Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last week: Special Session Update From my updates earlier in the week, recall that Gov. Abbott called an immediate special session that began at 9PM on Monday, which was the final day of the regular session.  The call of...

The 88th Regular session is complete. Both Houses of the legislature adjourned Sine Die at about 6PM tonight. Here’s a quick recap of what happened over the last weekend: Special Session Imminent With what you will read further down the column, the legislature failed...

The legislative session has completed its 18th week.  4 days to go.  Here’s what’s happening: House Speaker, Attorney General in Vicious Feud It all seemed to start when a video of House Speaker Dade Phelan began circulating around the Capitol on Tuesday afternoon...

The legislative session has completed its 18th week.  1 week to go.  Here’s what’s happening: Abbott Threatens Special Session The legislature could be forced into overtime if they don’t approve private school vouchers before the session ends on May 29th.  The voucher...

The legislative session has completed its 17th week.  2 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening: House Reaches Key Deadline Thursday midnight was a critical late session deadline.  All House bills – those filed by House members originating in the House – had to be...

The legislative session has completed its 16th week.  3 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening: Abbott Criticized for Tweet Everyone this week has certainly heard of the horrible incident that happened last weekend near Cleveland, Tx where several members of one family...

The legislative session has completed its 15th week.  4 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening: Tensions Remain High Between Lt. Governor and Speaker With now roughly one month remaining in the regular legislative session, major differences still remain between the...

The legislative session has completed its 15th week.  6 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening: Bomb Threat at Capitol On Sunday afternoon, an unknown person made a 911 call claiming that there was an explosive device in the Texas Capitol.  The DPS immediately cleared...

The legislative session has completed its 14th week.  7 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening: House Passes Property Tax Relief Reducing the property tax burden for home and business owners has been a top priority for state leadership this session.  The Senate has...

The legislative session has completed its 13th week.  8 weeks to go.  The legislature will take a brief break after today’s proceedings for the Easter weekend.  Here’s what’s happening: House Debating Budget The House convened this morning and began debate on House...

The legislative session has completed its 12th week.  9 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening: Proposal to Ban Drag Shows The legislature this session has focused on issues related to transgender individuals and drag show performers.  Two bills were heard this week in...

  The legislative session has completed its eleventh week.  10 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening: Senate Passes Property Tax Reduction Measures The Texas Senate unanimously approved several measures that would reduce overall property taxes for homeowners and...