We talk to our local representatives about their priorities going into the new session.
There's always been whiplash involved when turning one's attention from Austin's generally genial progressive politics to the mean and base bullshit in which Texas legislators must trade. It kind of feels even more intense now that Austinites have repeatedly taken to the streets promising to break the laws the Lege has passed.
And so there's a sense among the Central Texas Democrats, particularly in the House, that things that repair and renew the state's broken-down systems of education, justice, health care, environmental stewardship, and more might make it through the session.
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