@KingForTexas with House colleagues on Teal Tuesday March 4 Most Senate Dems fare worse than GOP rookies as 18 white male Republicans have most clout in House where Democrats fail to crack top 20 for first time and seem content with consolation prizes after Dustin Burrows rides them to winner's circle. more   House bill would cost state nearly $13 billion over course of next five years based on fiscal note for hearing in latest development that could put governor's fragile base of support for ESA's at risk among rural Republicans. more Tom Craddick, Dustin Burrows and Pete Laney at TTU event March 11   @GregAbbott_TX, @texasreplozano and @RyanGuillen March 10 post Majority of Texans in survey disapprove of Trump job handling, think all or some abortion should be legal, support citizenship proof for voter registration and prayer in schools but more don't want state Ten Commandments mandate. more   Burrows gets on lieutenant governor's good side with two boxes of records on Paxton ordeal that show expenses topping $4.4 million as figure that may seem low but is still 10 times more than Senate spent. more @DanPatrick speaks at TCCRI black boots and tie gala on March 6   Former Houston mayor was one of Texas Legislature's all-time greatest before taking fight for Medicaid to final breath when he dies at 70 in wake of battle with cancer that he thought he'd won when he ran for CD 18. more @repsturner with guest Angela Hernandez day before death March 5   @brianeharrison blasts RINOs in Austin on @Bannons_WarRoom March 1 Harrison decries smear job with report on him as diversity champ as federal official before warning Burrows and Bonnen that they'd have to fire him from panel to stop the crusade he's waging there. more   Some rural Republicans could get cold feet despite promises to governor after Palestine town hall that audience blows up as Burrows lieutenant likens people who booed him to pro-Palestinian demonstrators. more KETK Tyler shows Cody Harris and Brad Buckley at Feb 28 event   Lobbyists with links to new west wing leader and Republicans who wielded gavel before him get ratings bumps as competition intensifies thanks in part to governor's vouchers vengeance that fuels exodus from Legislature through revolving door. more Dennis Bonnen Lauren Fleming Margo Cardwell