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The political fight of their lives: Facing the onslaught from
@GregAbbott_TX
and allied organizations, anti-voucher republicans rally local support and tap anti-immigrant fervor. Editor
@scottbraddock
has traveled Texas to bring you the story
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ICYMI: Beto O'Rourke's campaign team ratifies historic union contract, the first statewide union campaign in Texas
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multiple gop sources: the rules laid out by the texas senate will force the recusal of sen. paxton as a juror :
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in a loss for paxton, gop texas court of criminal appeals orders that he stand trial for alleged securities fraud in houston :
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sources: as of now, the school voucher bill appears stuck in the texas senate where there do not appear to be enough votes to pass it :
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amarillo republican sen. kel seliger tells quorum report he plans to vote for democrat mike collier for lt. gov.:
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sources: impeachment vote on ag paxton could happen in the texas house as soon as saturday :
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three gop former texas supreme court justices endorse democrat susan hays for ag commissioner:
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while uvalde parents waited to learn if their children were among the dead, gov. abbott attended high dollar fundraiser in walker county:
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poll finds nearly 60 percent of texans oppose using public dollars for private school vouchers:
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gop tarrant county judge whitley urges all elected county leaders in texas to join him in voting for collier for lt. gov.:
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two members of the texas house democratic caucus are on vacation in europe, sources say :
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On the left is the Saturday
#WomensMarchAustin
, on the right is the
#SchoolChoice
rally today
#TxLege
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So it begins. Reinforces Forbes poll showing 2/3 of college educated workers will think twice about moving to Texas
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multiple sources confirm high possibility of at least rolling blackouts between 2-6 in the afternoon for the next three days:
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heb ceo charles butt asks gov. abbott to send all federal dollars intended for schools to the isds:
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in a solid 8 to 1 rebuke of texas ag paxton, all-gop court of criminal appeals ends his ability to unilaterally prosecute election law cases:
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the general investigating committee votes unanimously to send to the full texas house articles of impeachment against ag paxton :
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hk: two hours of extraordinary testimony puts ag ken paxton on glide path to impeachment
:
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dr. hotze indicted in harris county in connection with violent attempt to prove voter fraud :
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HK: This is the third bill they want corrected. Abbott on voting penalties and dog cruelty. Patrick on grid repair responsibility. Is anyone in leadership reading these bills before passage and signing?
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“The State of Texas has made tremendous progress in upholding the integrity of our elections. By increasing penalties for illegal voting, we will send an even clearer message that voter fraud will not be tolerated in Texas.” – Gov. Abbott
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the bill to raise the age for legal purchase of certain firearms is voted out of committee 8-5 with two republicans voting in favor:
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HK: Lt. Gov. Patrick said anyone who called SB7 a voter suppression bill lied. Analysis proves it is
#txlege
: Polling places for urban voters of color would be cut under Texas Senate's version of voting bill being negotiated with House via
@TexasTribune
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Chair
@leachfortexas
got right to the point. Taxpayers shouldn't be on the hook for
@KenPaxtonTX
's personal legal problems: "I don’t think y’all understand how pissed members are, including many of your conservative friends in the house and senate"
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despite abbott executive order on masks, houston mayor sylvester turner orders city employees to wear masks when on city property:
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sources: senate voted unanimously in caucus to reject empower texans media credentials after patrick approved it:
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multiple groups question constitutionality of texas senate stripping its own amendments from civics bill so late in session to pass house version :
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breaking: texas democrats ask the texas supreme court to void abbott veto of legislative funding:
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sb7 appears to be in trouble in the texas house, per house democratic source who says multiple fatal points of order have been identified :
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former lt. gov. ratliff joins list of republicans endorsing democrat mike collier against patrick:
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Publisher
@HKronberg
on the eve of the special session: "If Abbott were serious, we could anticipate him mediating this battle. But unlike Rick Perry and George W. Bush, this is a governor who prefers punishing defiance rather than finding common ground."
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texas business groups come out in force against ban on vaccine mandates for private employers :
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texas house democratic caucus chair turner says legislature should investigate paxton for role in riots at us capitol:
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texas state university in san marcos will host the first general election debate of 2024:
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speaker phelan denied entry to the texas senate because he lacked a covid test/vaccine wristband :
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now that paxton will not contest whistleblower lawsuit sen springer calls to reopen impeachment:
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after texas gop votes to move ahead with in-person convention, texas medical association withdraws as a sponsor :
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texas medical board is formally asked to clarify what medical exceptions are legally allowed for abortions in texas:
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with ice storm coming, gov. abbott retreats from previous guarantee the lights will stay on across texas :
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El Paso: Austin loves y'all.
Austinites line up in the heat and humidity outside the Texas Capitol to donate blood.
Thanks so much to everyone
#ElPasoStrong
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Publisher
@HKronberg
to GOP senators on the eve of the Paxton impeachment trial: "You have no refuge or friends in this storm. You are expendable. If you side with the propagandists, your days are likely numbered. If you vote the facts, the truth is an imperfect defense, but it
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appeals court in dallas says paxton can be disciplined for attempt to overturn the 2020 election :
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texas house on track to strike school vouchers from house bill 1:
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special session looks nearly certain after midnight passed without final deals on property taxes, tax incentives, and electricity grid :
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with many democrats absent, texas senate adjourns without taking up transgender sports and social media bills:
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report the abbott endorsed candidate for texas house in abilene has never voted in taylor county and does not seem to live there :
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sources: gov. abbott considering curtailing early voting back to just 2 weeks instead of 3 :
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Rep Ken King
@KingForTexas
files HCR 4 in memory of Tamoria Jones and authorizing her burial in the Texas State Cemetery
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hb 3979, targeting the teaching of race in history classes, is taken down on a point of order by rep. james talarico :
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three harris county judges sign orders protecting 44 more absent texas house democrats from arrest :
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Rumor mill: Former APD and Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo is said to be considering a run for Travis County Sheriff
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rep rogers who stayed mum about abbott during campaign rips into the governor calling him and ag paxton corrupt:
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poll: voters in texas house swing districts disapprove of democratic quorum break to prevent elections bill, 51 percent to 39 percent :
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Great to see
#txlege
@quorumreport
I can confirm that John is up and at em! This pic was at lunch, around a fire in the backyard. Robert Morris is also shown. /s/ Jim, John’s brother in law
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huberty: even as texas faces financial hardship, public education funding must be prioritized :
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GOP former Texas Supreme Court Justice Harriet O’Neill joins the team prosecuting Paxton in the Texas Senate
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texas house gop caucus and democratic caucus staff team up for water distribution effort in austin :
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even after rep. slaton announced his resignation, general investigating chair murr will still call for a vote on expulsion on tuesday :
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texas house votes 147 to 0 to require a special session of the legislature to appropriate billions in federal funds coming to texas, not leaving it in the hands of few legislators or the governor:
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sources say abbott chief strategist dave carney acknowledges privately that attacks on gop house incumbents were based on untrue bullshit :
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dps investigating allegation that a lobbyist drugged at least one female texas capitol staffer :
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audio: in expletive laced tirade, empower texans staffers mock gov. abbott for being confined to a wheelchair
:
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texas senate to convene june 20th to consider rules for paxton trial and that trial is to start no later than august 28 :
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new report finds texas leads the nation in number of children kicked off medicaid coverage in recent years:
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mexican government says it rejects impending texas law to begin deportations by the state:
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Relevant flashback: Sen. Angela Paxton files bill that would allow her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, to issue exemptions from securities regulations
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document reveals the texas house is investigating what led up to the firing of paxton whistleblowers:
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bexar county wins a round in court against gov. abbott, keeping mask mandates in place for the moment:
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audio: austin councilwoman kelly says she recorded conversation with travis gop chair mackowiak because he became toxic, abusive :
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judge orders mq sullivan of empower texans to pay $10,000 fine in case of illegal lobbying
:
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Based on early vote only 36% will actually vote this cycle, the lowest since 2014 at 33.7%. Early vote so far: GOP voting history-46%,Dem 31%, no history 22%. Hard numbers for D's to overcome unless substantial GOP crossover. TOTH to
@longhornderek
for number crunching
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rumor mill: texas democratic party chair hinojosa may step aside and endorse former sen. wendy davis for tdp chair :
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Funeral for Tamoria Jones is set for July 15th in Houston at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. 10am viewing. Funeral at 11, per chairman Dutton
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Lt Gov
@DanPatrick
says
@timdunntexas
has assured him the meeting with a white supremacist was a "blunder" by
@RepStickland
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paul burka has passed away -- a pioneer in political reporting, a true friend a mentor. more to come:
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Heading into week 2 of the impeachment trial, Publisher
@HKronberg
writes "Despite attacking the Speaker, the Texas House, the witnesses, and TLR the defense has done little to raise reasonable doubt about what Paxton actually did." Check it out on
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federal judge in midland dismisses complaint from empower texans against local prosecutors :
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multiple gop sources: abbott privately floating the idea of a special session in september on school vouchers :
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HK:Legislative bribery? I whimsically raised that question with threatened veto of legislative funding. Abbott apparently confirms, do what I say and you and legislative branch get paid. Seems prima facia confession.
#txlege
.
@GovAbbott
tells me he will put veto of lawmaker pay back on table during special session so lawmakers will have opportunity to reinstate all of the funding contained in Article X.
#txlege
Full interview on
@TXCapTonight
at 7.
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rep. lyle larson becomes latest gop officeholder to urge texans to vote against lt. gov. dan patrick :
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texas supreme court rules green party candidates must be added back to ballot for us senate, railroad commission, and cd 21 :
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despite his claims he did not know what was happening when he literally ran away, emails show paxton knew why he was being served with a subpoena:
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