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Rep. Tom Oliverson announces candidacy for Texas House Speaker
After a divisive year in the Texas House, Speaker Dade Phelan has a challenger. A Houston area lawmaker made the announcement in Austin Thursday morning. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan reports.
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Houston-area Rep. Tom Oliverson challenges Dade Phelan for Texas House Speaker
Texas Rep. Tom Oliverson, a Republican from Cypress, announced Thursday he will run for Speaker of the Texas House challenging incumbent Dade Phelan from Beaumont.
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House District 2 special election Tuesday and the proxy fight to come
The race east of the DFW Metroplex between Brent Money and Jill Dutton may preview a larger fight within the GOP in Austin.
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Special Election: Republicans vying for House seat vacated by expelled rep talk to Lone Star Politics
A special election is being held on Tuesday, Jan. 30 where voters in House District 2 will decide who replaces Bryan Slaton, the state representative who was expelled from the House last spring. In this special edition of Lone Star Politics, we talk to the two candidates running in the race, Republicans Jill Dutton and Brent Money.
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Texas civil rights groups petition the U.N. over LGBTQ+ ‘human rights crisis'
Civil rights organizations in Texas have filed a formal letter with the United Nations, raising the alarm on a “deteriorating human rights situation” for LGBTQ+ people in the state.
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Crowded field shows statewide forces and issues East of Dallas
The House seat opened up after the incumbent was expelled in a sex scandal. The special election is November 7th.
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Special election for Texas House District 2 seat to happen Tuesday
The House seat opened up after the incumbent was expelled in a sex scandal. The special election is November 7th.
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Feud between House and Senate leaders breaks out over border security bill
Special session, personal vendettas holding things up. Rural Republicans don’t want to give money. Border bill Battle.
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Lone Star Politics: Oct. 29, 2023
Arlington is embracing sports, then there was an argument on the House floor and an underdog is trying to face Ted Cruz. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan and Gromer Jeffers with The Dallas Morning News cover it all in this week’s episode of Lone Star Politics.
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Texas House approves immigration bills during long, heated, overnight session
Local and state police officers in Texas may soon be able to question and arrest people they suspect crossed into the state illegally.
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New proposed Texas bill may let law enforcement officers arrest those suspected of illegally crossing border
Local police officers may soon be able to arrest people they suspect crossed into Texas illegally. A bill in the Texas legislature just passed the House after an emotional night. Some changes need to be worked out among Republican leaders but NBC 5’s political reporter Phil Prazan reports Governor Abbott is expected to sign it into law later this year.
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Texas lawmakers look for a deal on size, scope of education savings accounts
The Texas House and Senate both published different versions of their school voucher legislation, setting up high-stakes negotiations that could change the state’s education system.
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AG Paxton backs North Texas challengers against his impeachment voters
Paxton vowed political revenge after Republican members in the Texas House impeached and suspended him from office. He’s taken his first steps in vengeance.
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Items head to Texas House after first week of special session wraps
The first week of the third special session has wrapped up in Austin. The Texas Senate quickly passed the Gov. Abbott’s priority items. The challenge now is the Texas House sparking negotiations with other state leaders.
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Gov. Abbott gives ultimatum to Texas House Democrats in battle over private school vouchers
Educators in North Texas protested Friday to let state lawmakers to know where they stood when it came to school vouchers.
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Local lawmakers speak out against school vouchers
School district leaders in North Texas disagree with the school voucher item on Greg Abbott’s wish list.
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Frisco Republican returns in-kind donation after PACs controversial meeting
Representative Jared Patterson, R – Frisco, is donating $2,500 to a pro-Israeli charity after staff for the powerful Defend Texas Liberty PAC met with a white supremacist who’s called for a “Holy War” against Jews.
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Two Texas House Republicans to return donations following controversy
Two Texas House Republicans say they will return or redirect donations given to them by a controversial group in North Texas after staffers met with a well-known white supremacist. NBC 5 political reporter Phil Prazan has the details in the latest controversy to shake the Texas capitol.