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LIV
Apr 16, 20241 min read
Join LIV with Sarah Stogner on Twitter Spaces Tonight, 7 pm!
Join us with Sarah Stogner on Twitter Spaces tonight for some fun and sass with LIV co-founder, Linda Curtis. Join us here. Sarah is a...
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LIV
Feb 19, 20242 min read
We're Back! And so is David Simpson.
At least some of you noticed that we've been off since November 2023! Our chief bottle-washer, Linda Curtis, is writing about it. So keep...
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LIV
Oct 22, 20239 min read
The Good, the Bad, and the Crap on Your Ballot
Early Voting, Monday, October 23 - Friday, November 3 Election Day, Tuesday, November 7 Details on Polling Locations and more. LIV has...
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LIV
Oct 21, 20232 min read
Vote No on Prop 1: LIV fully adopts FARFA position
On Monday, October 23, early voting begins and Texans will vote on a proposed constitutional amendment, HJR 126 or Proposition 1, that...
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LIV
Jun 8, 20235 min read
How the Texas GOP lit its hair -- and every Texan's local control -- on fire: Gov signs HB 2127!
<== Click on Rep. Rose's picture to watch a 5-minute excerpt of the hour presentation to LIV on June 6th by Adrian Shelley, environmental...
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LIV
May 15, 20232 min read
Texas water, land, and democracy! While the big fish bite, don't forget to nibble
While the big fish in the "Texas Lobby" are taking a bite out of Texas -- like they always do -- we little fish are still fighting for...
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LIV
May 12, 20234 min read
Water Update from SAWDF
From one of the wonderful Texas water defenders, SAWDF Update 5/9/2023 Legislative News Favorable legislation awaiting a public hearing...
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LIV
May 1, 20234 min read
SAWDF Legislative Update on Water
Legislative News Texas House of Representatives HB 5052 – Rep. Stan Gerdes ** Passed ** Filed on behalf of stakeholders in HD 17, HB 5052...
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LIV
Apr 24, 20231 min read
Lege Water Hearing Tomorrow, LCRA Court Hearing on Wed
Thankfully, Rep. Gerdes introduced HB4445 to address massive water leakage throughout the state. Click on Nancy McKee's picture for a...
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LIV
Apr 21, 20232 min read
The people of Texas score on petition rights, water and SCOTUS Rodney Reed decision!
House Bill 4701 -- the bad petition bill: Watch ace attorney Andrew Hendrickson, ACLU Texas, rip HB 4701, the bad petition bill, a new...
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LIV
Apr 20, 20231 min read
This MOST important water bill could die next week without a hearing.
The Elephant in the Room! Let's help Rep. Gerdes get a hearing on HB 4445, arguably the most important water bill in this session! We...
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LIV
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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LIV
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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LIV
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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LIV
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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LIV
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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LIV
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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LIV
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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Reprint
Jan 26, 20236 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...
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LIV
May 8, 20225 min read
The "G" word and the Two Mr. Perrys
"No city can deal with the likes of the growth that's happening to Dripping Springs." A Vista Ridge Consultant. The "g" word isn't greed...
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