The task force features some of the most prominent and politically powerful business executives in the state. They’ll advise Abbott with the help of medical experts.
Dennis Bonnen
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TribCast
TribCast: Coronavirus in Texas, a voting postmortem and Bonnen on his downfall
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Edgar, Matthew, Evan and Cassi about the status of the new coronavirus outbreak in Texas, Super Tuesday voting blunders and outgoing House Speaker Dennis Bonnen’s comments on his own downfall.
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“I did a horrible job,” House Speaker Dennis Bonnen says of meeting that led to his political downfall
Bonnen’s comments came during his first interview since announcing his retirement. The speaker also again defended his reasoning for taking the meeting.
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Criminal Justice
Jerry McGinty to head troubled Legislative Budget Board
McGinty, the CFO of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, will lead an embattled agency of nonpartisan budget analysts who have been without an executive director since October 2018.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
Most Texans want lower property taxes and more school spending, UT/TT Poll finds
It’s not a new contradiction, but it’s persistent: Texas voters think that property taxes are too high and that school spending is too low, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Analysis: In 2020’s Texas legislative elections, competition is tricky business
Special interest groups and their lobbyists don’t like to campaign against incumbent legislators, for fear they’ll suffer if those incumbents return for another session. That “friendly incumbent” policy has spread to lawmakers themselves.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Stepping into GOP primaries, Dennis Bonnen donates to seven Texas House incumbents
The contributions mark the first notable movement from Bonnen’s PAC since he announced in October he wasn’t seeking reelection.
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Politics
The Best of The Texas Tribune’s photojournalism of 2019
Here’s a look back at our favorite photographs by freelancers, fellows and our new photography department.
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State Government
Analyzing 2019: The fall of a Texas House speaker
Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen went from his January election to hero of the legislative session to historical footnote in less than a year. Several of the year’s columns analyzed the politics of a speaker quickly losing the trust of the House that elevated him in the first place.
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Texas House committee adopts report saying Dennis Bonnen “likely violated” law in meeting with hardline activist, closes investigation
The committee took no further action on the report, which stated that the information produced “militates against criminal prosecution” on retiring House Speaker Dennis Bonnen and state Rep. Dustin Burrows.