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Hopefully those lawmakers coming to Olympia in 2023 will have a stronger appetite for ensuring checks and balances and separations of power.

The legislature has just nine days left in session to make clear if it still believes it is relevant to our form of government.

State editorial pages also know that SB 5909 isn’t real emergency powers reform.

The Governor should not fear being required to make the case to lawmakers why a particular emergency proposal is appropriate to continue, and the legislature should not hide from its constitutional responsibility to debate and adopt policy.

Our system is not meant to be the arbitrary rule of one behind closed doors

There must be limits. The framers of our state constitution never intended for the governor to wield the kind of power he’s maintained for more than 22 months now.

There must be limits. The framers of our state constitution never intended for the governor to wield the kind of power he’s maintained for more than 22 months now.

There is no logical reason to treat waiving of statute and restrictive proclamations differently. The same legislative oversight should exist for both and require lawmaker approval after a set period of time.

Senator Zaffirini passes 106 Bills during 87th legislative session Courtesy of the Office of Sen. Zaffirini June 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Zaffirini/ The 87th Texas Legislature concluded Monday, and the Senates highest-ranking woman and Hispanic member, Senator Judith Zaffirini, DLaredo, was the Senates highest bill-passer for the fourth consecutive session. Despite challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant budget deficit, and Winter Storm Uri, Senator Zaffirini passed 106...