed by the Texas Senate on Wednesday. Two of the appointees drew a small number of dissenting votes.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>Texas House budget writers put the final touches Thursday on a two-year budget that offers a different approach to boosting funding for transportation from the Senate.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>The </span><span>House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety voted out a sweeping <span>border security bill</span> on Wednesday. <span>Before the vote, House members were assured on the measure's limits.</span></span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>State Rep. <strong>Jonathan Stickland</strong>, R-Bedford, made headlines after calling attention to the removal of a "Former Fetus" sign outside his office put up to protest the presence of Planned Parenthood supporters on Wednesday. The rep who removed the sign, House Administration Chairman <strong>Charlie Geren</strong>, said the next day that the House is "not a college dormitory."</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>Senators tackling state procurement reform learned at a hearing Wednesday that the current state contracting system is so fragmented that no one knows the total value of the state's current contract.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>As legislators considered several early education bills Tuesday afternoon, testimony was dominated by a debate over what standards school districts should meet to get additional state funding and whether districts should offer full-day or half-day programs.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>Four Democrats have filed to run in the March 31 special election for House District 124, the Bexar County seat formerly held by now-Sen. <strong>José Menéndez</strong>.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>A Mexican Mafia hit man convicted for his part in the 1998 capital murder of a San Antonio woman was executed Wednesday evening, leaving the state prison system with only enough </span>drugs for one more execution<span>.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>Texas House leaders unveiled a plan Tuesday to shore up the state's chronically underfunded retirement system for employees that requires workers to pay more into the system, but gives them a pay raise to offset the cost.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><em>Disclosure: <span>Planned Parenthood</span> is a corporate sponsor of The Texas Tribune. A complete list of Texas Tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150317141837/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/20150317141837/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-10/people/">Political People and their Moves</a></h2> </header> <article> <div class="content"> <p>U.S. Sen. <strong>Rand Paul</strong>, R-Ky., announced the hiring of <strong>Rachel Kania</strong> to serve as senior field and technology strategist for RANDPAC. The hire coincides with the possible presidential candidate's opening of a tech office in Austin. Kania was statewide field director for the 2012 primary campaign of <strong>Ted Cruz</strong>, who also is contemplating a presidential run.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Angela Olige</strong> was named the new assistant commissioner of food and nutrition at the Texas Department of Agriculture. The division oversees 12 federal child and special nutrition programs in Texas. Olige most recently was finance and budget director for the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nev.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>U.S. Rep. <strong>Lamar Smith</strong>, R-San Antonio, has formed an advisory team comprised of <span>elected officials, business leaders and grassroots conservative activists from counties along the I-35 corridor in his district. </span>They are: <strong>Rosemary Edwards</strong>, former Travis County Republican Party chairwoman; <strong>Roger Borgelt</strong>, former Travis County Republican Party vice chairman; <strong>Naomi Narvaiz</strong>, State Republican Executive Committeewoman, Hays County; <strong>Will Conley</strong>, Hays County Commissioner; <strong>Julie Snyder</strong>, Kyle Chamber of Commerce president; <strong>Sharon Hall</strong>, Comal County Republican Party precinct chairwoman; <strong>Sonja Harris</strong>, pro-life activist; <strong>Kaci Poindexter</strong>, Bulverde Area Republican Women president; <strong>John Beacom</strong>, Hill Country Tea Party Patriots president; <strong>Belinda Frisk</strong>; <strong>Jan Kennady</strong>, former Comal County commissioner; <strong>Rusty Brockman</strong>, New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce director of economic development; <strong>Larry Nuckols</strong>, former Comal County Republican Party chairman; <strong>Beverly Nuckols</strong>, Comal County Republican Party precinct chairwoman</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Deidra Garcia</strong> is leaving her job as government affairs consultant for Jackson Walker LLP for the post of assistant vice chancellor of government relations at the University of Houston.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>Texas Agricultural Land Trust CEO <strong>Blair Fitzsimons</strong> and her husband, <strong>Joseph Fitzsimons</strong>, are the 2015 recipients of the Corpus Christi Rotary Club </span><span>Harvey Weil Sportsman Conservationist of the Year award</span><span>.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>Deaths: <strong>Johnnie B. Rogers</strong>, 89, former state representative (1949-53) and state senator (1953-57) from Austin. He later worked in the lobby for clients such as the Texas Oil Marketers Association.</p> <p><strong>Sandra Anderson</strong><span>, wife of state Rep. </span><strong>Charles "Doc" Anderson</strong><span>, died </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_279715239"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span><span> after a long fight with cancer. She was 67. She was laid to rest </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_279715240"><span class="aQJ">on Thursday</span></span><span> at </span><span class="il">the</span><span> Texas State Cemetery.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><em>Disclosure: The University of Houston is a corporate sponsor of The Texas Tribune. 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