Here’s a look at the demographics of the 86th Legislature by lawmakers’ race, gender, age, education and religion.
2019
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Texas Legislature 2019
Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick and Dennis Bonnen promise unity in 2019 legislative session
Texas’ top three leaders are eager to show they’re on the same page as the 86th legislative session begins.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas House votes to strengthen sexual harassment investigations
The chamber voted on a resolution that moves misconduct complaints to a committee with subpoena power.
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Dan Patrick says he won the fight over the bathroom bill, but at schools not much has changed
In 2017, Patrick pushed for the controversial measure that would have restricted the use of certain public facilities for transgender Texans, but it failed to become law.
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Watch Greg Abbott, Dennis Bonnen and Dan Patrick speak at a joint news conference
Watch live coverage of a news conference featuring Gov. Greg Abbott, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, courtesy of KXAN-TV.
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Politics
Tarrant County GOP set to vote on whether to remove vice-chairman because he’s Muslim
Some local party members say Shahid Shafi’s faith isn’t representative of all Tarrant County Republicans. But many Texas GOP officials have denounced the attempt to oust the trauma surgeon and called the move bigoted.
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Analysis: A Texas House speaker’s first act is to put together a list
Texas House members made Dennis Bonnen their speaker this week. When he names committees in the early days of the session, they’ll get their first hard look at what kind of leader he is.
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Dan Patrick misses first day of legislative session to help with President Donald Trump’s border wall address
His office said he’ll be back in Texas on Wednesday.
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On first day of session, Gov. Greg Abbott talks priorities and politics
Abbott discussed his agenda for the 86th legislative session during an interview Tuesday with The Texas Tribune.
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Immigration
Trump urges Democrats to fund border barrier, but stops short of ordering military to build it
In a televised address ahead of his trip to Texas, the president called border crossings a “humanitarian crisis.” But Trump didn’t declare an emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border as the weeks-long partial government shutdown continues amid his stalemate with Congress.