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Apr 20, 20231 min read

Surprise! Texas Petition Rights Could be on Chopping Block!

Attorney Elizabeth "Liz" Miller is providing the following one-minute testimony today for LIV to the House Elections Committee in...

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LIV/Indy Alert: On the Lege, don't fall off!

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Apr 17, 20231 min read

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...

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Apr 17, 20233 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...

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Urgent Alert! Call Dan Patrick, stop the spread of new virus: Electoral Monopolitis

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Apr 12, 20232 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...

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Indy Burr Under Mayes' & Charlie's Saddles: Kill SB1705

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Apr 7, 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...

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Apr 2, 20231 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....

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The oh-so-nice Senator Bryan Hughes drops a not-nice bomb on Texas independents -- SB2532

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Mar 31, 20232 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...

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ALERT! Local Control or Controlling the Locals?

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Mar 26, 20233 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'. :)...

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Bastrop Biologist Challenges Elon at Botched TCEQ Meeting last night. Act on HB1505 now!

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Mar 22, 20232 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...

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HIGH ALERT! Last-minute GOP attacks bills by the powerful Senator Hughes. Hop on zoom tomorrow!

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Mar 12, 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...

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Independent Texans and our minor parties under GOP attack! Join us Monday night!

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Mar 10, 20231 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?...

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LIV-Indy News: Democrat, Republican? Dazed and Confused? Action Request!

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Mar 5, 20233 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...

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Austin's Aquifer Storage: Who's Got the Power?

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Feb 22, 20235 min read

Austin's Aquifer Storage: Who's Got the Power?

LIV-Indy News Exclusive: The City of Austin Could Use Eminent Domain to Force Risky Aquifer Storage in Bastrop and Lee counties "The...

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Feb 13, 20231 min read

Rattlesnake Roundup at TX Capitol

Rattlesnake Roundup at the Texas Capitol, February 13, 2023, by the Sweetwater Jaycees.

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First Local Foods Lobby Day • Lost Pines Meets Wed • Giving Watson Slack

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Feb 12, 20232 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...

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Will the EPA protect our water if Texas won't?

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Feb 10, 20231 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...

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Feb 9, 20234 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,...

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In memory of David Van Os, Texas working class hero.

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Feb 7, 20232 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,...

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Nattering Nabobs of Negativism Unite! LIV News, Jan. 27, 2023

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Jan 27, 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...

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Jan 27, 20234 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...

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