Speaker ally who sponsored school porn bill issues alarming warning on new group that fights book banning as Paxton files complaint to benefit private organizations that specialize in conservative news. more
House adjourns with Republican grumbling on being abandoned after Paxton ouster vote as Patrick says Phelan must be replaced amid insults deluge as speaker puts happy face on waste with pitch for border security bills that he says make Texas safer. more
Top Trump allies at each other's throats as lieutenant gov gets social media reprimand from AG political adviser for lashing out at sharply divided SREC for extraction of association provision from pro-Israel resolution as latest Defend Texas Liberty twist. more
GOP governor tosses protocol and tradition out the window with bids to knock off House Republicans who speaker promised to protect with votes for impeachment, gambling and other hot button issues. more
@GregAbbott_TX with Dustin Burrows and Carl Tepper November 29
Top three leaders deserve equal blame for GOP quitter mindset at Capitol where legislators get paid $557,000 combined for expenses for 14 days of doing nothing with no attempt to compromise since vouchers bombs in House. more
Texas House Republican who probed and prosecuted AG gets challenge from ex-college prof who hopes to ride Paxton wave as record sum of incumbents with primaries grows back to 39 after drop outs with more expected. more