CRUISE SHIP STUDY BILL FILED FOR THE 83RD TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION I have filed the Cruise Industry Study bill. It is extremely important to keep people and the state talking about the importance of bringing the cruise industry to the South Texas coast line. For those of you interested in tracking the Cruise Industry Study…

THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS (PART II) In last week’s article, I began outlining the Texas lawmaking process. In that article, I covered how a law or bill begins from its initial conception to it going before a committee of the respective lawmaking bodies on its way to the Texas House or Senate chamber floor. This week…

Coastal Bend education task force meets today CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER TIMES By Rick Spruill February 15, 2013 at 7:12 p.m. Education task force meets today State Rep. Todd Hunter on Friday announced legislation to be filed in the coming weeks to establish a joint House-Senate committee to study how Texas can plug growing gaps in…

Hunter’s Education Workforce Task brings together state leaders for conference Corpus Christi, Texas (Feb. 12, 2013) –Top business and education leaders from throughout the state will coordinate efforts to address education and workforce issues during the Education Workforce Conference, the first of several such events State Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, has planned. Speakers include:…

THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS Over the past several weeks, I have used my weekly article to introduce you to some of the bills which have been filed for the 83rd Legislative session. In the next couple of weeks I would like to take the opportunity to describe to you the legislative process in which those bills…