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February 4, 2025 7:47 PM
When it comes to the antics of Rep. Harrison, there is now dissention even in the ranks of the small group of Republicans who consistently oppose House leadership
Tensions
on the Texas House floor stoked by Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Himself,
are starting to get so out of hand that even some of his fellow Republicans who
consistently oppose the chamber’s leadership are growing uncomfortable with his
tactics.
“He’s
flat out hurting our cause,” said one of the most ideologically conservative
members of the House.
A
prime example unfolded today when some Republican critics of newly elected
Speaker Dustin Burrows told Quorum Report that Harrison
went way too far in confronting African American legislators on
the House floor during consideration of a resolution honoring Houston native Beyoncé
for her achievements in country music this past year.
The rest of the story, subscribers only
By Scott Braddock
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February 4, 2025 5:29 PM
Quorum Report Editor Scott Braddock and KFYO radio host Chad Hasty got into that and more this week. Listen to the interview below
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February 3, 2025 5:27 PM
Gromer
Jeffers Jr.
has the
story in the DMN:
Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott insisted Monday that he would accept nothing less than
a robust, universal school choice voucher program, and he resisted calls to
join the plan with blanket increases in public school funding. As he did in
Sunday’s State of the State speech, Abbott committed to raising public teacher
pay, but on his terms and largely in the form of merit increases.
A
plan to allow families to use public dollars on private schools is the
centerpiece of his legislative agenda for the legislative session that ends in
June. Abbott said his success last year in using the primaries to oust House
Republicans who voted against school choice dictates that any plan approved by
lawmakers be universal and substantive.
“An
overwhelming majority of Texans want school choice,” Abbott said during an
interview in the Governor’s Mansion with The Dallas Morning News. “I won all of those races because the voters want school choice, so
now there’s no reason for us to ratchet back on what we’re going to do,
especially knowing full well that what we’re seeking to achieve here right now
is exactly what the voters of Texas want. Most important is what the parents
across the state of Texas want.”
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February 3, 2025 10:53 AM
A
few more personnel announcements today from the Office of the Speaker.
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February 2, 2025 5:04 PM
They include property tax relief, water infrastructure investment, teacher pay raises, career training, Education Savings Accounts, bail reform, and creation of a Texas Cyber Command
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January 31, 2025 12:35 PM
Reporter
Edward McKinley has
the details:
An
army of automated bots mobilized late last year to attack state Rep. Dustin
Burrows on social media as the Lubbock Republican campaigned in a hotly
contested race to become the next speaker of the Texas House, according to a
data analysis prepared by a Republican social media marketing company and
shared with Hearst Newspapers.
The
accounts on X blasted Burrows, who went on to win the race, as a “RINO,”
“traitor,” and “Democrat shill,” and they promised GOP primary attacks against
his supporters.
His
main competitor was state Rep. David Cook, a Mansfield Republican who ran as a
hardline conservative and promised to sideline Democrats from the policymaking
process. Cook was backed by the state party, most of the chamber’s far-right
members and some of the party’s most prolific donors.
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January 29, 2025 2:15 PM
The
list
is here.
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January 29, 2025 2:05 PM
ICYMI: "A small fraction of the Texas budget surplus would turn this state into the new Hollywood," Harrelson says. It might be a tad long for an advocacy piece. Check it out below
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