by Joey Bennett | Feb 14, 2025 | News
Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: House Committees Appointed Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows finally released committee assignments for the session. As expected, his early supporters received the key chairmanships, including Rep. Todd...
by Joey Bennett | Feb 7, 2025 | News
Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: State of the State Address Gov. Abbott delivered the State of the State address last Sunday evening. Abbott used the opportunity to lay out his priorities for the legislative session, including emergency items...
by Joey Bennett | Jan 31, 2025 | News
Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Senate Committee Approves Vouchers On Tuesday, the Texas Senate Education Committee voted 9-2 along party lines to advance the private school voucher legislation (SB 2) to the full Senate, with the committee’s...
by Joey Bennett | Jan 24, 2025 | News
Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Texas House Adopts Rules for Session The Texas House adopted their rules under which they will operate for the regular session. Members voted yesterday to prohibit Democrats from chairing committees which ends...
by Joey Bennett | Jan 17, 2025 | News
Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Texas House Selects Rep. Dustin Burrows to Lead Chamber On Tuesday, the opening day of the legislative session, House members elected Lubbock Rep. Dustin Burrows to be the Speaker of the Texas House. Burrows...
by Joey Bennett | Jan 10, 2025 | News
Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Texas House Speaker Race Prior to the New Year, state Rep. Gary Gates – Republican from Fort Bend County – sent a letter to all Republican colleagues that criticized his fellow members for the intraparty...
