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Thursday, May 09, 2013  Lawmakers have until midnight to pass their bills out the Texas House and Senate.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Gov. Rick Perry is threatening to call a special legislative session if lawmakers don't send him a budget with $1.8 billion in tax cuts.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  Just under a quarter of the bills introduced during the New Mexico Legislature's 2013 annual session were passed by both chambers.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  New Mexico lawmakers are ready to tackle a must-do assignment for the 60-day legislative session.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Business advocates from across Oklahoma will be at the State Capitol to release their joint jobs agenda for the state.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Local educators, and the Texas Classroom Teachers Association, went to the state's capitol on January 24th to lobby for education reform.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  Hundreds of bills related to everything from tax policy and workers' compensation to firearms and abortion are being prepared at the state Capitol as Oklahoma lawmakers near a deadline for filing legislation.

Monday, November 12, 2012  Texas lawmakers have begun filing their bills ahead of the 2013 legislative session, many of them familiar re-runs, while other set the tone for politics next year.

Friday, August 26, 2011  Senator Kel Seliger hosted a town hall meeting for any citizen to present problems, but he didn't hear about many of them, he fielded more questions than anything else.

Friday, July 08, 2011  Texas state Sen. Chris Harris says he will introduce a new law to make it a felony for a parent or guardian to not report a missing child.

Monday, June 27, 2011  The Texas House made quorum on Monday and began tackling a long to-do list with just three days remaining in the Legislature's special session.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011  Gov. Rick Perry took the oath of office for an unprecedented third term Tuesday, as Texas' 47th governor.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010  Republicans Joe Straus and Warren Chisum talk about what they will bring to the table if they are chosen to be the Speaker of the House, in the upcoming legislative session.

Friday, June 04, 2010  Texas legislators are going to travel around the state to talk redistricting.

Friday, February 26, 2010  Gov. Bill Richardson says the special legislative session for hammering out a state budget proposal will begin Monday as planned.