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April 14, 2026 2:30 PM
On Texas Capital Tonight via Spectrum News, host James Barragan and QR Publisher Harvey Kronberg got into that plus the fines for quorum breaking Democrats in the Texas House
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April 14, 2026 2:27 PM
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April 14, 2026 2:23 PM
Also appointed are Rep. Cunningham, Rep. Howard, Rep. Orr, and Rep. Shaheen remains on the Sunset Advisory Commission chaired by Sen. Kolkhorst
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April 14, 2026 8:18 AM
Houston trial laywer Tony Buzbee announced: "Jane Doe’s claims against the Texas Association of Business and its FORMER CEO Glenn Hammer have been resolved. Terms are confidential."
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April 13, 2026 9:00 PM
Trial set to start Nov 9th after State District Court Judge Meachum partially blocked Hancock from moving forward; the bench ruling is limited to the 6 plaintiffs
It was a
bit of a spectacle in a Travis County courtroom Monday morning as Sen. Royce
West jousted with a lawyer from the Office of the Attorney General
over Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock’s unilateral decision late last
year to kick minorities and women out of the Historically Underutilized
Business program.
The Texas
Senate Democratic Caucus and plaintiffs including business owners who have
described “having the rug pulled out from under us” were successful today in partially blocking Hancock from moving forward after the judge in the case issued a temporary injunction and set a trial for this fall. November 9 is the trial date. The injunction is limited to the 6 plaintiffs.
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By Scott Braddock
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April 13, 2026 8:53 PM
Schechter was Ambassador to the Bahamas under President Clinton and a Metro Board Chair. He was a charismatic figure proud of his Jewish faith and will be missed - SB
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April 13, 2026 5:25 PM
This follows the resignation of Rep. Eric Swalwell, the California Democrat who also came under fire this weekend for sexual misconduct allegations
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April 10, 2026 4:30 PM
New lobby shops, trade association news, appointments, and Texas media stars on the rise
Anyone
remember the “Pistol Packin’ Mama” song?
Oh, yes, you do. And if you don’t, the Quorum Report Radio
podcast will have you singing along when it drops tonight. We’ll also get into
what Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said about the Texas House majority potentially
being in play this fall. What’s he up to with that?
Check the
homepage for the links to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts
and Spotify.
After a
couple weeks off, People on the Move is back. There are quite a
few significant career changes to let you know about this week. If you have
career news of your own to share – honestly, it can be anyone’s news if you
want to brag or tell on someone – send it to ksbraddock@gmail.com and use POTM in the
subject line.
Please and
thank you.
Here’s the
latest edition.
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By Scott Braddock
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April 10, 2026 4:10 PM
Spread across the Democratic Caucus, the fines total more than $300,000 plus costs incurred by DPS of $118,000
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April 9, 2026 5:02 PM
Worth noting that no local elected leaders were invited to testify and there was little if any mention of recent headlines about tax incentives for these projects; some in the industry said they’ll accept some blame for the spread of misinformation
The Texas
Miracle. China. Taxes. National security. Misinformation. Water. The grid.
Senate Bill 6. Those buzzwords dominated today’s House State Affairs
hearing on the proliferation of data center development.
But the
best word to describe the hearing was confusion about the impact and scope of
the quickly proliferating industry lobbying up ahead of the next legislative
session.
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By James Russell
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April 9, 2026 12:30 PM
Patrick and Burrows are split on the challenge faced by House Republicans. And even though the Democratic brand is badly broken, punishing them may very well help Talarico and make Speaker Burrows re-election effort more difficult
Although
there are still a little more than 200 days until the midterm elections, by
most accounts it looks like a bad year for Republicans. The debate is no longer
how few Democratic gains there will be in the Texas House but how
many. Increasingly, that ever-reliable bar talk in Austin has Democratic gains
starting at eight and going up from there.
Although
we said so at the time, redistricting maps drawn based on Trump 2024 numbers were
a fantasy and the growing conventional wisdom is that the effort will not
produce a gain of five Republican Congressional seats and in fact may end up
costing Republicans in the end.
Who knows?
Well, one thing we know for sure is that House Republicans were outraged when
Democrats broke quorum and ended up turning a parochial local fight into a
national movement.
So almost
a year later, it’s obviously the perfect time to pick the scab. What happens
after that could prove pivotal.
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April 9, 2026 12:06 PM
It'll be April 17 at 5:30pm at the Bullock State History Museum
The official
obituary for our friend Ray Sullivan is here
via the Austin American Statesman.
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April 8, 2026 3:50 PM
Burrows tweeted: "We will not lose the Texas House. We will fight to retain every Republican seat. I look forward to the fall campaign where we get to talk about Texas’ prosperity under Republican leadership; and, I trust the voters of Texas to continue to vote for conservative government up and down the ballot!"
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April 8, 2026 3:43 PM
Not to be confused with closed primaries, but instead focus is on letting one party force the other to conduct the elections their way
Citing
election day chaos resulting from the Dallas and William County GOP to force
precinct-level voting in the March primary that resulted in confused voters and
a lawsuit that went to the Texas Supreme Court, Rep. John Bucy
announced he’ll file legislation next session to let each party decide how
they’ll control their primaries.
“This is
not about blaming one party or defending another. This is about (not) putting
voters in the middle of decisions they don’t control,” said Bucy, the Austin area
Democrat. “Voters can be affected by decisions made by the leadership of the
opposing party, people they didn’t elect and can’t hold accountable.”
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April 8, 2026 2:10 PM
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April 7, 2026 4:30 PM
On Texas Capital Tonight, Quorum Report publisher Harvey Kronberg notes that since previous fight in the Legislature about AI in campaigns, Lt. Gov. Patrick's allies have been subjected to those kinds of attacks
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April 7, 2026 4:16 PM
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April 7, 2026 11:45 AM
In the GOP runoff for HD41, TLR now backs Gary Groves after their first choice Sarah Sagredo-Hammond didn't advance to the next round
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April 7, 2026 8:15 AM
That includes $3.4 million raised in the month since primary election day
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