Analysis: Texas legislators have a long way to go and a short time to get there
Texas | May 20, 2021
Maybe your job is like this, too: The Texas Legislature does most of its work on deadline.
And here we are, with two weeks to go in the regular legislative session, and many of the big things that appeared on the to-do list back in January remain unfinished. The budget. New voting and election restrictions. Responses to the winter storm electric outages. Remember Gov. Greg Abbott’s list of “emergency issues” that merited immediate attention? Expanding broadband internet access, punishing local governments that cut police budgets, changing the bail system, ensuring “election integrity” and protecting businesses that stayed open during the pandemic from lawsuits.
Broadband expansion is headed for a study, though the federal pandemic relief..
(Excerpts from The Texas Tribune)