Texas Sunset Advisory Commission

"Duck Taco" Lawsuit

Prison Employees Say The Man (i.e., TDCJ) Is Monitoring Their Facebook Friends Lists

Some employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are accusing wardens of disciplining, and in some cases firing, them for having Facebook friends with criminal records. Duane Stuart, who runs a private TDCJ employee forum, thebackgate.org, tells Hair Balls that wardens regularly inspect e ... More >>

Broken System

A lawsuit alleges that 12,000 kids trapped in foster care with little chance of getting out are being exposed to abuse and neglect, shuttled around the state and denied health services.

TCEQ & The Sunset Commission: Texas Environmental Groups Try Working Together

Coming together vs. TCEQ​The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, made up of 12 state legislators who evaluate state agencies every dozen years, is examining the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and will make a recommendation during the next legislative session whether to renew, tweak, or ab ... More >>

A Quiet Hell: Game Time

Flexible permits offer a loophole big enough to drive an oil tanker through.

Poured Out

With archaic and self-serving laws, reforms don't come easy for the Texas booze industry

Policing the Politicos

Sunset report calls for an ethics commission with teeth

Getting Stomped

Texas boasts the soil, the climate and the grapes for a strong wine industry. So what stands in its way? Bad taste and politicians.