Justin Miller
Senior Writer at The Texas Observer
Covering Texas politics, government, etc. @TexasObserver reach me at miller @ https://t.co/iajyET1bAJ
Articles
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1 week ago |
texasobserver.org | Justin Miller
In the leadup to Texas’ 89th legislative session, the Republican leadership apparatus was under siege and the party in open warfare as the sitting House Speaker Dade Phelan decided not to seek another term with the gavel.
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2 weeks ago |
texasobserver.org | Justin Miller
The job of leading the minority party in the Texas House has long consisted, at best, of harm reduction and something like emergency room triage. At worst, it amounts to frantically herding several dozen cats—many of whom can be coaxed out of their homes by the GOP House speaker’s saucers of warm milk. Since 2009, Dems have largely wielded their collective power to elevate their preferred Republican to the House speakership as a means to minimize damage and maximize some semblance of influence.
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2 weeks ago |
texasobserver.org | Justin Miller
Without any announcement or open debate, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature passed a biennial state budget that will effectively halve the amount dedicated to its multi-billion-dollar border security operations—from a proposed $6.5 billion down to about $3.4 billion.
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1 month ago |
sacurrent.com | Justin Miller
The State of Texas is set to get into the cryptocurrency investment game as the Texas House passed a Senate bill on Wednesday to create a “ Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” that could use millions of taxpayer dollars to purchase cryptocurrency.
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1 month ago |
texasobserver.org | Justin Miller
The State of Texas is set to get into the cryptocurrency investment game as the Texas House passed a Senate bill on Wednesday to create a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” that could use millions of taxpayer dollars to purchase cryptocurrency. Senate Bill 21 will—assuming Senate concurrence and the governor’s sign-off—establish a new government investment fund through which the state comptroller and a team of appointed advisors have broad discretion to invest in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
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RT @TexasObserver: New from @by_jmiller: The job of leading the minority party in the Texas House has long consisted, at best, of harm redu…
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Perhaps most significant: After the way Texas House Democrats were mostly sidelined by the GOP speaker they voted for, it's hard to figure why they'd even show up in Austin for a special session to help President Trump gain seats in Congress #Txlege
