Tag: Texas Legislature
‘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 ...Democrats embark on full-court pressure campaign to address gun violence
On Wednesday, Democratic lawmakers across Texas renewed calls for Gov. Greg Abbott to call an emergency special session to address gun violence. ...‘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 ...Texans are less than two weeks away from being able to deliver beer to their ...
Let’s give credit where credit is due. The GOP-led legislature passed and Gov. Abbott signed a new law, set to go into ...Signal’s Q&A with Texas Leaders
We spoke to Texas State Representative Joe Moody of El Paso following the domestic terrorist attack in his city. Below is an ...Chiefs of Staff Roundtable
We’re joined by Odus Evbagharu, Tamoira Jones, Christian Manuel, and Katelyn Caldwell to discuss life in the #txlege as a chief of ...A conversation with Cliff Walker, Texas Democratic Party
This week we were joined by Cliff Walker, Deputy Executive Director of the Texas Democratic Party, to discuss the new entrants of ...Texas Republicans accidentally gave a green light to small amounts of pot
Republicans unknowingly invited a smoking Trojan horse filled with pot into Texas law. This week, multiple county district attorney offices around the ...Texas Monthly gives Jonathan Stickland first-ever ‘Cockroach Award’
This week, Texas Monthly released its highly anticipated series “The Best and Worst Legislators.” Included in the list was a new award ...In a win for Texas workers, Republicans fail to roll back paid sick-leave
Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Freelancer Multiple bills that would have undone sick leave ordinances in cities like Austin and San Antonio are ...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 ...
