The Final Weeks of the 88th Legislature

For anyone who successfully completed a government class during their senior year in high school, they likely remember that the legislative system is structured to make passing a bill difficult. This structure is beneficial to all citizens…almost all of the time!

Just as systems and schedules are critically important for our public school system, systems and schedules are the order of the day (for all twenty weeks) for the Texas Legislature as those 181 elected officials navigate the 140 day legislative session on a biennial basis. For the citizens of Texas—the millions of people