Repeated mass shootings can change officials’ minds about their policy stances. After recent massacres, Texas politicians and officeholders are talking about guns in new ways.
Dan Patrick
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Analysis: Back on the outs, right where Michael Quinn Sullivan thrives
The conservative Empower Texans leader was out of favor with Republican state leaders at the end of the legislative session. Now he’s on the outs with them in a whole new way.
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to Empower Texans’ Michael Quinn Sullivan: “You are destroying our party”
Patrick and Sullivan, who have long been aligned on issues, traded jabs Tuesday over Sullivan’s allegations against House Speaker Dennis Bonnen.
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Analysis: For Texas Republicans, one election is no longer enough
Add a word to the Republican vocabulary in Texas: November. After two decades of GOP dominance, the party’s candidates are still winning, but they can’t safely assume that they’ve got an election in the bag after they win the GOP’s March primaries.
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Health care
Texas has the most people without health insurance in the nation — again
For the second year in a row, the number of Texans without health insurance increased, and fewer people enrolled in Medicaid.
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Politics
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and NRA feud over gun background checks
The frequent allies traded jabs in the wake of two mass shootings in Texas.
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Analysis: After botching one shot at peace, the Texas GOP establishment tries again
After a month of silence, a state representative tangled in a political misadventure in the Texas Capitol emerged to say he’ll seek reelection with the endorsement of the governor. But the harmony is tentative, and the scandal is still under investigation by the Texas Rangers.
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El Paso shooting
Texas Safety Commission discusses guns, terrorism and social media at post-El Paso roundtable
The new panel met Thursday at the state Capitol in Austin and is scheduled to convene again next week in El Paso.
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El Paso shooting
State leaders are looking for solutions after El Paso. Texas Latinos say they can start by changing the words they use.
“Words not only matter but in today’s world, words are having more and more significant existential consequences in our society,” said Miguel Solis, a Dallas school board member.
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How a secretly recorded Dennis Bonnen-Michael Quinn Sullivan meeting could raise the stakes for the 2020 elections
Democrats hoping to flip the Texas House are touting the controversy surrounding the meeting as a sign of Republican dysfunction.
