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Ken Paxton-Backed Challenge to Texas Speaker Turns Into Most Expensive State House Race Ever
The New York Sun· 1 day agoEver since Mr. Paxton’s impeachment in the Texas legislature, which saw the attorney general acquitted of corruption and bribery charges, Mr. Paxton ...
Voter Guide: Texas House District 21 candidates respond to claims
Beaumont Enterprise· 1 day agoQ: Claims have been made that you have not complied with a state audit on the impeachment of...
Speaker Dade Phelan asks Texas House to explore school vouchers, tax relief
Community Impact· 5 days agoThe 89th Legislature is set to convene Jan. 14. After a tense year at the capitol, the second-term...
Outside interests pour millions of dollars into GOP primary featuring Texas House speaker
Dallas Morning News· 19 hours agoThis year’s most expensive race for a seat in the Texas House is the heated primary between House...
Texas mayor resigns, fed up with city's contentious politics
Houston Chronicle· 6 days agoSean Skipworth’s tenure as mayor of Dickinson began auspiciously: his name was chosen out of a hat after he and his election opponent had deadlocked at 1,010 votes apiece. Although his resignation ...
House quickly rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to remove Speaker Johnson from office
The Bryan-College Station Eagle· 5 days agoMarjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in sudden action Wednesday to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, her...
Billionaires are running Texas now
Dallas Morning News· 5 days agoTexas government, a public trust since the fall of the Alamo, has today been affordably purchased by donors of roaring wealth who want GOP-led government...
In Deep-Blue Maryland, a Democratic Primary Turns Uncommonly Competitive
New York Times· 1 day agoWearing white Chuck Taylor sneakers with her gray pantsuit, Angela Alsobrooks was in the middle of a...
Dade Phelan directs House leaders to revisit vouchers, property taxes in the next legislative...
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPhelan has taken heat in his own primary among Republicans who say he did not go far enough to...
GOP leaders snubbed Katrina Pierson in her House primary. Now they need her to pass school vouchers.
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAhead of the primary, Pierson lacked endorsements from Gov. Greg Abbott, former President Donald...