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January 20, 2022 6:42 PM
The breaking news
from ABC is here.
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January 20, 2022 2:49 PM
Gov. Abbott, Beto O’Rourke reporting millions raised, Paxton is outraised by Guzman but maintains as cash on hand advantage, open Texas House races are a free for all
Campaign season is getting into full swing and the always
riveting January semiannual reports are coming in. As always, we’ll do our level
best to bring you the interesting numbers in the top races to watch but feel
free to reach out and suggest anything important that you think we missed.
Let’s start at the top of the ticket and then get into
the battles for Texas House and Texas Senate districts.
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January 19, 2022 5:32 PM
Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to announce a
parental bill of rights tomorrow, and many are speculating that bill of rights
will include a full-throated endorsement of vouchers.
Abbott spoke at the Texas Public Policy
Foundation’s Policy Orientation at lunch on Wednesday, touting Texas
exceptionalism, a sunny view of the current state of the Texas economy and a
promise to respect the rights of parents in their child’s education.
“I’ve supported public schools. Also, I’m a product of
public schools. Public schools have a role to play,” Abbott said. “But, in the
end, we need to come to grips with the reality that no public program can
replace the role that parents play in the education of their children.”
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January 19, 2022 5:18 PM
The breaking news from
MyRGV.
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January 19, 2022 5:12 PM
He has canceled in-person meetings, is taking meetings on zoom, etc. One of his advisers asks folks of faith to pray for him
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January 19, 2022 1:29 PM
“Todd Smith and I have mutually agreed to terminate his association with my campaign effective immediately. My campaign and the TDA will cooperate fully with any agency involved in this matter so it can be resolved openly, fairly and judiciously," Miller said.
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January 18, 2022 5:32 PM
Indicted on charges of theft and bribery in hemp license "shakedown"
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January 18, 2022 10:36 AM
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January 17, 2022 5:20 PM
“Let this serve as a notice to all our stakeholders that, going forward, we’re not going to renegotiate past settlements,” Chairman Lake said. “Going forward, we’re going to look ahead.”
The Public Utility Commission has agreed to
take more focused direction to address violations of electric service
reliability, folding ongoing violation settlements into annual reporting.
The straightforward policy decision – made at the commission’s
last meeting – was buried in the middle of the electric docket.
Both Entergy Texas and CenterPoint Energy
had lingering settlements for specific past violations without a clear timeline
for corrective actions.
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January 17, 2022 5:13 PM
It can be downloaded here.
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January 17, 2022 12:26 PM
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January 14, 2022 7:00 PM
Lobby moves, significant staffing changes, and more top the roundup this week
Texas primaries are in full swing, but is
there enthusiasm down ballot?
Seems like the lobby is mostly holding fire in
all these wide open seats where many of the races have
no shape just yet because there are so many candidates. Most of those will have
to go to runoffs before folks in Ausitn really take sides. But toward the top
of the ticket, Gov. Greg Abbott and his GOP opponents are crisscrossing
the state while Democrat Beto O’Rourke is largely moving his campaigning
online for the moment as Omicron rages. And you gotta
love that Sid Miller and James White are practically already
shouting at each other in public as they face off for the GOP nomination for Ag
Commissioner.
Giddyup,
y’all.
Meantime, you People are Movin’. “The only
thing that stays the same is everything changes,” goes the line in the old
country song written by Bobby Braddock. No relation. Lobby moves, significant
staffing changes, and more top the roundup this week. If you have career news
the Texas Capitol community needs to know about – whether it’s
your news or gossip – let me know: ksbraddock@gmail.com
is the address and POTM should be in the subject line
so I don’t lose track. Thank you.
Here’s the latest edition of People on the
Move.
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January 14, 2022 6:38 PM
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January 14, 2022 2:00 PM
The filing is here.
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January 13, 2022 5:15 PM
“He is not creating order. He is creating more chaos on the border," O'Rourke says; Abbott counters “It is offensive for any of these people raising the issues to politicize the issue of a military member losing their life"
Challenger Beto O’Rourke and Texas mayors
criticized Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star on the
same day its legitimacy is challenged in a Travis County courtroom.
Abbott chose the Rio Grande Valley as the
location to announce his re-election
bid, touting his funding for local roads and higher education, as well as
Texas exceptionalism. On his website, he highlights his commitment to build a border
wall and sending National Guard troops to reinforce border agents in a
measure known as the Operation Lone Star.
Brownsville Mayor Trey Mendez, on a conference
call with reporters arranged by O’Rourke’s campaign along with Austin Mayor Steve
Adler, said Operation Lone Star was unnecessary.
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January 13, 2022 5:07 PM
Arrangements are pending at Weed-Corley-Fish; services are expected next week
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January 13, 2022 3:03 PM
From CNN:
The Supreme Court on
Thursday blocked President Joe Biden's vaccine or testing requirement aimed at
large businesses, but it allowed a vaccine mandate for certain health care
workers to go into effect nationwide.
In freezing a lower court
opinion that allowed the regulation to go into effect nationwide, the majority
sent a clear message the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, charged
with protecting workplace safety, overstepped its authority in issuing such a
sweeping emergency directive that would impact millions of workers. In
contrast, the justices said that a separate agency could issue a rule to
protect the health and safety of Medicare and Medicaid patients.
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January 13, 2022 10:00 AM
Miller touts Trump endorsement while slamming the Legislature on new elections law and the grid; White says Miller had a “sorry” record as a legislator and points to allegations of "bribes" accepted by Miller’s campaign team
A heated confrontation
between Chairman James White, R-Hillister, and
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller was perhaps a long time coming
when things finally boiled over in their Republican primary in recent days. “Sid
Miller LIED & denied that his campaign consultant has an upcoming court
date in relation to the allegations that he has been taking bribes for hemp
licenses,” White tweeted after the two clashed during a candidate forum inside
a church late last week in Gainesville.
Chair White, retiring from
the Legislature and running to lead the Texas Department of Agriculture,
has unleashed a torrent of attacks on Miller, the incumbent whose top campaign
consultant Todd Smith was arrested last year in connection with an alleged
scheme to shake down farmers seeking hemp licenses that are, by law, not to
exceed $100.
During a radio interview,
Miller said there’s “nothing to see here” and maintained that Smith has not
been charged with any crime.
“Your campaign consultant
has not been arrested?” White asked during the candidate forum, frustrated with
what he said is simply a lie from Miller.
“He has not been charged
or indicted,” Miller answered matter-of-factly.
“And he has no court date?”
White pressed.
“No!” Miller exclaimed,
almost shouting. Then, White pounced.
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