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Good morning, Houston. We hope you got your fill of the Texas Legislature, because the 80th session is officially over. Your Senators and Representatives have been hard at work since January, passing lots of bills and making even more news, and now they'll be taking a break. The Houston contingent did us proud, from strip club taxes to baby-selling to overcoming liver transplants. We hope all the Texas political blogs can survive until 2009.... more ›

Due to a number of problems that have already been reported with early voting, several counties are ready to get rid of the voting records system used in Texas because it is too flawed. The system, TEAM, began operating in January in order to comply with federal regulations on centralizing voting information across the state. Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt said that the new database is "causing statewide voting problems" and that "it's a... more ›

November is right around the corner which means election day is hauling ass towards us. Don't miss this opportunity to show up late for work participate in democracy. more ›

It looks like Kinky's in and Grandma is out on the November gubernatorial ballot: Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams ruled today that Richard "Kinky" Friedman can use his nickname on the ballot, but Carole Keeton "Grandma" Strayhorn can't because her nickname is actually a campaign slogan. more ›

Lists of people who signed petitions to get independent gubernatorial hopefuls Kinky Friedman and Carole Keeton Strayhorn were sent to state election officials today so the state can begin a final check of signatures to see whether the two will make it on the ballot. Friedman and Strayhorn each had to collect 45,540 signatures from registered Texas voters who didn't vote in the Republican or Democratic primaries; Friedman ended up with 169,574 and Strayhorn had about 223,000. Both are counting on some of their signatures being invalid, which is why they gathered so many. more ›

OK, we admit it: We think we're going to become addicted to the Chronicle's TrialWatch blog, which gave a somewhat behind-the-scenes look at federal courthouse action surrounding jury selection in the Ken Lay/Jeff Skilling trial. How else would we have learned about these gems: • Lay arrived at the federal courthouse first, at about 8:30 a.m., and was reportedly mobbed by reporters as he crossed Smith Street. Skilling showed up a few minutes later and... more ›