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July 7, 2026 4:14 PM
Perry said that Senate Bill 3 last year was the solution but somehow doesn’t blame Gov. Abbott for vetoing it
Sen. Charles
Perry blasted retail providers of THC products and announced he intends to
file a bill again next session banning retail consumption of those products
during a in a scorched earth speech in a Texas Senate Health and Human
Services hearing today, potentially sealing the fate of the multi-billion dollar industry in the state.
“This
started as an agricultural issue, then went into State Affairs and rightfully
so now found its home in the medical side of the conversation,” Sen. Perry
said. “There’s been a lot of misinformation and lies and what it does and
doesn’t do.”
The
hearing, Chair Lois Kolkhorst said, was meant to focus on the impacts of
recreational use of THC on healthcare costs, mental health treatments, and find
solutions to what some called “an epidemic.”
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July 7, 2026 4:07 PM
"...to address the unchecked expansion of large-scale data centers, warning that waiting until the regular session in January could come too late to protect Texas agriculture, rural communities, precious water resources, and the state's electric grid."
Here’s
what he said in full via
the Texas Department of Agriculture. You may need to right click and open in a new tab.
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July 7, 2026 2:27 PM
Quorum Report Publisher Harvey Kronberg and Texas Capital Tonight host James Barragan talked about that and more on Spectrum News in Austin
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July 7, 2026 2:12 PM
Here’s the
announcement
via the Office of the Governor.
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July 6, 2026 3:00 PM
22% of respondents to the poll identify as liberal and 51% as conservative; 52% voted for Trump and 37% voted for Harris. 40% identify as Democrats or closer to Democrats while 49% identify as Republican or leaning GOP
The poll
is here. You may have to right click and open in a new tab, depending on your browser.
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July 3, 2026 9:00 AM
TDP Chair Scudder signed onto a grassroots effort calling on Democrats to dump Burrows, Burrows’ most ardent Democratic supporters avoided Corpus Christi, and Rep. Ramos gave voice to what many Texas House Democrats have been privately grumbling about the presiding officer they voted for
CORPUS
CHRISTI – If you think about the way Texas House speaker politics
have unfolded over the last two decades or so, the last few weeks would seem to be through the looking glass.
During the
Republican Party of Texas Convention in Houston, Speaker Dustin
Burrows was introduced onstage with a video that included praise from Texas
Scorecard – a Tim Dunn-funded group that’s chastised Republican
House members for more than 15 years for supporting speakers accused of being
“insufficiently conservative.” It’s always been a false accusation. But when
has that mattered in a Texas campaign?
“It’s wild
how fast things can change,” said one House GOP Caucus member who
marveled at the speed with which Burrows has made peace with these self-styled
“conservative” groups that built an industry out of attacking fellow
Republicans.
Ever since
Speaker Joe Straus took the oath of office in 2009, Republican primaries
in Texas have been heavily infused with speaker politics. It’s something the
Democrats simply haven’t had to put up with. Those attacks on House Republicans
stopped this year after Burrows led nearly all of them to winning an
endorsement from President Donald Trump. Now some Democrats are
bristling at the idea that party activists at their convention would try to
tell them how to vote on the opening day of session.
But the
activists have a point.
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July 3, 2026 8:30 AM
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July 2, 2026 2:22 PM
Greger will be Deputy Chief while Schatzline joins as senior advisor on legislaton to close primaries
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July 2, 2026 11:51 AM
Takes effect when Hancock leaves at the end of the month
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July 1, 2026 11:39 PM
Second thoughts? The Texas Constitution does not empower the governor to unilaterally fire a confirmed SOS; Hancock is available at the end of the month, by the way
A standoff
is brewing between Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson and Gov. Greg
Abbott over his reported plan to install outgoing Rep. Nate Schatzline
as the next SOS, according to multiple sources close to the situation tonight.
The possibility
that Schatzline, a MAGA hardliner who has said the
2020 election was rigged, could be in line for the gig was first reported by Quorum
Report.
Multiple
sources this evening tell QR that Nelson, a former Senate Finance
Chair respected on both sides of the aisle, has grown very uncomfortable with
this reported plan. The open secret in Austin the last few weeks about this has
been that the White House has demanded that Abbott install Schatzline ahead of the November election.
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July 1, 2026 4:03 PM
Meantime,
the Democratic nominee for Comptroller Sen. Sarah Eckhardt released this statement
slamming Hancock’s tenure in the office as “weaponization” of the
position, citing his sweeping policy decisions on school vouchers and business
opportunities for minorities.
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June 30, 2026 4:50 PM
Fresh back from the TDP convention in Corpus Christi, QR Publisher Harvey Kronberg talked about that and more on Spectrum News
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