Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick isn’t sold on the new House Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness, which House Speaker Joe Straus recently formed to look at the factors that draw new business to Texas.
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Politics
At Dallas convention, calls for GOP comity ahead of 2018 primaries
At the biennial gathering of the Texas Federation of Republican Women, the usual red meat was mixed with some calls for party unity ahead of a potentially brutal primary season.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Texas voters familiar with Cruz but not Democratic rival O’Rourke
With a year to go before the general election, incumbent U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is much better known than Democratic rival Beto O’Rourke, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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In Harvey's Wake
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick releases Hurricane Harvey-related interim charges
As recovery efforts in southeast Texas continue after Hurricane Harvey, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Thursday released a list of Harvey-related topics for Texas Senate committees to look into ahead of the next legislative session.
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Analysis: Firing the opening shots in the 2018 GOP primaries
The differences between the state’s top legislative leaders will inform the coming Republican primaries, because Dan Patrick and Joe Straus represent different wings of the Texas GOP.
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Higher Education
Texas leaders offer mixed responses to UT-Austin’s late-night removal of Confederate statues
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick criticized the overnight removal of several Confederate statues from the University of Texas at Austin’s campus while U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz called the decision “the university’s prerogative.”
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The Texas bathroom bill saga in 5 minutes (video)
From Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s announcement last summer that he would push for a bathroom bill to the bill’s quite demise this month in the special session, this video will take you through the story of the intense political fight in 5 minutes.
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State Government
Texas Legislature ends special session without passing property tax measure
The Texas Legislature closed out the special session Tuesday night amid a stalemate on property tax reform, leaving unfinished Gov. Greg Abbott’s top priority.
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Public Education
Special session coming down to school finance, property taxes
House and Senate negotiators will have the next two days remaining in the current special legislative session to hammer out their differences on legislation tackling property taxes, school finance and other items still in play.
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Public Education
With days left in special session, Senate committee makes major changes to House’s school finance bill
The Senate Education Committee drastically altered the House’s primary piece of school finance legislation Friday but suggested compromise with the House was possible with less than a week left in the special session.
