Democrats hoping to flip the Texas House are touting the controversy surrounding the meeting as a sign of Republican dysfunction.
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Five takeaways from the $80 million raised by Texas campaigns the first half of this year
Gov. Greg Abbott is a fundraising juggernaut, and Republicans still dominate campaign finance in the state.
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Analysis: Dennis Bonnen, Michael Quinn Sullivan and the Texas political roller coaster
In May, the House speaker was at the top of the political world. In terms of influence, Sullivan and his Empower Texans organization were near the bottom. And now?
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President Trump is talking about red-flag laws. Texas lawmakers have blocked those bills in the past.
In the wake of shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, the president and Congress are discussing laws blocking access to firearms for people considered an imminent threat. But here in Texas, bills that would do that have made little traction.
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El Paso shooting
After El Paso shooting, some Texas Republican leaders decry “white” terror
Land Commissioner George P. Bush linked the shooting with “white terrorism,” while U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz called it a “heinous act of terrorism and white supremacy.”
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El Paso shooting
After El Paso shooting, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says video games teach young people “to kill”
Patrick told “Fox & Friends” on Sunday that he believes a lot of factors contributed to the deadly shooting in El Paso, including violence on social media and the video gaming industry.
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Analysis: For Texas lawmakers, a ballad of rope and dope
Texas lawmakers made it legal to farm hemp and, incidentally, harder to prosecute people caught with small amounts of marijuana, which is still illegal. Now they’re bickering about whether that’s the fault of the new law or of local prosecutors.
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Politics
Watch Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick and Dennis Bonnen’s unexpected press conference
The “Big Three” announced additional National Guard deployments to the border and bashed Congress for failing to do more to halt a surge in migration.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
Texans approve of Trump’s job performance but have questions about his character, UT/TT Poll says
More than half of the state’s voters think President Donald Trump is doing a good job, but they’re not as pleased with some of his character traits, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Texas Legislature 2019
After House Republicans tackle big challenges in session, they face another one: saving themselves
Some Democrats are mobilizing in hopes of taking the nine House seats they need for a majority in 2020 as Republican House Speaker Dennis Bonnen tries to prevent intra-GOP challenges in the primaries.
