From Jason Embry and the Austin American Statesman:
Hearing today led by lame-duck chairman, lobbyists are learning to shoot guns and check my math, folks, because the countdown is back.
At this point, it looks like there will be two big issues in the 2011 session of the Legislature: The budget and redistricting. We’ve talked plenty about the former, and will get to some more budget talk in a minute, but redistricting steps briefly into the spotlight today.
The House Redistricting Committee will join with the Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee for an 11 a.m. hearing today in E1.030. From the meeting notice: “The joint public hearing will consider recent legal, technological and demographic developments relating to the upcoming redistricting process.”