Conservative firebrand Michael Quinn Sullivan made the allegation Thursday.
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Cassandra Pollock was a state politics reporter for the Tribune. She joined the Tribune full-time in June 2017 after a fellowship during the 85th Texas Legislature. Pollock spent her first two years at the Trib as an engagement reporter, which meant her name likely landed in your inbox every weekday morning with “The Brief,” a newsletter on all things Texas politics and public policy. Pollock is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin’s School of Journalism. Pollock left The Texas Tribune in 2021.
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Facing accusation of targeting GOP lawmakers, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen pushes back
“I look forward to vigorously campaigning and supporting every one of you in both the upcoming primary and general elections,” House Speaker Dennis Bonnen told his colleagues.
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Dennis Bonnen launches political action committee to keep House GOP majority in 2020
Bonnen, an Angleton Republican, announced he is infusing his new political action committee with $3 million to support GOP House incumbents running for reelection in 2020.
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Politics
Libertarians, Green Party sue to make it easier to get on the ballot in Texas
Currently, the parties say, it takes hundreds of thousands of dollars to gain ballot access.
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Politics
Billionaire Ross Perot, former independent presidential candidate, dies at 89
Perot died Tuesday morning.
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Politics
John Wray announces he will not seek reelection
Wray has served in the Texas House since 2015, representing a district that includes Ellis County and parts of Henderson County.
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Politics
Using $2.5 million in old campaign funds, former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus launches a PAC
A statement from the political action committee, called Texas Forever Forward, said, “Texas should embrace diversity and promote inclusive, non-discriminatory policies and laws.”
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Politics
Jonathan Stickland says he won’t run for reelection to the Texas House
The conservative firebrand made the announcement in an email to supporters Monday morning.
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Broken Border
Texas will deploy 1,000 National Guard troops to the border amid migrant surge
“There is an escalating crisis at the border — a crisis Congress is refusing to fix,” Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday.
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Texas Legislature 2019
“The right man at this point in Texas history”: How Dennis Bonnen led the Texas House
Dennis Bonnen gaveled out on Monday with much of the same widespread support in the Texas House that accompanied his unanimous election to the speaker’s gavel in January.