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Texas' Part-time Legislature? Really?

Texas' Part-time Legislature? Really?

In this week's free piece, I go into the aspects of the part-time Texas Legislature nature and wonder with all of the special sessions called if we can still call it part-time.

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Drew Landry
Oct 05, 2023
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With the legislature set for another special session – it’s third of the year and sixth in two legislative session years – one must wonder why Texas should even have a part-time, citizen-led legislature.  The purpose of this style of leadership in our state was twofold.  One, to react to and undo the annual legislative sessions set forth by the Constitu…

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