Hereโs what you need to know about the fight over property tax cuts in the Texas Legislature
Republicans are wrestling over how much of the stateโs nearly $33 billion budget surplus to spend on property taxes. Democrats have their own ideas about what to do with the cash.
With full state coffers and bipartisan support, Texas teachers are hopeful theyโll get a raise this year
The COVID-19 pandemic, inflation and burnout have pummeled teachers in the last few years. Lawmakers from both parties agree they should get a pay bump โ but it wonโt happen without some negotiation.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says heโll run for reelection in 2026, reversing previous plan to retire
Patrick made the comments at a daylong conference in Austin hosted by The Texan, a political news site started by former GOP state Sen. Konni Burton.
Texas GOP launches radio attack ads against Republican state House speaker
The radio ad, which criticizes Phelan for appointing Democratic committee chairs, prompted pushback from Republican colleagues in the House over why the state party would use resources to attack its own member.
Texas House speaker addresses prospects of anti-LGBTQ bills, gun legislation and casinos
At the start of his second term leading the lower chamber, Dade Phelan talked to reporters about several legislative issues that will be decided this year.
Effort to ban Democratic chairs fails in Texas House, but rule passes to penalize future quorum-breakers
House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, snuffed out a monthslong push Wednesday to end the chamberโs longtime tradition of having committee chairs from both parties.
Republican Texas House candidateโs election complaint tossed after he fails to pay fee
Mike May was one of more than 20 losing candidates in Harris County who filed election contests, citing reports of Election Day issues.
As Donald Trump mounts his 2024 presidential bid, his support among Texas officials is waning
About two months into his comeback bid, few prominent Texas Republicans have endorsed Trump โ and some are showing more willingness to cross him publicly.
Texas House selects Rep. Dade Phelan as speaker for another legislative session
Phelan defeated Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, for the House leadership position in a vote, 145-3. In cruising to victory, Phelan secured the support of Democrats as well as the most conservative members of his party.
The Texas Legislative session has begun. Here are 6 things weโre watching.
Lawmakers begin work today for their biennial legislative session. Theyโll debate over the state budget, school issues, border security and property taxes, among other issues.
Texas Legislature 101: Understanding the state government and how it passes laws
Hereโs a rundown of how a bill becomes a law, how the Texas Legislature works and the power players who keep things moving under the Pink Dome.
โI want to fightโ: LGBTQ Texans ready for legislative session as GOP lawmakers target them in dozens of bills
Republicans are backing legislation targeting gender-affirming care for children, classroom lessons about sexuality and drag shows.
Texas House Democrats enter session with bipartisan hopes โ and a new leader whoโs prepared to fight
There are 64 Democrats in the 150-member House, one fewer than before the election. There is also one fewer Democrat in the Senate.
Republican Caucus backs Dade Phelan as Texas House speaker
Republican members of the Texas House endorsed Phelanโs bid for reelection in a nonbinding vote on Saturday. An official vote from the entire Texas House will take place in January.
By tradition, the minority party gets to chair some Texas House committees. Some in the GOP want to end that.
Republican critics say conservative priorities will always be hamstrung if Democrats, who are in the minority party, get a say in which legislation reaches the floor.
State Rep. Tony Tinderholt, one of the most far-right members of the House, announces heโs running for speaker
The current speaker, fellow Republican Dade Phelan, is expected to seek the gavel again but has not made an official announcement yet.
1836 Project promotes sanitized version of Texas history, experts say
The Texas Tribune reviewed the 15-page document, which will be handed out to new drivers, and asked historians to comment on how accurately and thoroughly it chronicles the stateโs history.
Republican Texas senator says he will support new rape exceptions for abortion
One of the longest-serving Republican state senators, Robert Nichols is among the first to say publicly heโd support revising the stateโs abortion prohibition. He spoke Friday at The Texas Tribune Festival.
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan rules out raising the minimum age to buy a firearm
At the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival, the Texas House speaker also signaled willingness to consider exceptions to the stateโs abortion ban.
Delayed: Mandatory maternal mortality rate data wonโt be ready for Texas lawmakers in time for 2023 session
Lawmakers say they need the latest pregnancy-related death data to more precisely address the problem during the legislative session. But delays means they wonโt see it until after the session ends.
After Uvalde shooting, Texas leaders will spend more than $100 million on school safety, mental health
Almost half the money is going toward bullet-resistant shields for school police officers, a move that Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called on fellow state leaders to support.
Uvalde was a mental health desert before a school shooting prompted Texas to respond with resources
After the May 24 school shooting, mental health help is now pouring into Uvalde, where a fourth of residents are uninsured and counseling options are few and far between.
Texas House speaker pitches spending more than $100 million for mental health, school safety programs
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick had asked House leaders to support his push for arming school police officers with bulletproof shields after the Uvalde shooting. House Speaker Dade Phelan is also asking for more money for mental health and school safety programs.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls for spending $50 million to buy bulletproof shields for school police
Patrick said he wants police in as many Texas schools as possible to have bulletproof shields before the fall. Heโs asked other state leaders to move around money in the state budget to make it happen.
House Speaker Dade Phelan announces legislative committee to investigate Uvalde shooting
Phelan said it is an โoutrageโ that officials still do not have a clear picture of what happened during the shooting. The committeeโs findings will inform the Houseโs legislative response.
State GOP leaders win big in Texas legislative primaries
Almost all the preferred candidates of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan nabbed enough votes to head into the November general election. And nearly all sitting House and Senate members seeking to return to the Texas Capitol kept their seats.
Las Vegas Sands launches $2 million PAC to continue its push to legalize casinos in Texas
The new Texas Sands PAC has already spread over half a million dollars across more than three dozen primaries for the state House and Senate.
Redistricting, challenges from the right test Texas House GOP incumbents coming off โmost conservative session everโ
The primaries are also the first major electoral test for House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, who took over the gavel more than a year ago.
Texas lawmakers deplore mistreatment of National Guardsmen sent to border duty
Legislative leaders overseeing the Texas Military Department say they are looking into reports of suicides, habitual pay problems and poor working conditions on Gov. Greg Abbott's highly touted border mission.
State Rep. Ryan Guillen switches to GOP in latest blow to South Texas Democrats
The Rio Grande City lawmaker was the least liberal Democrat in the Texas House this year, according to a political scientistโs rankings of lawmakers.
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Five takeaways from Texasโ third special legislative session
Gov. Greg Abbottโs office says thereโs no plan for a fourth special session at this time. If this was the final special session of the year, what did we learn from it?
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Texas voters will decide whether to lower their property tax payments after Legislature completes last-minute Hail Mary
If voters approve the measure next year, it will raise the stateโs homestead exemption from $25,000 to $40,000 for school district property taxes, netting the average homeowner about $176 in savings.
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Texas bill restricting transgender student athletesโ sports participation has enough votes to pass, House Speaker Dade Phelan says
Three times this year โ in the regular session and in two subsequent special sessions โ legislation targeting transgender student athletes sailed through the Senate only to falter in the House.
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Texasโ second special session of the year is over. Here are five things you need to know.
Lawmakers will return to Austin at least one more time this year to redraw the state's political maps. Only Gov. Greg Abbott knows when that will be and if there will be additional special sessions beyond that.
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Texas House speaker says โabsolutely no deals madeโ to bring back absent Democrats
Navigating the quorum break, Speaker Dade Phelan said he was especially mindful of not doing โun-repairable harmโ to the chamber, indicating that could have happened if members were physically detained and brought to the chamber.
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Analysis: Texas lawmakers have two contentious voting fights ahead โ if they can stay in the same room
After a standoff that lasted more than a month, the Texas House appears to have enough state representatives in Austin to conduct business. The divisions are deep, relationships are frayed and redistricting lies ahead.
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The threats of state troopers arresting House Democrats have yet to materialize
As of Wednesday, there were no known cases of absent Democrats being arrested, and the chamber was still shy of the 100 members it needs for a quorum to conduct official business. That is despite its Aug. 10 vote to proceed with the arrests.
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Texas Supreme Court says House Democrats can be arrested and brought to the Capitol, siding with Republicans trying to secure a quorum
In a bid to block a voting restrictions bill, House Democrats for weeks have denied the lower chamber the number of present members needed to pass legislation. House Speaker Dade Phelan has already signed dozens of civil arrest warrants.
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Signed warrants produce no arrests of Texas Democrats for now, but perhaps a hardened resolve to stay away
Itโs unclear how far Republican leadership plans to take the arrests, and there remains debate about the limits of law enforcementโs authority to detain lawmakers who are not accused of committing crimes.
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Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan signs 52 arrest warrants for absent Democrats in bid to end chamberโs weekslong stalemate
The Texas Supreme Court earlier Tuesday ruled that Democrats who refuse to show up could be detained by law enforcement and brought back to the state Capitol.
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Gov. Greg Abbott, House Speaker Dade Phelan, ask Texas Supreme Court to overturn ruling blocking arrest of Democrats
The Democrats had left the state to block the passage of a Republican elections bill they say would restrict voting rights in the state.
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Texas House, just shy of a quorum, issues order to lock members inside the chamber
This is the second time in recent weeks the majority Republican House has voted to issue a โcall of the House,โ though members on Monday did not offer or debate a motion to enable law enforcement to track down members still missing from the chamber.
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Speaker Dade Phelan signs civil arrest warrant for Texas House Democrat who returned to Washington
The warrant to apprehend state Rep. Philip Cortez is the first one signed by the speaker since more than 50 House Democrats left the state to block Republicans from having the quorum needed to pass legislation during the special legislative session.
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Texas House Speaker offers Democrats free plane ride home to return to state
The plane will be on standby at Dulles International Airport, and Dade Phelanโs team said his political campaign, not taxpayers, will pay for the flight.
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El Paso Democrat Joe Moody stripped of leadership position in Texas House after leaving state with Democrats
Moody, one of House Speaker Dade Phelan's closest Democratic allies, is the first Democrat to suffer political backlash after the quorum break.
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Texas House rallies behind Speaker Dade Phelan, even as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blames him for GOP legislative failures
Phelan has touted a list of conservative wins in his first session as House leader, such as passing legislation to let Texans carry handguns without a license and approving some of the strictest restrictions on abortion in the country.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott could be upsetting balance of powers with threat to veto Texas Legislatureโs pay
A governor targeting the Legislatureโs budget would be unprecedented in Texas history.
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Texasโ GOP leadership already at odds over plans for special legislative session
Since House Democrats staged a walkout that killed Republicansโ priority elections bill for the regular session, the governor and the leaders of the state House and Senate have diverged notably in interviews about how they are approaching the overtime round.
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House Speaker Dade Phelan says Gov. Greg Abbott could hurt staffers and legislative agencies if he tries to block lawmaker salaries
Abbottโs vow came after a Democratic walkout in the House late Sunday night blocked passage of Senate Bill 7, his priority elections bill that would overhaul voting rights in Texas.
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With feelings raw over voting bill's demise, Texas Legislature wraps up โ for now
Members celebrated the end of the session, but also acknowledged that they'll be back sometime soon for at least one special session.
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Leadership tensions, potential special session loom as Texas legislative session hits uncertain end
Tensions between the two chambers are peaking, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is putting pressure on Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session for unfinished business on conservative priorities
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A false date rape drugging accusation against a lobbyist exposed claims of his role in the Texas Capitolโs culture of sexual harassment
HillCo lobbyist Rick Dennis did not slip GHB into the drinks of two legislative staffers, an investigation found. But a history of complaints against him for inappropriate behavior raises questions about how seriously the Legislature takes misconduct.
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TribCast: Will Dan Patrick force a special session of the Texas Legislature?
In this week's TribCast, Matthew speaks with Ross, Patrick and James about the politics and the policy surrounding Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's push to reconvene the Legislature in June.
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Speaker Dade Phelan once criticized anti-LGBTQ efforts. Now heโs signaling support for a bill targeting transgender Texans.
Democrats supported Phelan for House speaker, reassured he would avoid controversial social issues that target LGBTQ Texans. They say theyโre disappointed he is now signaling support for bill targeting transgender student athletes.
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Texas lawmakers split over how long to extend Medicaid health coverage for new mothers
Maternal health advocates said the bill โ originally pitched as a one-year extension โ could reduce the stateโs maternal mortality rate and offer vital help to mothers grappling with conditions like postpartum depression or health complications in the months after giving birth.
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Texas GOPโs bills targeting transgender children have exacted a mental health toll, even if they donโt become law
As the clock ticks on this year's legislative session, the House scheduled a Tuesday floor debate for a bill that would limit transgender children's sports team participation. Other GOP bills that would restrict or punish transition-related health care, like puberty blockers, missed a key Sunday deadline to advance.
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Priority bills imperiled as end-of-session tensions rise between Texas House and Senate
House lawmakers expressed frustration on Thursday that some of their priority legislation had not moved in the upper chamber, including a package of health care and criminal justice reform bills pushed by House Speaker Dade Phelan.