TexLege 2.6

TexLege - What is TexLege - Besides just a nickname for The Texas LegislatureIt's handy re

This version of TexLege is optimized for the iPad, meaning that you can enjoy the full TexLege experience on the big screen.

What is TexLege? - (Besides just a nickname for The Texas Legislature)It's handy reference guide for visitors, voters, contributors, lobbyists, interest groups, politicians (and their staff), i.e. anyone in, around, or interested in the Texas Capitol and the politics within.TexLege provides a fully searchable directory of legislators, their district offices, phone numbers, email addresses, web sites, campaign financing details, biographical links, twitter addresses, chamber floor seeting charts, and Capitol office locationsExclusive to TexLege – Unlike every other Congressional or state legislative mobile application in existence, TexLege includes a historical partisanship index to evaluate and compare the level of partisanship for individual Texas House Representatives and Senators over time. The roll call vote index originates from my doctoral dissertation and uses dimensional scaling analysis, from hundreds of thousands of record votes taken on the chamber floor over nearly 20 years.TexLege also includes natively drawn district map overlays in a fully interactive built-in map. Want to know who your representatives are right this second? TexLege can use your geographic location to definitively show the boundaries of the legislative districts and their members. Not good enough? Tap and hold your finger on the map to bring up the appropriate districts. Still not excited? Touch the multi-pin to drop party colored pins for every district in the state.TexLege has a full directory of committees and their membership appointments, average partisanship of the members, with phone numbers and web links for meeting schedules and bills under consideration.Also, TexLege provides an interactive, searchable calendar to find and explore upcoming committee meetings. On iOS 4 and later, you can automatically add a meeting to iCal.Finally, it has pre-installed zoomable/scrollable maps of the complex, the extension wings, and the surrounding area, along with points of interest and a wheelchair accessability guide.If you have suggestions, support requests, or simply need more information, please contact me at TexLege.com.Version 2.0 - Changes since 1.0:Due to significant modifications in the course of developing many new features, TexLege 2.0 runs only on devices with iOS 3.2 or later.Fully implemented iPad interface; what a difference more screen real estate makes!Historical graphs of the roll call partisanship index.Aggregate partisanship for committees.Home-grown "Who represents me", discover your legislators and their districts via GPS or by touch, or by entering an address.Extensive campaign financing records (special thanks to NIMSP/FollowTheMoney permission to use their data)New committee meetings calendar, add meetings to iCal (iCal support in iOS 4+ only)Built-in interactive map complete with district boundaries and district offices.Form to contact the app developer via an email.Pleasantly color coordinated interface.Updated member directory to include new representatives and senators.Updated committee assignments, committee clerks, and contact information.Completely redesigned user interface.TexLege provides a fully searchable directory of legislators, their district offices, phone numbers, email addresses, web sites, campaign financing details, biographical links, twitter addresses, chamber floor seeting charts, and Capitol office locationsExclusive to TexLege – Unlike every other Congressional or state legislative mobile application in existence, TexLege includes a historical partisanship index to evaluate and compare the level of partisanship for individual Texas House Representatives and Senators over time. The roll call vote index originates from my doctoral dissertation and uses dimensional scaling analysis, from hundreds of thousands of record votes taken on the chamber floor over nearly 20 years.TexLege also includes natively drawn district map overlays in a fully interactive built-in map. Want to know who your representatives are right this second? TexLege can use your geographic location to definitively show the boundaries of the legislative districts and their members. Not good enough? Tap and hold your finger on the map to bring up the appropriate districts. Still not excited? Touch the multi-pin to drop party colored pins for every district in the state.TexLege has a full directory of committees and their membership appointments, average partisanship of the members, with phone numbers and web links for meeting schedules and bills under consideration.Also, TexLege provides an interactive, searchable calendar to find and explore upcoming committee meetings. On iOS 4 and later, you can automatically add a meeting to iCal.Finally, it has pre-installed zoomable/scrollable maps of the complex, the extension wings, and the surrounding area, along with points of interest and a wheelchair accessability guide.If you have suggestions, support requests, or simply need more information, please contact me at TexLege.com.

This is the iPad version of TexLege 2.6