Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Prefiling Begins On Tuesday, current members and members that have just been elected began filing legislation for consideration for the upcoming regular session that will begin on January 14, 2025.  During a...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Final Turnout Numbers in Texas A total of 11,304,202 Texans cast a ballot on Tuesday, which translates to 61% of the state’s 18.6 million registered voters.  The raw number of voters surpassed the 2020 total,...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Early Voting Ends Today As of Wednesday, just shy of 7 million Texans had cast an early ballot, which translates to a 37% turnout.  Republicans are outvoting Democrats so far.  Nearly 2.3 million of the early...

Early Voting Underway Texas added nearly 200,000 people to voter rolls in the last two weeks before the voter registration deadline in October.  Texas now has 18.6 million registered voters.  Since 2016, Texas has added 3.5 million registered voters. In 2020, 66.73%...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Early Voting Starts Monday Early voting for the November 5th election starts this Monday, October 21st and runs through Friday, November 1st.  Early voting has become the preferred method of casting a ballot...

Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Patrick Calls on CenterPoint CEO to Resign Lt. Governor Dan Patrick appeared before the Public Utility Commission – the state agency with regulatory authority over utility companies – to encourage the board of...

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...

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...

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...

AG Paxton to Investigate CenterPoint Texas AG Ken Paxton announced this week that he has launched an investigation into CenterPoint regarding their conduct during Hurricane Beryl.  CenterPoint supplies power to all of Harris County and other surrounding areas...