Mike Villarreal, a House member since 2000, resigned his seat on the cusp of the 2015 legislative session to run for mayor of San Antonio.
Mike VillarrealSays Texas lawmakers in 2011 ordered school districts to test every student on their respiratory system and weight.
Says that before Rick Perry became governor, "only 4 percent of our total labor force was a minimum wage job ... Today, that number has…
"The only segment in the beer market that is growing is the craft beer segment."
Says that over the last decade, the state's population grew three times faster than the Texas state tax system.
Texas "children may have a teacher who never spent one minute practicing teaching."
Says Gov. Rick Perry's administration has proposed ending immunizations for 113,000 kids.