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There was a dramatic turn of events in the race for Speaker of the Texas House. Beaumont Republican Dade Phelan announced he’s no longer running for a third term as speaker. Republicans are scheduled to pick their nominee for Texas House Speaker on Saturday. NBC 5 Political reporter Phil Prazan has more.

The second most powerful person in the Texas government is calling for a blanket ban on THC sales. It comes five years after state lawmakers legalized the sale of hemp products which contain small amounts of THC. As Meredith Yeomans reports, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says retailers have exploited the law.

Rep. Pat Fallon, a Texas Republican, got into a fiery exchange with U.S. Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe during a bipartisan House task force’s investigation into the assassination attempt against Donald Trump on the campaign trail.

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, the leader of the Texas Senate, said he will move to ban all forms of THC people can consume across the state.
NBC 5 political reporter Phil Prazan takes a look at the issue.

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, the leader of the Texas Senate, said he will move to ban all forms of THC people can consume across the state.

The University of Texas investigation into the bottle-throwing incident that disrupted the Texas-Georgia game in October — and drew a harsh rebuke and fine from the Southeastern Conference — resulted in no one being caught or punished.

A father has been charged with fatally shooting his son at a home in East Texas after claiming he had mistaken him for an intruder and then later burning his body, authorities said.

Three U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Cavazos, Texas, have been arrested on human smuggling charges, U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas said Thursday.

The state’s land commissioner bought a 1,402-acre plot on the Rio Grande and has offered it to the incoming Trump administration for immigrant detention centers.

It’ll be a little longer before drivers begin sharing the road with semis with no human on board. The self-driving tech company Aurora Innovation has delayed its driverless truck launch in Texas until next year.

The growing crypto-currency industry in Texas will soon have more rules to follow. The regulation signals the new business is becoming more mainstream. 

Texas Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced a new major legislative initiative for the Texas Senate called the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of Texas.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved a new rule requiring virtual currency mining facilities located within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas region to register with them.

Virtual currency mining facilities within the ERCOT power grid region have to register with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT). KXAN’s Sarah Al-Shaikh explains the facilities must provide information to the PUCT annually about the facility’s location, ownership, and demand for electricity.

The seventh annual American Lung Association’s “State of Lung Cancer” report found that Texas ranked 46th in the nation for lung cancer screening rates.

It’s been 41 years since a Mesquite father gave up his prized possession to pay for diapers. Now years later, his son is looking to make it right. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards has the story.

It’s been 41 years since a Mesquite father gave up his prized possession to pay for diapers. Now years later, his son is looking to make it right.

A death row inmate convicted of killing her toddler daughter is “actually innocent” of murder and should be freed from custody, the prisoner’s trial judge said in documents unearthed on Thursday.

Federal law enforcement officials said Thursday that they stopped a Texas man from carrying out a possible terrorist attack in Houston.

One man is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and deadly conduct after an altercation in Mabank.