This week — local governments are listed with “unlawful” mask mandates, a Democrat confirms her Portugal vacation during the quorum break, and a rainstorm causes flooding in the Texas Capitol.
The purported vacation comes while their Democratic colleagues continue their stay in the nation's capital.
A Dallas Democrat characterized debating election reform with Republicans as “negotiating with terrorists.”
At least one Democrat on the Texas House Elections Committee expressed disappointment that some of her colleagues were left out.
The Republicans’ election security bill went down in flames after Democrats walked out of the House as it was being considered.
After a long night of deliberation, the state House passed an amended version of the GOP priority election integrity bill.
The Democrats on the committee accused Chairman Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) and others of “silencing opposing viewpoints.”
After passing the House on Thursday, the state's budget will likely now move to a conference committee to hammer out differences between the two chambers' versions.
The number of alleged election fraud offenses is still dwarfed by the number of votes cast in the most recent statewide elections.
Deer Park Republican Briscoe Cain made a parliamentary mistake that prevented the committee from hearing testimony on an election security bill.
With the new "Save Chick-fil-A" law now in effect, citizens are suing the city of San Antonio over its policy to exclude the restaurant from the airport in what they see as religious discrimination.
The post-session study of where state house lawmakers fall on the ideological spectrum has been released by Rice University fellow Mark Jones.
SB 1978, widely known as the “Chick-fil-A Bill,” passed the House today amid accusations of discriminatory intent by Democrats and LGBT advocates.
