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October 13, 2025 4:00 PM

Burrows and Patrick appoint members to House and Senate General Investigating Committees on the July 2025 Flooding Events

House members are Representatives Morgan Meyer as Chair alongside Moody, Darby, Dyson, and Gamez. Senators are Chair Flores with Perry, Hughes, Koklhorst, and Menendez

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October 13, 2025 3:53 PM

In an extraordinary circumstance, the Texas GOP lawsuit over closed primaries pits Secretary of State Nelson against AG Paxton in federal court

RPT Chair George says the suit is the party’s number one priority; Secretary Nelson's hired a heavyweight law firm to handle the case while fair elections advocates worry about practical implications of it all

It’s unclear what’s perhaps more unprecedented: The Republican Party of Texas’ lawsuit challenging state law allowing people to vote in a primary regardless of party affiliation or that Attorney General Ken Paxton declined to represent Secretary of State Jane Nelson in defending state law and joining with the RPT in the suit instead.

It sets up the Attorney General’s office to face off with the Secretary of State in federal court in Amarillo. After Paxton announced his office had signed onto the RPT suit, Secretary Nelson later notified the court that her office remains opposed to it and would be filing a response.

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By James Russell

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October 13, 2025 12:02 PM

Josh Reyna, chief of staff to Sen. Blanco, says he will run for the Texas House seat that would be vacated if Rep. Hinojosa runs for governor

"We'll be rooting for her if she's in it!" Hinojosa plans a "special announcement" in Brownsville on Wednesday

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October 13, 2025 9:58 AM

Video: Kronberg on the past and future of the Quorum Report

"In this episode of the Changing Austin podcast, Stacy Armijo sits down with Kronberg for a candid conversation about how Austin has evolved over the decades from its laid-back 'slacker' reputation in the 1970s to its transformation into a booming tech and policy hub, Kronberg shares firsthand stories from the frontlines of Texas journalism and politics."

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October 13, 2025 9:46 AM

Some Texas National Guard deployed to Illinois are rejected as Secretary Hegseth says they are too fat

“Standards are back at the Department of War,” Hegseth said

After reports this morning that you may have read in QR’s news clips about some Texas National Guard being replaced in Illinois, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said simply “standards are back at the Department of War.” Some of the Texans arriving for the deployment were mocked online after ABC News posted pictures of them arriving in Illinois days ago while Governors Abbott and Pritzker exchanged insults and talked about Chicago hot dogs in competing media appearances.

It’s being treated with such seriousness while state sovereignty is violated and troops are away from their families.

In case you missed it, Task & Purpose reported:

The Texas Military Department has removed an unspecified number of National Guard troops deployed to Chicago for not being “in compliance” with its validation process.

A spokesperson for the Texas Military Department confirmed to Task & Purpose that “a small group” of the 200 National Guard members sent to Illinois this past week have been replaced after they were found to not meet certain standards. The move came amid criticism on social media over pictures that showed some of the Guard members appearing to be overweight, and as an appeals court temporarily blocked the deployment of the Texan troops into Illinois.

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October 11, 2025 4:45 PM

Updated: After a personal plea from Speaker Burrows and the White House, the SREC backs off from plan to kick some House Republicans off the ballot

Burrows was more conciliatory than he was in a letter this week arguing censures and potential denial of ballot access would be unconstitutional; meantime Current Revolt reports the White House political director told SREC members in executive session they would tarnish President Trump's legacy if members he endorsed were barred from ballot access

Less than 24 hours after what many attendees described as a "low energy and low attendance" day of legislative fundraisers in Dallas during Texas-OU weekend, Speaker Dustin Burrows on Saturday morning was back at work, appearing before members of the State Republican Executive Committee pleading with them to reject an effort to censure him and other GOP Texas House lawmakers.

At the opening of their public discussion at the Capitol, Republican Party of Texas Chairman Abraham George said a friend had described this as the “Super Bowl” of SREC meetings.

“I prayed about this meeting more than I prepared for this meeting,” he said before kicking off their deliberations on whether to censure some Texas House lawmakers and potentially try to kick them off primary ballots in March.

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By Scott Braddock

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