Tag Archives: Dan Branch
Are Big Donors Abandoning Attorney General Ken Paxton?
Campaign finance reports suggest some donors are quietly rethinking their support of embroiled attorney general Ken Paxton even as top GOP leaders stay mum....Read More
Texas Runoff Round Up: A Good Night for the Tea Party
With the Texas primary runoffs behind us, several big Republican feuds have concluded and we've learned a little about the 2015 Legislature....Read More
David Dewhurst and Dan Branch Shouldn’t Concede
Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton are hoping their runoff opponents will fly a white flag—but it would be a bad thing for Texans.
David Dewhurst and Dan Branch face tough runoff races, and some want them to concede. But they shouldn't—for voters' sake, and their own....Read More
The Mystery of the Trial Lawyer-Funded Group Backing Tea Party Candidates
Balance PAC claims to have provided costly media services to candidates who've never heard of the group.
Democratic astroturf group Balance PAC, otherwise known as "Texans 4 Justice," claims to provide media services to candidates who've never heard of it....Read More
Reasoning Mind: How Big Oil and Texas Politicians Came to Love Math
The creators of the Reasoning Mind math software have found great success getting funding from the State of Texas. Along with a slick product, they just so happ...Read More
House Hears Bill Limiting UT Regents’ Power
Sen. Kel Seliger's bill that could cut through the University of Texas System regents' current power struggle with the Legislature was heard by the House Higher...Read More
Branch Promotes Big Expansion of Performance-Based Higher Ed Funding
Lawmakers will decide later this session whether to go ahead with funding colleges based on performance, but on Wednesday lawmakers took up a proposal to dramat...Read More
Hot List: Day 52 of the Legislature
The Lead: A Bush was back in the Texas Capitol yesterday. Jeb Bush, that is. The former Florida governor was a guest of Sen. Dan Patrick (R-Houston), who had be...Read More
Business Group, Higher Ed Leaders Want More College Funding Based on Graduation Rates
Dallas Rep. Dan Branch has introduced a bill that could tie up to 25 percent of higher ed funding to "outcomes" like quick graduation, doubling down on a contro...Read More