Latest Update — June 27th

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Abbott Calls Special Session Sunday was the deadline for Gov. Abbott’s final actions on all bills that were passed by the legislature in the recently concluded regular session. Abbott signed 1,155 bills into...

Latest Update — June 13th

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Special Session Looming? The New York Times reported this week that the Trump administration is pressuring state leadership to examine the possibility of redrawing the state’s Congressional districts to try and...

Latest Update — May 30th

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Texas House Active Before Deadline Under the rules, both the House and Senate had to pass all bills by Wednesday of this week, meaning that from now through the end of session, the only floor activity will be...

Latest Update — May 23rd

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: House Passes Ban on Hemp The Texas House – following the lead of the Senate – passed legislation this week that bans all THC products which effectively prohibits the sale of any type of hemp products in the...

Latest Update — May 16th

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Another Poll Shows Cornyn Trailing by Big Margin Another week and another poll proving that incumbent US Senator John Cornyn not only trails challenger Ken Paxton by a wide margin but is also widely unpopular...