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Cheating by Unethical Employers Reaches Crisis Levels While Texas Lawmakers...
The Texas Capitol in Austin. Over the years, the Construction Citizen team has put a bright spotlight on the myriad problems caused by worker misclassification. Those difficulties continue to mount...
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Texas House and Senate in a Budget Showdown
Gov. Greg Abbott shakes hands with Speaker Joe Straus while Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick looks on. Facing criticism from Texas House Republican leadership and despite the concerns of one key GOP senator about...
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Tea Party Senator Calls for Unilateral Disarmament in Competition for Business
Sen. Konni Burton, R-Colleyville Much of the chatter in the business lobby over the past few days suggests that Facebook executives were not happy at all with Tea Party Sen. Konni Burton’s argument...
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Worker misclassification debate starts anew at the Texas Capitol
The Texas Capitol building in Austin. The issue of worker misclassification promises to loom large once again during the next session of the Texas Legislature – and not just as it relates to the...
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Houston’s leadership on workforce can be a model for the nation
A town hall-style discussion about workforce was recently held in the offices of the Greater Houston Partnership. Business leaders in Houston seem well-positioned to set the tone for how the rest of...
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Flashback: TPPF revised estimate in Texas budget growth down to 9% from...
Former Gov. Rick Perry speaking at TPPF, a group which said he signed a budget in 2013 that increased spending by nearly 30 percent. Note: This story originally appeared in The Quorum Report in 2014...
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On restrooms, Patrick sides with Texas House foe Steve Hotze over business
Steve Hotze, the stridently anti-gay archconservative head of the Conservative Republicans of Texas PAC Note: This story originally appeared in The Quorum Report. Join us there for daily coverage of...
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Hotze’s Bathroom Bill Campaign Just Latest Episode in Long-Running Anti-Gay...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick with anti-gay activist Steve Hotze at the Texas Capitol. As the Texas Senate was getting down to work on the “bathroom bill,” Dr. Steve Hotze, an anti-gay activist and longtime...
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Criminal investigation opened into fraudulent pro-school voucher letters
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick demands a vote in the Texas House on “school choice.” The House later rejected vouchers on a vote of 103 to 44. Note: This story first appeared on the Quorum Report. Join us...
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At the politically riskiest moment of the pandemic, Gov. Greg Abbott assumes...
Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas. Note: This analysis first appeared in the pages of The Quorum Report last week. Subscribe to the site right here for daily for news and information about what’s happening in...
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