Politics & Policy
April 29, 2015
A Hail of a Storm Is Brewing in the Senate
The insurance industry backed by Texans for Lawsuit Reform is taking on the state’s trial lawyers over hail damage lawsuits.
Texas for Lawsuit Reform
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Wentworth and Jones: Who’s Suing Who?
Republican state senator Jeff Wentworth's latest salvo against his primary opponent Elizabeth Ames Jones? Suing her for defamation.
Politics & Policy
October 2, 2011
Political Obituaries
STEVE OGDEN He was the best senator of his time, the most visionary, the most respected. A perennial Ten Best legislator, he chaired Senate Finance throughout Dewhurst’s years as Lieutenant Governor. Most chairman do what just about every other chairman has done–add a few dollars to an agency’s budget here,
Politics & Policy
March 25, 2010
The House runoffs
NORMA CHAVEZ vs. NAOMI GONZALEZ (El Paso) [revised] This is the only runoff on the Democratic side. It has become a proxy fight between TLR and the Trials, like the Rios Ybarra-Lozano race. Chavez is attacking Gonzalez for taking money from Texans for Lawsuit Reform — some 88% of her
Politics & Policy
February 24, 2010
More on Citizen Leader PAC
I wrote about this new PAC, formed by TLR’s Dick Weekley and Leo Linbeck III along with Harlan Crow, on the weekend. In that post, I said: It would really be nice if the founders, who contributed $50,000 each, have realized that Republican primary voters, thanks to Rick Perry, are
Politics & Policy
October 23, 2009
The Gattis-Bius race and TLR
The conventional wisdom is that Gattis is a heavy favorite in this Senate race, and I have to agree. He comes from the biggest county in the district, and he has been running hard for some time, especially in Brazos County, the second largest county. Still, I have heard an
Politics & Policy
April 28, 2009
TLR responds (to my cheap shot)
I received the following e-mail in response to my discussion yesterday of Leibowitz's bill that was a formal re-codification of certain statutes. The bill itself is of little interest. However, it contains a statement of legislative intent to direct the judiciary to read the bill as nonsubstantive. In other words,
Politics & Policy
April 28, 2009
Entergy crisis
Today’s calendar includes HB 3545 by Leibowitz. Here is what the House Research Organization says the bill does: HB 3545 would codify, without substantive change, various statutes omitted during prior recodifications, conform codifications enacted by the 80th Legislature to other laws enacted by that Legislature that did not amend the
Politics & Policy
October 31, 2008
TLR responds to “wholly owned subsidiary” charge about the Texas Supreme Court
Texans for Lawsuit Reform, through spokesperson Sherry Sylvester, responded to my post from yesterday, “The Judicial Races.” I may make some remarks at the conclusion of TLR’s letter, but I am not going to engage in a rebuttal. I had my say, and TLR is entitled to its say. The
Politics & Policy
October 30, 2008
The Judicial Races
I’m going to give you my personal opinions here. Chief Justice, Supreme Court Wallace Jefferson (R) Jim Jordan (D) Tom Oxford (L) The all-Republican Texas Supreme Court is an intellectually corrupt court. By this I mean that it is infused with the appearance of impropriety and inequity. Who you are