At a Texas Tribune Festival event on Thursday, the Beaumont Republican said his opposition to Trump and his agenda informed his decision to give up the speaker’s gavel last year.
Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan says he’s “not a MAGA Republican” and couldn’t carry Trump’s agenda
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Texas lawmakers say colleges have to balance free speech with duty to keep discourse civil
Legislative panels were created after Republican leaders criticized students mocking or celebrating conservative activities Charlie Kirk’s death.
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Former National Security Adviser John Bolton: GOP will become “Reaganite party” again post-Trump
The indicted former national security adviser, who served under the president, spoke during The Texas Tribune Festival.
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Watch: Tim Walz speaks at the 2025 Texas Tribune Festival
The Democratic Minnesota governor and 2024 vice presidential nominee sits down with Jennifer Palmieri, contributing editor at Vanity Fair and co-host of Showtime’s The Circus at 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
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State Government
Former state Rep. Chris Paddie fined $105,500 for violating revolving door lobbying law
The Marshall Republican began lobbying less than two years after donating campaign funds to other state lawmakers, according to a Texas Ethics Commission order.
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Texas House Democrats say they are keeping their options open for speaker in 2027
Speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival, Democratic Rep. Donna Howard acknowledged that Republicans have unified around Speaker Dustin Burrows to the point that he “may not need us” to retain the gavel.
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Watch: Bishop Michael Curry speaks at the 2025 Texas Tribune Festival
The former presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church sits down with Ruth Graham of The New York Times at 12:45 p.m. Thursday.
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Environment
Texas oil and gas regulators win new power to approve projects that shoot carbon underground
The EPA handed over power to the Railroad Commission after a two-year review. Critics say the commission has been too lax with the industry.
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Congress
Fresh off defeating state THC ban, Texas hemp industry faces wipeout under federal deal to end shutdown
The issue roiled Texas politics earlier this year when Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a ban on THC products spearheaded by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
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Health care
How building a new hospital cost this rural Texas town a place to deliver babies
Olney Hamilton Hospital joins the nearly 60% of rural Texas hospitals that do not deliver babies, leaving large swaths of the state without a nearby place to give birth.
