The Texas Progressive Alliance still has a dozen or so Republican responses to the SOTU it needs to get through as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Off the Kuff takes a look at campaign finance reports for Harris County legislative and countywide candidates.
Horwitz at Texpatriate laments the loss of Algebra II as a High school graduation requirement.
In light of some of the more ridiculous back-and-forth between Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott and their campaigns — not to mention James O’Keefe and his clandestine, altered video — PDiddie at Brains and Eggs asks: “Is it insensitive to say that Abbott is ‘running’ for governor?”
CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wants you to scream in horror over the Republican war on women. All Republican candidates for Lieutenant Governor are FOR keeping a brain dead woman with a severely abnormal fetus on life support against her family’s wishes.
This week, McBlogger has some advice for the Davis Campaign, the press and all the Democratic activists who are eager for a win this year.
Neil at All People Have Value wrote about the slate of Green Party candidates running in Texas in 2014. All People Have Value is part of NeilAquino.com.
And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.
Nonsequiteuse scoffs at the notion that Texas may turn into California.
Texas Redistricting updates us on the proposed fixes to the Voting Rights Act and other election law news.
John Coby names Randy Weber the frontrunner to replace Steve Stockman as the craziest Congressman from Southeast Texas.
Texas Clean Air Matters reports on the longrunning legal battle between Texas and the EPA over clean air regulations.
The Lunch Tray alerts us to potential changes to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.
Randy Bear examines the reasoning behind various LGBT groups’ non-endorsement of Wendy Davis in the Democratic primary for Governor.
Greg Wythe has the data to analyze the actual impact of Texas’ voter ID law in Harris County.
BOR asks why the Texas Medical Association supports candidates who oppose their own stated positions, and gets a non-responsive answer from them.
