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July 17, 2026 3:54 PM
Lisa Craven is already out. We’re told the former Senator told top staff this week they’d be judged on how Christian they are and the office plans to keep legislators in the dark as long as possible leading up to the revenue estimate prior to session
It’s hard
to have meetings without leaks around here, ain’t it?
As he
prepares to take the reins next month at the Office of Texas Comptroller
of Public Accounts, multiple sources tell Quorum Report that
former Sen. Don Huffines had a meeting with the top staff there earlier
this week and it was uncomfortable to say the least.
Here’s how
it unfolded, per those sources.
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July 17, 2026 1:22 PM
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July 17, 2026 9:32 AM
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July 16, 2026 3:41 PM
James Russell is breaking it all down for you
Editor’s
note: Since initial publication of this story, many more reports have become available.
The article is updated throughout – SB
If I had
to choose between World Cup match Wednesday afternoon and the July semiannual
campaign finance reports, I’d still choose my time-honored tradition of
providing you the closest we can get to the Page 6 of campaign finance
roundups. Why not both, though? Much of this was typed out on the computer with
the game on in the background.
Looking through
the reports, Democrats are getting aggressive in their campaign spending up and
down the ballot, but the Republican ticket led financially but Gov. Greg Abbott
are ready with the cash they’ll need. That’s even though their US Senate
nominee Ken Paxton trails in fundraising of his own.
Legislatively,
much of the focus is on holding the Texas Senate seat held by Sen. Taylor
Rehmet and trying to flip Texas House seats. But it’s worth
considering: two of the Democratic incumbents in tight races this fall voted
for Speaker Dustin Burrows. Some might argue there’s no point in
flipping seats if all power is ceded to the majority party anyway. Other
seasoned veterans would say a Texas House with a more balanced partisan
configuration is a different body altogether.
Cynicism mostly aside, here’s what we have so far.
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July 16, 2026 1:48 PM
Talarico has challenged Paxton to three debates; Paxton's campaign said he will take part in as least one exchange but the details will have to be worked out
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July 15, 2026 2:08 PM
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July 15, 2026 10:44 AM
The request from the Big 3 comes in a letter to agency heads; the exception to the 3 percent cut is for public education and school vouchers
Subscribers
can download a copy of the letter from the Big 3.
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July 14, 2026 3:43 PM
After ICE agents shot two citizens in Minnesota, Abbott had said ICE needed to "recalibrate" what the agency is doing. Quorum Report Publisher Harvey Kronberg told Spectrum News in Austin that Abbott's silence after the shooting of an undocumented Houston resident is telling
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July 14, 2026 3:42 PM
The New
York Times has details:
The Trump
administration has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to halt
most vehicle stops while carrying out operations across the country, according
to people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to speak publicly
about the directive. The order comes after ICE officers killed two people over
the past week in Houston and the coastal city of Biddeford, Maine, amid a
recent surge in immigration arrests. Both were shot after agents tried to stop
their vehicles, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The pause on vehicle stops could hamper the agency’s ability to
increase arrests as it faces increasing pressure to deliver on the president’s
promise of mass deportations. But it comes as some influential lawmakers and state officials have demanded answers about
the latest shootings.
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