Andrew Schneider | Houston Public Media

The state budget, school vouchers and a THC ban topped Patrick’s list. His other top goals include raising the property tax exemption for homeowners, improving electric and water infrastructure, and aiding the federal government with the deportation of people who are in the U.S. without legal status.

Both proposed budgets earmark $1 billion for a school vouchers program.

Abdur Rahim Jabbar IV describió a su hermano Shamsud Din-Jabbar como “compasivo” y dijo que no tiene idea de qué pudo haberlo llevado a manifestar su apoyo a ISIS.

Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Colin Allred attacked each other’s records on issues ranging from the economy to civil rights. Neither was entirely accurate in their charges.

Jackson Lee was in the midst of running for her 16th term when she announced in June she had pancreatic cancer.

Texas State University was originally scheduled to host Texas’ first presidential debate on September 16, before President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump cut the Commission on Presidential Debates out of the process.

Most of the arguments focused on whether the barrier, installed at Gov. Greg Abbott’s order last summer, violates a 19th century federal law prohibiting obstructions to navigable waterways without congressional approval. Border security and immigration played only minor roles in the legal discussions.

Phelan placed a close second behind Covey, a former Orange County Republican Party chairman, in the first round of the primary for East Texas’ House District 21 in March.