Patrick appointed 12 Republicans and one Democrat to chair the Senate's committees, calling them the "best equipped group of senators in Texas history."
This week — the Texas GOP hits Speaker Phelan in a new ad, former lawmakers join a conservative think tank, and George P. Bush finds a new post after his term in public office.
The conservative group has requested that Attorney General Ken Paxton review the Texas Association of School Board’s guidelines on transgender students.
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