Bonnen also spoke disparagingly about multiple Democrats, calling one House member “vile” and suggesting that another’s “wife’s gonna be really pissed when she learns he’s gay.”
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Key goal for Texans Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke in Tuesday’s debate: Make the next one
If the two candidates don’t show improvement in the polls, they won’t make it to the November debate stage.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recuses himself from opinion, citing conflict of interest
A local official had asked Paxton for legal guidance on special prosecutor pay — a major question in the criminal case against Paxton himself.
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Politics
Analysis: Michael Quinn Sullivan’s torment of Dennis Bonnen could end next week
Next week could see the public airing of a secret recording that has had the Texas Capitol twisted in drama for most of the summer. With that, members of the Texas House can decide whether their speaker, Dennis Bonnen, made a big mistake or a little one.
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Politics
The 2019 Texas inauguration cost a record $5.3 million. Where are the receipts?
The Texas Tribune is suing to discover what happened to millions raised mostly from top lobbying firms, corporations, wealthy businesspeople and trade groups for the inauguration of Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
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Demographics
As its U.S. House members of color depart, Texas GOP grapples with its lack of diversity
Should Republicans actively recruit candidates of color? The party stands divided.
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Politics
George P. Bush was on the road to flunking out of Rice. His grandmother helped him turn things around.
By the end of his second year at Rice in 1996, the future Texas land commissioner was staring down the barrel of academic probation. That’s when Barbara Bush got involved.
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Demographics
Do you plan to vote in Texas’ November elections? The time to register is now
Texans hoping to participate in the Nov. 5 election have until Oct. 7 to register to vote.
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Homeless in Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to intervene in Austin’s “homelessness crisis”
Abbott’s office lamented reports of “violence, used needles, and feces littering the streets of Austin and endangering Texas residents.”
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The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival in photos
Here’s a look back at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival through the eyes of Tribune photographers.