by Joey Bennett | Oct 7, 2024 | News
Speaker Race Update State Rep. David Cook – the Republican from Mansfield who has emerged as the leading candidate to challenge incumbent Dade Phelan for the Speaker’s gavel – released a list of 48 supporters last weekend. It is the first time Cook has gone public...
by Joey Bennett | Sep 20, 2024 | News
Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Fifth, Sixth Speaker Candidates Join Race Amarillo Republican Rep. John Smithee has become the 5th Republican House member to join the race for Speaker of the Texas House. Smithee was an outspoken critic of the...
by Joey Bennett | Sep 15, 2024 | News
Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Fourth Speaker Candidate Joins Race Republican state Rep. James Frank of Wichita Falls became the fourth declared challenger to incumbent Dade Phelan in the race for Speaker of the Texas House. Frank said in a...
by Joey Bennett | Sep 3, 2024 | News
Speaker Phelan Hires Chief of Staff Speaker Dade Phelan has hired lobbyist and former House member Mike Toomey to be his new chief of staff. Toomey served three terms in the Texas House, first elected in 1982. He then served as former Governor Bill Clements’ chief...
by Joey Bennett | Aug 23, 2024 | News
Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: CenterPoint Rate Case Continues An administrative law judge this week denied CenterPoint’s request to withdraw its pending request to increase rates. The company filed a petition in March to increase the...
