Come and Take Them, Dan Patrick
An Abilene public school librarian has a message for the lieutenant governor and his book-banning crusade.
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Texas House Passes Raft of Dan Patrick Priorities Imposing Conservative Mandates on Public Ed
In the final days of session, the lower chamber voted to further advance the classroom culture wars.
Abbott’s Bail Crackdown Meets Mixed Fate in Texas House
The lower chamber approves key pieces—but only pieces—of the governor's pretrial incarceration agenda.
Texas School Districts Slam the Senate’s School Finance Plan
“It’s like your house being on fire, and the fire department showing up with a 12 ounce cup of water.”
Will Dan Patrick’s Senate Stymie Fentanyl Test Strip Legalization (Again)?
Legislation to allow some forms of drug checking has reached the same Senate committee where a similar bill died last session—two years and at least 3,200 Texas overdose deaths ago.
Texas House Weighs How to Get Harsh on Hemp
Advocates and industry warn against bills that would ban or otherwise restrict many currently legal THC products.
Trump’s Texas Tycoons
Meet the Lone Star megadonors, think tankers, and politicians poised to play big roles in Trump’s comeback tour.
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Loon Star State: ‘Demolition Man’
The governor and his wrecking crew are coming for public schools.
Speaker Phelan Survives Texas House Demolition
But Governor Abbott completes his evisceration of anti-voucher incumbents.
A House Defeated? Abbott, Paxton, Patrick Bag Rebellious State Legislators
The heavily contested GOP primaries brought about ousters and uncertainty in the state’s lower legislative chamber and highest criminal court.