Tag: Dennis Bonnen
‘You are destroying our party’: Patrick intensifies GOP civil war
It’s not something you see often, or ever: Lt. Gov Dan Patrick, long time darling of the National Rifle Association, is defending ...Texas Rangers are in possession of recording at center of GOP scandal
The Republican scandal continues. On Monday, the Dallas Morning News reported that the Texas Rangers are now in possession of an audio ...‘Republican scandal has claimed its first political victim’
On Friday, Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock resigned his position as chair of the House GOP Caucus amid an intensifying Republican scandal in ...GOP in-fighting continues around House Speaker’s resignation
Updated: House GOP caucus chair Dustin Burrows of Lubbock resigned Friday amid allegations he and Speaker Bonnen politically targeted 10 of their ...LGBTQ caucus responds to Speaker Bonnen’s alleged homophobic comments
The Texas House LGBTQ Caucus last week called out Speaker Dennis Bonnen for his alleged homophobic remarks made during a private June ...Democrats file lawsuit against House Speaker and right-wing activist over secret meeting
On Thursday Democrats in Texas filed a lawsuit against the Speaker of the House and a right-wing activist for violating state election ...House Speaker apologizes as his accuser tweets 13 times
Updated: The Texas House is holding a hearing Monday on the claims made by Michael Quinn Sullivan. The committee has “the intention ...Audio-Gate: How does Texas’ most incredible political story of the year end?
Political thriller is an understatement. Republicans are going after Republicans hardcore. In June, Michael Quinn Sullivan, the extreme conservative leader of an ...Could a secret recording by right-wing activist lead to all-out civil war in the Texas ...
For days, this was a story of trying to figure out which Texas Republican was lying. Now, there’s what seems to be ...On border security, Gov. Abbott calls Congress ‘a group of reprobates.’ So now he’s sending ...
Texas’ top three lawmakers have announced they’re sending 1,000 National Guard troops to the border. At a Friday news conference, Gov. Greg ...With its buffet of red meat, Republican leadership has failed to deliver this legislative session
The 86th session of the Texas Legislature was supposed to be different. Optimism was in the air that opening day back on ...Texas Republicans plot new ways to raise your taxes
Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr./Texas Tribune Update 5/7: The GOP tax hike proposal is dead. “The world has gone mad today And ...
