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LIV/Indy Alert: On the Lege, don't fall off!
It's mid-April. The 88th Texas Legislative Session is about to move into high gear. Will Electoral Monopolitis go viral and bring us more...
LIV
Apr 17, 20231 min read


Alert from SAWDF
SAWDF Update • 4/13/2023 Favorable Bills making progress House Natural Resources Committee [HNRC] SB 1080 – Kolkhorst Relating to a...
LIV
Apr 17, 20233 min read


Urgent Alert! Call Dan Patrick, stop the spread of new virus: Electoral Monopolitis
A virus has been detected at the Capitol of Texas. “Electoral Monopolitis” could wipe out competitive elections, cherished by nearly 4...
LIV
Apr 12, 20232 min read


Indy Burr Under Mayes' & Charlie's Saddles: Kill SB1705
Maybe we political country bumpkins just don't get it. Why would certain GOP big-wigs want to give $18 million every two years, $9...
LIV
Apr 7, 20232 min read


Who is Huffy Hughes?
Immediately after watching the State Affairs Committee Hearing on Senator Bryan Hughes's SB2532, Ginny Moore gives Hughes a new name....
LIV
Apr 2, 20231 min read


The oh-so-nice Senator Bryan Hughes drops a not-nice bomb on Texas independents -- SB2532
Everyone at the Texas Lege knows Senator Bryan Hughes is a nice guy. But they may not know that Hughes and some others in the GOP...
LIV
Mar 31, 20232 min read


ALERT! Local Control or Controlling the Locals?
Are you so busy you don't know whether to scratch your watch or wind your butt? We understand! Let LIV give you some home trainin'. :)...
LIV
Mar 26, 20233 min read


Bastrop Biologist Challenges Elon at Botched TCEQ Meeting last night. Act on HB1505 now!
We can send a man to the moon, but we can't figure out what to do with our wastewater on god's green earth. Sean Hensley, a biologist who...
LIV
Mar 22, 20232 min read


HIGH ALERT! Last-minute GOP attacks bills by the powerful Senator Hughes. Hop on zoom tomorrow!
The Texas GOP establishment has lost its head, or it needs to! On the heels of censuring newly elected Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-Eagle...
LIV
Mar 12, 20232 min read


Independent Texans and our minor parties under GOP attack! Join us Monday night!
Why would the GOP attack Texas' minor parties, the Libertarians and Greens, rank-choice voting and try to harm independent candidates?...
LIV
Mar 10, 20231 min read


LIV-Indy News: Democrat, Republican? Dazed and Confused? Action Request!
Let LIV un-confuse you. Join us next Monday night's, March 13, at 7 pm for our forum "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Bills" in this...
LIV
Mar 5, 20233 min read


Rattlesnake Roundup at TX Capitol
Rattlesnake Roundup at the Texas Capitol, February 13, 2023, by the Sweetwater Jaycees.
LIV
Feb 13, 20231 min read


First Local Foods Lobby Day • Lost Pines Meets Wed • Giving Watson Slack
This brief LIV-Indy News boost is to encourage you go to the Capitol tomorrow, Monday, February 13th, to support our local food advocates...
LIV
Feb 12, 20232 min read


Will the EPA protect our water if Texas won't?
In September 2021, twenty organizations advocating for clean water and air protections in Texas blew the whistle to the EPA...
LIV
Feb 10, 20231 min read


LIV-Indy News, Feb. 9, 2023
Will the EPA Protect Our Water if Texas Won't? • In Memory of David Van Os, working class hero • Media Whistleblower, Jeff Gerth,...
LIV
Feb 9, 20234 min read


In memory of David Van Os, Texas working class hero.
Photo Credit: Civil Rights in Black & Brown Oral History Project at TCU accessed here. David Van Os, who passed away on January 3, 2023,...
LIV
Feb 7, 20232 min read


Nattering Nabobs of Negativism Unite! LIV News, Jan. 27, 2023
Some of you young pups did not have the pleasure of witnessing former Vice President Spiro Agnew in action. Agnew was one of only two...
LIV
Jan 27, 20232 min read


Sandow Lakes Hearing Goes to SOAH
Many thanks for permission to reprint this article from the Burleson County Tribune. LIV encourages our readers to subscribe to your...
LIV
Jan 27, 20234 min read


New President Named to Lost Pines
Public fails to sway board to keep Sheril Smith As published in the Giddings Times & News January 26, 2023, Vol. 133, No. 37 During an...
Reprint
Jan 26, 20236 min read


Corrections & Additions
In yesterday's LIV news, there was a broken link to our most important ask: renew your membership, join for the first time, or donate to...
LIV
Jan 17, 20231 min read
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