MRT: TX Abortion Case Back to Appeals Court; AG Paxton Wins Health Care Injunction on Vaccine Mandate; PUC Approves Market Changes; Bribery Alleged at HISD
MRT: Texans Quitting Jobs Faster Than Most States; Court of Criminal Appeals: AG Can't Unilaterally Prosecute Election Cases; Houston Cuts Future City Retiree Benefits; Cruz Demands Nord Stream 2 Vote
MRT: American Airlines to Hire 18k in ’22; GOP AG Primary Heats Up; 12 Candidates File for Land Commissioner; Fletcher Draws Wealthy Primary Opponent
MRT: Austin Auto Magnate Indicted in Murder for Hire; Details Emerge on ERCOT Reforms; Violent Crime Down in Dallas; Republican Primaries Pop Up Everywhere; TDP Vice Chair Brailey Running for Lt. Gov
MRT: NYT Reports on State’s Border Enforcement; Hou Chron: Foster Care ‘Out of Control’; Conservatives Win Two HISD Seats; NYT Profile of Abbott; RIP Dave Campbell
MRT: SCOTUS Allows Abortion Providers to Sue over TX Law; District Judge Rules State Abortion Law Unconstitutional; DPS Pledges Crack Down on Fake Tags; Crenshaw Causes Uproar
MRT: TWC Creates Hotline for Employees to Report Employer Vaccine Mandates; Harris County Jail Scrutinized After Assault; PUC Chair: “The Lights Will Stay On”
MRT: Houston Detected Omicron by Testing Water; SAISD Reinstates Mask Mandate; Dowd Drops Lt. Gov. Bid; DMN Editorial: Dallas Needs Tougher Ethics Rules
MRT: Texas Reports First Case of Omicron Variant; AA CEO Parker to Retire; DOJ Sues State Over New Maps; Feds to Investigate I-45 Highway Project
MRT: Mesquite PD Officer Murdered; Manufacturing, Services Sectors Grow; DPS: Enforcement Effort Apprehends 165k Since March; TDP Chair Race Heats Up
MRT: Engine Production Woes Risk SpaceX Bankruptcy; PUC Lowers Price Cap for Providers; Federal Judge Block State Social Media Law; Biden Resumes Remain in Mexico Policy
MRT: 4th Special Ahead?; Medical Abortions After Seven Weeks Now Banned; I-45 Project Advances; 5th Circuit Reinstates Texas Mask Mandate Ban in Schools
MRT: Sen. Larry Taylor Retiring, Mayes Middleton Files; Dell Foundation Gives $38M to Fight Homelessness in Austin; UTaSW to Pay $4.5M for Lax Opioid Oversight
MRT: Bush Announces Border Wall Deal; Texas Utilities Shift Cost from February Freeze to Ratepayers; Julian Castro Shifts to Life on Sidelines; Crockett Endorsed by EBJ
MRT: McConaughey Won’t Run for Gov; Abbott: Lights Will Stay on This Winter; NYT on Austin’s Affordability Crisis; Houston Homeless Approach Credited
MRT: Gohmert Announces for Atty. General; Krause to Run for Tarrant County DA; Samsung Picks Taylor for $17B Chip Plant; Evictions Near Normal Levels
MRT: SCOTUS Could Rule on TX Abortion Ban as Soon as Today; 240k TX Children 5-11 Get First Vaccine Dose; Abbott v. Beto Race Takes Shape; EBJ Retires
MRT: NERC: TX Still at Risk of Winter Blackouts; Garnet Coleman Retires; Whitmire Running for Houston Mayor in 2023; Abbott Reports $5M in Six Weeks; Jay Kleberg to Run for Land Commissioner
MRT: Beto Raises $2M in 48 Hours; Tax Abatement Laws Probed; Johnson Gives SOTC Speech; Southlake ISD Ousts President; Cuellar Criticizes VP Harris
MRT: Beto Enters a ‘Weaker Candidate with a Harder Race’; Beto Recalibrates on Border Policy; Beckley Runs for Lt. Gov.; Alex Jones Loses CT Lawsuit
MRT: Beto Launches Gov Bid; Abbott Challenges Biden’s Vaccine Mandate in Federal Court; Guillen Switches to GOP; EPA Administrator to Visit Houston
MRT: Gallego Resigns at Sul Ross State President; Guillen to Switch Parties Today?; Abbott Readies for Beto; Jenkins to Seek 4th Term
MRT: Man Charged with 11 Murders in North Dallas; Austin Synagogue Arsonist Arrested; Paxton to Raise $ with Trump in Florida; Sen. Hall Urge Vaccine Avoidance; De La Cruz Accused of Abuse
MRT: Federal Judge Blocks Abbott Mask Ban in Schools; Abbott Announces Concert Safety Task Force After Astroworld Tragedy; Abbott Seeks Criminal Probe of Porn in Schools; Violence in Dallas Drops; $2.
MRT: Beto Teases ’22 Announcement; Gohmert for AG?; Abbott Rebukes Adler with Veterans Day Rally at Capitol; BIF to Provide $35B for TX
MRT: Texas Jails Fill with Migrants; University of Austin Coming Soon; Texas Passes 17M Registered Voters; U.S. Reopens Land Borders to Vaccinated Travelers
MRT: HPD Chief Raised Concerns Before Deadly Concert; COVID Declining in Schools; George P. Bush: Paxton Will Lose if Nominee; Dems Recruiting in CD-15
MRT: DOJ Sues Over New Voting Law; Beto 3.0?; Sen. Lucio Retires; Huge Demand for TX Rent Relief Program; Casar Resigns from Austin City Council to Run for CD-35
MRT: TMA Warns: 2/3 of TX Physicians Could Stop Seeing New Medicare Patients in 2022; TX GOP Sees School Battles as Winning Issue; State Sen. Powell Sues Over Maps
MRT: Report: Winter Storm Uri: Cost at Least $80B; Fight Over Alamo Persists; All Constitutional Amendments Pass; Lujan Wins HD-118
MRT: Lawmakers, Activists Gather at SCOTUS Over SB8; Abbott Names Young to TX Sup. Court; Election Day: HD-118, Austin Prop A; Garza Announces for AG
MRT: AA Cancels 2,000+ Flights Sunday; SCOTUS to Hear Arguments on SB8 Challenge Today; HD-118 Special Election Runoff Tomorrow
MRT: State, DOJ Argue Over Role of Courts in SB8 Dispute; Texas a Crypto Hub?; Abbott Defends Border Security Efforts; TX Secy. of State Scott: 2020 ‘Wasn’t Stolen”, But Will Pursue Audit
MRT: Two Deadly Shootings Hours Apart Bring Austin Death Toll to 74; National Juneteenth Museum to be Built in Fort Worth; Voto Latino Sues on Maps; Cruz Blocks Biden Nominees
MRT: Ag Commissioner Sid Miller Undergoes Heart Procedure; Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson Tests Positive; AG Ken Paxton Announces $290M Opioid Settlement; State Rep. Krause to Probe ISDs Over Literature
MRT: State Orders 1.3M Doses for Children; Abbott Signs New Maps, HB 25; At Least 41 'Runaway Dems' Never Returned Per Diem $; Abbott Backs Prop A
MRT: SCOTUS to Quickly Consider SB8 Legal Challenge; Sid Miller Admitted to Hospital; 3rd Court: OAG Whistleblowers Deserve Protections; Guzman Up on TV
MRT: Pressure Builds on Abbott to Call 4th Special; PUC Issues New Rules for Power Plants; Abbott Names John Scott as Secretary of State; Paxton Sues Biden Over Border Wall
MRT: Abbott Resists Patrick’s Call for 4th Special Session; Seliger Retires; CenTex Scramble After Redistricting; No Details Yet on Tesla HQ Move to Austin
MRT: Will Abbott Call Another Special Session?; Huberty Retires; TMF, Casar Consider Congressional Bids; UT-RGV to Offer Free Tuition to Families Under $100k
MRT: SCOTUS to Consider Abortion Law Challenge; New Voting Maps Challenged; TXLEGE to Increase Homestead Exemptions?; Voting Begins on Prop A in ATX
MRT: Transgender Sports Bill Heads Gov. Abbott; TX House Approves Congressional Maps; Legislature Releases $4B in TRBs; Early Voting Begins Today
MRT: Gov. Abbott Shifts Right Ahead of 2022 Election; Texas House Passes Transgender Sports Bill on 4th Try; San Antonio ISD Vaccine Mandate Halted
MRT: DOJ Probing TX Juvenile Lockups; Hurricane Warning; Baylor's Student Loan Push; Larson Retires; TRB's Added to Session?; Talarico Switches HDs
MRT: TX House Passes New Map; Southwest, American Defying Abbott Order on Vaccine Mandate; Biden Admin Scolds Abbott; DOJ Appeals 5th Circuit Reinstatement of SB 8
MRT: Abbott Bans Companies from Forcing Vaccines; Former HPD, APD Chief Acevedo Out in Miami?; House to Pass New Map Today; Turner Drops Controversial $15M Housing Project
MRT: Appeals Court Allows Abortion Law to Resume; Tesla Moves HQ to ATX from CA; West Contracts COVID; AG Primary Will Test Trump’s Endorsement Power
MRT: Senate Committee Advances $16.3B Bill to Direct COVID Relief Funds; Seliger Ponders Reelection; Nelson Wolff Retires; Cruz Blasts Debt Limit Deal
MRT: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks SB8; Shooting at Arlington, TX High School Injures 4, Suspect in Custody; Chip Roy Issues Ultimatum on ‘Daughter Draft’ in NDAA
MRT: SA Seeks Hyperloop Proposal?; Abbott Takes 10 Governors to Border; House Committee Passes New Map; Senate Increases Penalties for Illegal Voting
MRT: TX SCOTUS Denies PP Request to Resume SB8 Lawsuit; Posthumous Pardon for Floyd?; Texas Senate Passes New Map 20-11; Lawmakers Consider How to Spend $16B in Federal Relief
MRT: Austin Downgraded to Stage 3; Billionaire Soros Gives $500k to Oppose Austin Police Staffing Ballot Measure; Collier Announces for Lt. Gov.
MRT: SB8 in Federal Court Today; Border Crisis Impacts Cross Border Commerce; Illegal Voting Penalty Added to Special Session; House Map Released
MRT: Dallas County Lowers Property Tax Rate; APD Moves Non-emergency 911 Calls to 311 Due to Staffing Crisis; FEMA Denies Abbott’s Border Emergency Request
MRT: Dowd Announces Lt. Gov. Campaign as Dem; RRC Grilled On Winter Storm; Harrison Wins HD-10; GOPer Lujan, Dem Ramirez Advance to HD-118 Runoff
MRT: Congressional Maps Released; Migrants in TX Overwhelming Judicial System; Phil King Announces for SD-10; HD-118 Special Today; HD-10 Runoff Tuesday
MRT: Houston Corruption Accusation Swirls Around Turner; Train Derails in Smithville; House Passes Abortion Bill; Biden Moves to Preserve DACA
MRT: Six ISDs Seek Halt to Paxton’s Anti-Mask Lawsuits; Recs Issued for Texas Grid Overhaul; Jim Murphy to Retire; Abortion Providers Seek Fast-Track of Legal Challenge
MRT: Trooper ‘Steel Wall’ in Del Rio; Dallas Boosts Police by $4B; Abbott Adds Property Tax Relief, Bail to Special Session; Paddie Retires; Israel Explores Austin Mayoral Bid
MRT: Abbott Blasts Biden Border Policies in Del Rio; Transgender Sports Ban Advances; Cornyn to Seek GOP Leader Spot if Open; Feds Probing Mask Ban
MRT: SB4 Violating Doctor Sued; Abbott Seeks Federal Disaster Declaration for Border; 3rd Special Session Begins; Flores Announces for SD-24
MRT: Feds Expelling Haitian Immigrants from Del Rio; Beto Preparing for TX-GOV Bid; 3rd Court Allows RRISD Mask Mandate to Continue; Sanford to Retire
MRT: Abbott Backpedals on Shutting Down Border; 10k+ Immigrants Overwhelm Del Rio Crossing; Paxton Seeks to Block Redistricting Lawsuit; $11M Border Wall Contract Awarded
MRT: Krause Announces for Atty. Gen.; Fed. Judge to Hear Arguments on Temporary Block of SB8; Dallas Mayor Proposes Restoring $10M in Police Overtime
MRT: DOJ to Federal Court: Stop Enforcement of SB8; Nicholas Crawls into LA from TX; Judge: State’s Foster Care System Failing; HD-10 Runoff Set for 9/28
MRT: Abbott Signs Bail Reform Law; Hughes Defends SB8 with WSJ Column; District Judge Blocks PP from Some Lawsuits; ‘Black Start’ Units Effectiveness Questioned; HD-118 9/28 Field Set
MRT: Abortion Law Reduces Abortions, Keeps Courts Busy; Abbott on Biden Vaccine Plan: ‘Assault on Private Business’; Paxton Sues Six ISDs on Mask Mandates
MRT: Abbott, Paxton Vow to Defend Abortion Law; Abbott Slams Biden for Employer Vaccine Mandate; 1st CoA: Paxton Trial Should Return to Collin County
MRT: SCOTUS Halts Texas Execution; UTSA Football Bans ‘Come and Take It’; Tx Monthly: Who Killed CJR in TX?; TFC Recs Two Firms for Abbott Border Wall
MRT: Abbott: 3rd Special Session Begins Sept. 20; UT Sued over ‘Eyes of Texas’; Abbott Signs Election Integrity Bill; HD-118 Special Set for Sept. 28
MRT: 40k+ Cases Shuts Down 45 ISDs; Phelan: Won’t Campaign Against Incumbents; Redistricting Sessions Looms; Dems Preemptively Sue on Redistricting
MRT: Abbott Defends, Biden & Pelosi Blast Abortion Law; Texas Legislation Adjourns; UT Poll: Disapproval Rising for Abbott; Cruz Lauds I-14 Expansion
MRT: SCOTUS Denies Emergency Allows TX Abortion Law; Senate Passes $2B in Border Security Funding; TX Supreme Court: New Prop A Language Required; Pelosi in Austin
MRT: Election Integrity Bill Goes to Abbott; ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Ban, Permitless Carry, Statewide Camping Ban Take Effect; Gulf Energy Facilities Coming Back After Ida
MRT: Abortion Advocates appeal to Supreme Court; TX House Advances Bail Reform, Passes Expansion of Virtual Learning; Adler Gives State of the City
MRT: Rinaldi Winning Over Critics; TX; Abbott’s $1.8B Border Security Plan Advances; State’s New Abortion Law to Take Effect; Cruz Heads to Iowa
MRT: SCOTUS Strikes Down Federal Eviction Moratorium; Extended Unemployment Benefits for Texans to End in Sept; House Committee Advances Election Integrity Bill
MRT: Paxton Wins ‘Remain in Mexico’ Lawsuit; UT to Create 'Free Market’ Think Tank; Save Austin Now Sues on Lack of Camping Ban Enforcement; Dallas Passes $72M Regional Homeless Plan
MRT: NRA Cancels Houston Convention Due to COVID; Speaker Phelan: ‘Absolutely No Deals Made’ to Bring Back Runaway Dems; Dowd for Lt. Gov.?
MRT: TX House Solidifies Quorum; House Committee Hears Election Bill as Walkout Fails; Afghan Refugees Arrive in ELP; West Doubts Evidence of Wife’s Arrest
MRT: Abbott Tests Negative; Patrick Under Fire; Wife of Allen West Arrested for DWI; TX Dems Fractured; Electricity Regulators Plan to Borrow $3.6B
MRT: Teen COVID Vaccinations Rise; TX House Restores Quorum as 3 Houston Dems Return; 5th Circuit Upholds Late Term Abortion Ban; Cruz Endorses Abbott
MRT: Texas Nearing Tipping Point on COVID Cases; Another Runaway Dem Returns; Arrests Have Yet to Materialize; Paris ISD Uses Dress Code to Require Masks
MRT: Gov. Abbott Tests Positive for COVID; TX Supreme Court: Runaway Dems Can Be Arrested, Brought to Capitol; TX Senate Takes on Securitization with PUC
MRT: Mask Mandate Confusion as School Begins; Meet the Most Unvaccinated County in Texas; Save Austin Now Sues Over Police Staffing Ballot Language
MRT: TX Supreme Court Halts Mask Mandates in Dallas, Bexar Counties; State Adds 4M People in Past Decade; TxDOT Approves $25M for 2 Mile Barrier in Eagle Pass; McCaul Weighs in on Afghanistan
MRT: Census Shows TX as Less White Population and More Urban; Phelan Sends Law Enforcement to Round Up Absent Dems; TABC Threatens Restaurants
MRT: Sen. Alvarado’s Filibuster of Elections Bill Underway; Urban Counties Rebelling Against Abbott Mask Order; Politico Profiles Abbott; Cruz Blocks VRA
MRT: Judge: Abbott Mask Ban Can’t Be Enforced; Speaker Dade Phelan Signs Arrest Warrants for Absent Dems; Cornyn, Cruz Oppose Infrastructure Bill
MRT: Abbott, Phelan Seek Void of Judge's Order on #TXLEGE Arrests; UT Require COVID-19 Tests; House Falls Just Shy of Quorum, as Some Runaway Dems Return
MRT: TX Hospitals Face Staffing Crisis; Runaway Dems Deny Quorum Again; Austin Officials Warn of ‘Dire’ Situation; Dallas to Add 250 Police; RIP Chris Lippincott
MRT: Abbott Calls 2nd Special Session to Begin Sat; Runaway Dems ‘Discussing What’s Next’; Clardy Tests Positive; Cisneros to Primary Cuellar Again
MRT: COVID Hospitalizations Rising at Fastest Rate; Local Mask Mandates Pop Up; 10 Die in Van Crash Near Border; McAllen Launches Migrant Tent City
MRT: Fed. Judge Temporarily Blocks Abbott Order; Police Staffing Initiative Will Be on Austin Ballot in Nov; Two Runaway Dems Jet to Portugal Vacation
MRT: 5 Days Left in Special Session; Senate Holds Hearing on Big 12; Abbott Sticks to Voluntary Masking; Child Border Apprehensions Hit Record in July
MRT: Ellzey Sworn In; Cuellar: Border Czar Needed; McCaul: Intel Foreshadowed Jan. 6; Roy Leads Anti-Mask Brigade; Lone Star Clout Wanes?
MRT: Three Runaway Dems Testify Before Congress; AG Garland Blasts Abbott; How Ellzey Won; SEC Unanimously Votes to Invite UT, OU
MRT: Abbott Calls for ‘Personal Responsibility’; Critics Attack Abbott on Trooper Policy; Cronk: State Won’t Allow City Mask Requirement; Chip Roy: ‘Shut This Place Down’
MRT: Ellzey Upsets Wright; Abbott: Need Nat’l Guard on Border; Seliger: Remove Abbott's Line Item Veto; Rejected Felony Cases Up 735% in Travis County
MRT: Trump Endorses Paxton for Re-Election; Phelan Seeks Arrest of Cortez; Patrick Creates Select Committee on Big 12 Exit; CD-6 Special Runoff Today
MRT: Burrows Files Bill to Block UT from Leaving Big 12; Masking Returning?; CD-6 Runoff Tomorrow; Biden Terminates 2 Border Wall Contracts in TX
MRT: PUC: No Power Loss Rest of Summer; Abbott Won't Impost New Mask Mandate; #TXLEGE Takes Interest in UT to SEC Rumor; Beto Gives $600k to Runaway Dems
MRT: 99.5% of TX COVID Deaths Since 2/8 are Unvaccinated; UT, OU Reach Out to SEC?; Cortez Departs DC; COVID ‘Changed the Dynamics’ for Runaway Dems
MRT: WH, Pelosi Official Test Positive After Mtg with Runaway Dems; Dutton Returns; Beckley for Congress; UT Hires $1M Consultant to Revamp ‘Eyes’; Dallas Seeks More $ for Police
MRT: Eviction Avoidance Thru 10/1; 6th TX House Dem Tests Positive; Abbott to Ban Transgender Medical Procedures; Nehls Appointed to Jan. 6 Commission
MRT: COVID Infection Rate Rising in TX; 2 More TX House Dems Test Positive in DC, Total Rises to 5; Abbott Boasts Huge Cash Advantage; GOP Eyes S. TX
MRT: Phelan Strips Moody of Pro Tem; Phelan Offers Plane to Dems; Austin Announces Stricter, Unenforceable COVID Protocols; Caraway’s Sentence Reduced
MRT: TX Dems Raise $500k for Quorum Break; Guillen Family Pursues More Accountability; Bush Sues Biden over Border Wall; Merritt Announces AG Campaign
MRT: TX House Votes to Track Down Absent Dems; Dems Urge Federal Action; TX Senate Passes Retired Teacher ‘13th Check’; PUC Seeks to Reassure Lawmakers
MRT: TX House Dems Flee State to DC, Throwing Special Session into Chaos; Abbott Pledges More Special Sessions; Abbott Calls for Investigation in TJJD; ERCOT Announces Operational Changes
MRT: Musk: SpaceX Still Growing, Plans Rocket Factory Near Waco; Rinaldi Elected TX GOP Chair; Guzman Raises $1M in Ten Days; Election Integrity Bills Advance in House, Senate
MRT: Special Session Begins as Legislature Moves Quickly; Abbott Boasts $55M War Chest; Allen West ‘Not Worried’ About Long Odds; Threatened Medicaid Program is $1B Boon for Hospitals
MRT: Special Session Begins; Judge: USAF Liable in Sutherland Springs; Chaos in West’s Final Days at RPT; Cruz Skips CPAC; Tan Parker Running for SD-12
MRT: Abbott Releases Special Session Issues Ahead of Tomorrow’s Start; Abbott Orders PUC to Shore Up Grid; Phelan Creates Special Panel for Election Law, Bail Reform; Nelson Hailed as a ‘Trailblazer’
MRT: West Runs for Governor; TX Wins Most Corp HQ’s from CA; Jane Nelson to Retire; Patrick: Add Electric Grid to Special Call; Pat Fallon Stock Trades Questioned
MRT: Trump, Abbott Cite Danger at Southern Border; NIL Ruling Goes into Effect Today; TCEQ Unveils Plan to Reduce Haze in National Parks; James White Primaries Sid Miller
MRT: Trump, Abbott Tour Border Today; US to Close Migrant Shelters in El Paso, Pecos; Few Options for Students with Disabilities This Fall; Atmos Energy Gas Line Explosion in Farmersville Kills 2
MRT: Questions Surround Abbott Border Wall Plan; Testing Scores Dropped Dramatically During COVID; J. Turner to Retire; TDP Names Co-Executive Directors
MRT: Who Pays for ATX Homeless Solution?; TX House Dems Consider 2nd Walk Out; #TXLEGE Staffers Sue Abbott; New Yorker Profiles Lina Hidalgo; VP Harris Visits ELP
MRT: New Suspect in 6th St Shooting Arrested; 1/2 of TX Republicans Won’t Get Vaccine; ERCOT: No Idea Why Plants Went Offline; CDC Extends Eviction Ban
MRT: Abbott: Border Wall Raises $497k in 1st Week; Dems Question Abbott’s Authority on Wall; Paxton: ERCOT Not Subject to TPIA; Harris to ELP on Fri
MRT: Abbott: Special Session on July 8; LULAC Files Election Lawsuit; Abbott Vetoes Safe Outdoor Dogs Act; Whistleblowers Respond to Paxton Legal Filing
MRT: Abbott Leads Biden Revolt; Sid Miller Seeking Reelection; TX Congressional Dems Propose Bill Allowing Local Gov’t to Expand Medicaid w/o States
MRT: ERCOT: Return to Regular Electricity Use; TX Supreme Court Rules with Bullet Train on Eminent Domain; Abbott Vetoes #TXLEGE Funding; Dems Rally Against SB7
MRT: ERCOT: Power Grid ‘Stable’; Abbott Appoints Cobos to PUC; Cornyn Juneteenth Bill Signed Into Law; SCOTUS Upholds Obamacare, Tossing TX Lawsuit
MRT: ATX Mass Shooting Was Teenager Confrontation; Abbott Transfers $250M to Start Border Wall; Abbott Defends Power Grid; Abbott Signs Permitless Carry
MRT: Abbott Will Detail Border Wall Plan Today; Abbott Signs Statewide Public Camping, Critical Race Theory Bans; TX House Dems Push Federal Voting Rights Bill
MRT: 2nd Suspect in ATX Arrested; Abbott Signs Name, Image, Likeness Bill; Mayor Johnson to New Council: Get ‘Back to Business’; Cruz Endorses Wright
MRT: Guzman to Run for Atty Gen; Tourist Dies in Austin 6th Street Shooting; Abbott Goes All-in on Border; James White Not Seeking Re-Election; Cuellar Faces Another Primary Challenger
MRT: Abbott: TX Will Build Border Wall; TX House to Strip Election Overturn Provision; TX House Dems to Meet with VP Harris; Patrick Seeks Re-Election
MRT: Fear of COVID No Longer Acceptable Excuse for Unemployment Claims; Austin Council Takes 6 Week Vacation; Price Running for Tarrant County Judge
MRT: Oil Closes Above $70 for 1st Time Since 2018; Disparities in Police Searches Between Latinos, Whites; Abbott Signs Bills Responding to Winter Storm; Re-Vote in Dallas?; HHS to Sue TX?
MRT: Abbott Signs Bill to Punish Biz Requiring Vaccine Passports; Eva Guzman Resigns, Eyeing AG; TX House Rallies Around Phelan; McCaul: Move China 2022 Olympics Over Uyghurs
MRT: West Resigns as TX GOP Chair, Eyes TX-GOV Bid; Mattie Parker Wins Fort Worth Mayor; Buckingham Considering GLO Run; Council Results in Dallas, SA
MRT: Trump to Speak at CPAC Dallas in July; Gov. Abbott Mum on Special Session Plans; Abbott: We Are Going to Start Jailing Border Crossers
MRT: Bush Unveils AG Primary Challenge to Paxton; Paxton Seeks Dismissal of Whistleblower Case; Tesla Building Cars in Austin; Nate Paul Loses 9 More Properties to Foreclosure
MRT: Gov. Abbott on Elections Bill, Border, Migrant Child Housing, Trump Endorsement; Houston Federal Flood Funds; TxLege Politics Continue
MRT: Session Ends, Special Session Looms; House Dems Walk Out, Blocking SB7; Abbott Vetoes Legislative Budget
MRT: 5 Days Left: Patrick Calls for Special Session, Abbott Demurs; Bush Asks Feds for $750M for Harris County; Border Patrol Nabs 10 Sex Offenders in One Week
MRT: 6 Days Left: Relax STAAR for Seniors?, Taxpayer Lobbying Ban, Social Media Penalties Bill Die in House; Trump Says He Will Endorse in AG Primary
MRT: Mexico to Buy Shell Share of Deer Park Refinery for $600M; Abuse Charged in Lawsuit Against Harris County Constables; 7 Days Left at #TXLEGE: SB 23, HB 1927 Head to Governor, Patrick’s Priorities
MRT: Abbott: Data Shows Opening Economy was ‘Right Move’; Ruth Hughs Resigns; Beto for Gov?; 8 Days Left at #TXLEGE; Permitless Carry Compromise Struck
MRT: Abbott to Give Lawmakers Input on $16B in Federal COVID Aid; Paxton, Bush Spar; Priority Bills at Risk with 11 Days Left; Senate Passes Statewide Camping Ban 27-4
MRT: Abbott Signs ‘Pain Capable’ Abortion Ban; Austin Bringing Back 500 Person Unmasked Events; CRT Animates N. TX ISD Runoff; Ban Griddy?; Dutton Explains
MRT: Abbott Bans Masks for Public Schools, Local Officials; Large Counties Loosen COVID Rules; Senate Revives Bill to Block Child Transition Procedures
MRT: Abbott Ends Extra UI Payments; OAG Alleges Biden Forcing Medicaid Expansion; Lubbock Abortion Ban Challenged; GPB Makes His Move; EBJ Re-elect?
MRT: Heartbeat Bill Heads to Abbott’s Desk; Ambler’s Law Passes Banning Police Partnering with Reality TV; West Pans GOP Leadership; Biz Groups Urge End to Extra $300
MRT: NRA Bankruptcy Blocked; $1B for TX Higher Ed Must Go to Struggling Students; TX House Blocks CRT; Foster Children Without Placement Rising
MRT: House Bill Curbs Governor’s Emergency Powers; GOP Lawmakers Target CRT; Huffines to Primary Abbott; Trump Endorses Patrick; How Prop B Passed in Austin
MRT: WaPo Probes DFW Conservative Activist Russ Ramsland; Transgender Bill Creates Fight at #TXLEGE; GOP Consultant Todd Smith Arrested; Who Will Dems Field for #TXGOV?
MRT: ERCOT Expects Record Summer for Electricity Usage; Texas House Passes Election Integrity Bill; Texas House Passes Bill to Punish Large Cities that Defund Police; RIP Jake Ellinger
MRT: Permitless Carries Passed in Senate; Heartbeat Bill’, Camping Ban Pass House; House Passes Bill Making Obstruction of Emergency Vehicle a Felony
MRT: Wright vs. Ellzey Renews CD-6 Rivalry; Hegar Boosts Revenue Outlook; Bail Reform Moving Forward; Austin Voters Rebuke City Leaders; Allred Takes Paternity Leave
MRT: Austin Reinstates Camping Ban; Lubbock Passes Sanctuary City for Unborn; Wright, Ellzey Head to CD-6 Runoff; Fort Worth Mayor Heads to Runoff; 90 Found in Houston Home
MRT: No Charges Filed in Lobbyist Date Rape Investigation; Rove Hosting Donor Confab Next Week; Trump Backs Susan Wright; Permitless Carry Heads to Senate Floor Vote
MRT: State Releases $11B of $18B in Stimulus Funds for Schools; Lobbyist Sexual Harassment Training?; Cornyn 'Disturbed' by Gonzales Nomination to Head ICE
MRT: Cruz Blames Biden for Border Crisis; Abbott Signals He Would Sign 'Permitless Carry' Bill; ERCOT Names Interim Leader
MRT: Census: TX Gains 4M Residents, 2 New Congressional Seats; Cornyn, Cuellar & Gonzales Launch Bipartisan Border Plan; Date Rape Allegation Leads to Calls for Reform
MRT: Huberty Arrested for DWI; Capitol Speculation Swirls About Lobbyist Date Rape Allegation; Crenshaw Recovering; State to Resume J&J Vaccinations
MRT: Cornyn, Cuellar, Gonzales Call for More Immigrant Processing Sites; Paxton Sues Biden over Border; $1M+ for Fort Worth Mayor Race; House Poised to Pass Cautious Budget
MRT: Transgender Sports Ban?; Home COVID Vax Coming; Longhorn Band Update; Medicaid Expansion Looms?; Voting Bills on Deck
MRT: Beto is Running ... for Something; Report Claims Election Integrity Bill Could Cost Economy; Bail Reform Push at #TXLEGE; C4G Attacks Ellzey
MRT: Corporations and LGBT Lege Fight; Broderick Arrested; Education Funding in Limbo; State Employee Pension Plan; Confederate Monuments; Crowded TX-06
MRT: Migrant Overflow Shelters; WSJ on Texas Grid Failure; McConaughey Beat Abbott in Poll; Abbott Demand Cartels Terrorists List; Harris County Clerk
MRT: What J&J Vax Pause Means for TX: Tensions Rise On Border; TxLege Passes Gun, Transgender Sports Bills; Texas Energy Issues; Austin Homeless Summit
MRT: Rep. Brady Retires After 13 Terms; Las Vegas Sands Ads; Paxton sues Beto; ERCOT Reform; Dewhurst Arrested
MRT: Huberty: 200k+ Students Impacted by STAAR ‘Glitch’; Abbott: Allegations of Child Migrant Abuse at SA Facility; Medical Marijuana Expansion Clears House Committee
MRT: Federal COVID Relief May Not Reach Renters Before Evictions; 1st Day of STAAR Testing Canceled Due to Tech Issues; Abbott Bans Vaccine Passports for State Agencies
MRT: Abbott Seeking 2nd Facebook Data Center in TX; Collier Seeks 2022 Lt. Gov. Rematch; S. TX Dems In Middle of Political Firestorm
MRT: Record 2.5M Vaccine Doses to TX This Week; Corporate Backlash Coming to TX?; Hughes on a Conservative Legislative Run; Sery Kim Loses Support; Tony Gonzales Profile
MRT: Over 4,000 Migrants, Including Many Kids, Crowded into Facility; McConaughey Keeps Floating Political Future; House Advancing
MRT: 1 in 6 in TX Fully Vaccinated; Senate Passes State Electricity Market Overhaul; Senate Passes Seven Pro Life Bills; TX House Keeps Masks For Now
MRT: All Adults Now Eligible, But Vaccine Supply Insufficient; 10M Vaccines Complete; Trooper Wounded in Shooting; 70% of ERCOT Customers Lost Power
MRT: Storm Death Toll Surpasses 100; Vaccine Demand Decreases; APD Chief Testifies Against Bill Punishing Cities that Defund; Alcohol to Go Passes House
MRT: Nearly 2k Price Gouging Complaints After Storm; Congress Probes Storm Response; Paxton Refuses to Release Jan. 6 Messages; Alcohol to Go Passes TX House
MRT: Vaccine Available to All Adults on Monday; State Expands Nursing Home Visits; Senate Passes ‘Back the Blue Act’; HHS Seeks to Use Lackland, Fort Bliss for UACs
MRT: Hospitalizations Continue to Drop; Migrants Face Cramped Conditions in S. TX; Austin Names Interim Police Chief; Lawsuit Challenges Biden on Title 14
MRT: Would Reversing Electricity Prices Make Things Worse?; CPS Draws Scrutiny; SAPOA Rallies for Collective Bargaining, Against Ballot Measure
MRT: TX COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Cases Continue to Decline; Patrick to Abbott: Use Emer. Powers on Price Spike; House Panel Approves Weatherization Bill
MRT: Property Damage Tax Exemption from Storm?; Abbott Targeting Human Traffickers from Border Crisis; Paxton Joins Keystone XL Suit; Senate Passes Nursing Home Access Bill
MRT: Lone Remaining PUC Commissioner Resigns; #TXLEGE Rift Over Electricity Overcharge; Migrant Teens Arrive in Dallas Today; UK Variant Found on UT Campus
MRT: Hospitalizations Continue to Drop; Winter Storm: At Least 57 Deaths; TX Senate Quickly Approves Bill to Undo ERCOT Overcharges; 3,000+ Immigrant Teens Sent to Dallas
MRT: Patrick Targets PUC in Break with Abbott; Lawsuit: Stop $7B I-45 Project; Migrants Flown Across TX to Be Immediately Expelled from El Paso
MRT: Lt. Gov. Patrick Targets PUC Chair on $16B in Electric Charges; UT President: Students Will Return in the Fall; Paxton Sues Austin in District Court; Harrison Up on TV in CD-6
MRT: Texas Expands Vaccine Eligibility to 50+ Starting Monday; Paxton Threatens to Sue City of Austin on Mask Mandate; Migrant Apprehensions Trend Up
MRT: Survey: SA Among ‘Least Happiest’ Places to Live in US; Abbott Blames Migrant Surge on Biden Policies; Cuellar Hits Biden on Immigration; Bills Filed to Legalize Casinos, Sports Gambling
MRT: 53% Approve of Abbott Storm Response; Dems Urge Abbott to Accept Federal Funds for Border Communities; Twitter Sues AG Paxton; Harrison Hits $400k
MRT: $1.9T COVID Relief Bill to Provide $27B to TX; Abbott Announces ‘Operation Lone Star’ to Combat Smuggling; CDC Allows Child Migrant Shelters Fill to 100%
MRT: ERCOT Overcharged Power Buyers by $16B During Storm; TX Big Cities Keeping Mask Mandate; TX School to Receive Millions Despite Missing Students
MRT: Schools, Stores Divided on Masks as Mandate Ends; All School Employees, Childcare Workers Eligible for Vaccine; ERCOT CEO Terminated; Beto for Gov?
MRT: Abbott Removes Statewide Mask Mandate, Capacity Limits on Businesses; DPD Chief Promises Fewer Arrests for Minor Amounts of Pot; TXSC Orders Camping Ban Ballot Language Change
MRT: State to Receive 200k J&J Vaccine Doses This Week; PUC Chair Resigns; AG Paxton Sues Griddy After Price Spikes; Harrison Announces for CD-6
MRT: 123 Rural Texas Counties Left Out of Disaster Declaration; Nat'l Guard to Deliver Vaccines to Homebound; Biden in Houston Today; End to Mask Order Soon?
MRT: TX House Hrg at 9am; Abbott Vows Reform After Storm; ERCOT Was ‘Minutes’ From ‘Black Start’; 1M+ Still Without Drinking Water; CD-6 Field Forms
MRT: Four ERCOT Board Members Resign; Electricity Failure Upends Session; Patrick Releases 31 Legislative Priorities; Bidens to Houston Fri
MRT: Vaccines Doses Delayed, Spoiled During Storm; Texans Raised Million for Each Other; TDP Releases 2020 Autopsy; Save Austin Now PAC Challenges Ballot Language
MRT: Customers Face Skyrocketing Electric Bills; Abbott: Grocery Stores Restocked, Power Almost Fully Restored Statewide; Biden Declares Major Disaster in TX
MRT: Officials: TX was ‘Seconds and Minutes’ Away from Catastrophic, Monthslong Blackouts; Only 185k Remain Without Power; Chaos in Hospitals
MRT: TX Outages Below 1M; State Running Out of Food as Supply Chain Disrupted; Why the Power Grid Failed; Abbott Orders Nat Gas Producers to Sell In-State
MRT: 100M Americans Brace for More Cold, Ice, Snow; 2.7M Texans Still Dark as 600k Get Power Back; Blame Game Starts as ERCOT Resignations Demanded
MRT: 2 Dead as Subfreezing Cold Sweeps Across TX; Abbott Calls Up National Guard; Millions in TX Without Power; Frozen Wind Turbines Hamper Output
MRT: Ron Wright Memorial Services Set; TX to Get $5.5B for Schools; Rolling Outages in Austin; SA Mayoral Rivals Differ on Economy; Cornyn, Cruz Vote to Acquit
MRT: Huge Pile-up in Fort Worth; Former Paxton Aides Detail Allegations; Abbott Could Ease Business Restrictions Soon
MRT: HEB Launches New Vaccine Website; Mega Vaccine Sites Coming to Houston, Dallas; Patrick: Require Anthem at Publicly Funded Stadiums; Paxton Grilled by Senators
MRT: $1.3B Soon Ready for Renters; Lawmakers Propose STAAR Opt Out Process; San Antonio Refuses to Create Vaccine Wait List; Lt. Gov. Patrick Lays Low
MRT: TX, FEMA to Open Vaccine ‘Supersites’; Delayed Second Doses Leaves Travis County on Edge; Bill Filed to Rein in HOA Restrictions; RIP Ron Wright
MRT: COVID Hospitalizations Continue Decline; TAEP: 60k O&G Jobs Lost Amid Pandemic; Dallas Pro Teams: Legalize Sports Betting; Brockhouse Announces
MRT: COVID Hospitalizations Continue to Decline; TAEP: 60k Oil & Gas Jobs Lost Amid Pandemic; Dallas Pro Teams: Legalize Sports Betting; Brockhouse Announces
MRT: Speaker Phelan Releases Committee Chairs, Assignments; Cain to Lead Elections Committee; Public Camping Ban Certified for May Ballot in Austin; 2/23 Special for HD-68
MRT: UH Report: 1 in 5 Texans Don’t Want Vaccine; RodeoHouston Canceled; Judge Temporarily Blocks State Kicking PP Out of Medicaid; Nirenberg Announces
MRT: Exxon Posts Huge 2020 Losses, Clamps Down on Spending; Ramsey: Abbott’s Priorities Match Lawmaker Direction; Abbott Pushing Liability Shield
MRT: Abbott Names 5 Emergency Items; TX Motor Speedway Opens as Large Drive In Vaccine Site; Arizona Exec Hamer Named TAB President; Biden Continues Some Deportations
MRT: Texas to Receive More COVID Vaccine Doses This Week; ‘Strong’ TX Recovery Predicted; State to Require STAAR Tests Be Taken in Person; Julian Castro ‘Very Unlikely’ to Run in 2022
MRT: Abbott Vows to Fight Biden’s Energy and Climate Agenda; Phelan, Straus Urge Civility; Beto Talks #TXGOV; Racial Disparities Seen in Vaccine Registration in Dallas
MRT: Pandemic Leads to Sweeping Losses for SWA, AAL; Abbott: Guard Team to Vaccinate in Five Rural Counties; Census Delays Will Force Special Session; 4 TX Dems Criticize Biden Lease Halt
MRT: Paxton Lawsuit Brings Halt in Deportation Freeze; New TX Daily COVID Cases Down; Abbott Pushes Liability Shield; TAMU Delays on Sul Ross Statue
MRT: COVID Hospitalizations Fall from Record Highs; More Indicted in Deadly HPD Drug Raid; Abbott to Give Televised State of State Feb. 1; Austin CM Kitchen Proposes Partial Camping Ban
MRT: COVID Death Rate Slows in TX; 19 Bodies Found Along Texas-Mexico Border; Abbott: Defunding Police ‘Reckless’; Will Hurd on the GOP’s Future
MRT: Adler: Camping Ordinance ‘Not Working’; Abbott: Fix to ‘Broken Bail System’; Patrick: Revise Vaccine Distribution System; Biden Stops Border Wall
MRT: State Scrambles to Solve Vaccine Data Problem; MQS Ordered to Pay $10k Ethics Fine; Paxton’s Fundraising Low Before SCOTUS Lawsuit; 2 Texans Receive Pardons
MRT: APD: No ‘Known Threat’ for Biden Inauguration; Save Austin Now Submits 27k Signatures to Put Reinstatement of Camping Ban on May Ballot; Fmr. HPD Officer Charged in Riot; Leach Slams Secession
MRT: Was 2nd COVID Surge Preventable?; 2 More Arrested in Capitol Riot; 1st State Legislator Tests Positive; How Biden’s Climate Plans Could Affect TX
MRT: Laredo, Abilene, Bryan-College Station Run Out of ICU Beds; Paxton Prepares Biden Lawsuits; Mayors to Biden: Send Vaccines to Cities; Cruz Gets Canceled
MRT: TX is 1st State to Administer 1M Vaccines; Abbott: Strip Cities of Local Sales Tax Funds if ‘Defund Police’; Hegar: $1B Budget Deficit; Masks Required for Session
MRT: TX Hits 2M COVID Cases; Cudd Charged in DC Riot; Senate Lowers Threshold for Floor Action; SA Woman Charged with Voter Fraud; SG Hawkins Resigns
MRT: At Border, Trump Refuses Riot Responsibility; DAL Seeks More Vaccines; ATX Opens Field Hospital; Heavy Security as Session Begins; Cruz Censure?
MRT: Trump Visiting Border Wall Today; Hegar: Budget Not as Bad as Expected; Legislative Session Begins; TX To Lead Nation in Solar Installations on 2021
MRT: Trump to Visit TX Border Wall Tues; Texan Charged in DC Riot; Snow Hits TX; Vaccines Focusing on Large Communities; Hou Chron to Cruz: Resign
MRT: Texas Sees First Case of COVID Variant; 200k COVID Vaccine Does to TX Next Week for Vaccination Hubs; Turner Targets Paxton; More from Cruz
MRT: Congress Rejects Cruz Effort; Cruz Calls for Peaceful Transition; Castro Calls on Cruz to Resign; Houston Expecting $70M in Federal Stimulus
MRT: ICU Bed Availability at Risk as COVID Hospitalizations Soar; Abbott Orders Agencies to Follow Judge on Foster Care; Cornyn to Oppose Objecting to Election Certification
MRT: Houston Halts Vaccine Appointments After Slots Fill Quickly; State Officials: Wide Gap on Vaccines Delivered, Administered; State Senate to Be COVID Tested, Cruz, Paxton Lead Election Challenge
MRT: Pastor Dead in Starrville Church Shooting; 3 HOU Sheriff Deputies Shot; New Record for COVID Hospitalizations; Cruz to Object to Certification; Beto to UT
