Here’s a look back at the year’s biggest stories in the Lone Star State, from the statewide freeze to the battle over vaccine mandates.
Catch up on the week's hottest stories in Texas politics with the reporting team at The Texan.
Crockett was first elected to the Texas House in November of last year.
The Texas Democrat is giving all of her pay from the special sessions that she largely missed to a Planned Parenthood facility in Denton County.
Combined, House Democrats pulled in nearly $650,000 in contributions during the large part of their quorum break in July and August.
This week — a look at Texas politics during the last week of the second special session.
Only days remain in the state's second special session and the window of opportunity for Republicans to punish Democrats who broke quorum is closing.
After months of being the central lightning-rod issue in Texas politics, the major GOP election reform bill was approved by the state legislature.
This year's second special session expires on Sunday and the legislature is hoping to push the governor's agenda items across the finish line.
This week — an attorney general opinion leaves abandoned House seats to the courts, 20 Democrats form a caucus to oppose “right-wing” legislation, and truant legislators owe three-quarters of a million dollars in repayments.
The proposal must pass through the House Administration Committee before members will be able to vote on the proposal.
House Democrats showed near-unified opposition to Republicans when they broke quorum in July, but now that unity is eroding.
