Bonnen, who married into a beer distributing family, says he doesn’t need to recuse himself on alcohol issues and won’t name the lobbyists who own a piece of his bank — a list that is much longer than previously reported.
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Analysis: Texas election officials serve up a plate with lots of red meat, few veggies
The latest “voter fraud” news from the Texas secretary of state’s office raised a lot of eyebrows — not because it was solid, but because it wasn’t.
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Democrat wins special election to replace Pickett; 2 Democrats headed to runoff to replace Alvarado
There were special elections Tuesday to fill vacant state House seats in Houston and El Paso.
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Texas Voting Rights
Texas quietly informs counties that some of the 95,000 voters flagged for citizenship review don’t belong on the list
County officials said the number mistakenly flagged is “significant.”
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Texas Voting Rights
Latino civil rights group sues over Texas voter citizenship review, calling it an “election-related ‘witch hunt'”
The lawsuit comes after at least one county has begun sending notices asking certain voters to prove that they are citizens.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Voters to pick replacements for former state Reps. Carol Alvarado, Joe Pickett
There are special elections Tuesday in House District 145 and House District 79.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Political hardball, committee assignments spark joy and drama alike in the Texas Legislature
In this episode of our documentary series “Under the Dome,” House and Senate leaders make their highly anticipated committee assignments — and one longtime lawmaker ends up in the doghouse.
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Texas Legislature 2019
In the Texas House, they’re seen as lobbyists. In the Senate, they sit at the press table.
Two employees of the influential conservative group Empower Texans have been granted media credentials in the upper chamber. In the past — and in the House — they were rejected.
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Texas Voting Rights
Some Texas voters already are being asked to prove their citizenship after state’s announcement
The Texas Tribune reached out Monday to 13 of the 15 counties with the most registered voters; only Galveston County indicated it would immediately send out letters asking voters for proof of citizenship.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas lawmakers want to fix wait times at driver’s license offices. Will they agree on a solution?
The Texas House wants to pump $200 million into the state’s driver’s license program — and possibly move it to a new agency — to alleviate what have become all-day waits for some Texans at Department of Public Safety offices.