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...

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...

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...