House Speaker Dade Phelan faces toughest reelection yet

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. BEAUMONT — If past is prologue, Dade Phelan’s return to the Texas House would be all but guaranteed. Over five terms, he has never once drawn a reelection opponent, ascending to become the …

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Nick Fuentes is just the latest extremist embraced by Defend Texas Liberty

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In recent weeks, allies of the deep-pocketed conservative PAC Defend Texas Liberty have sought to downplay a meeting between the group’s former leader, Jonathan Stickland, and prominent white supremacist Nick Fuentes. They’ve cast …

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Special session on school vouchers begins with Republicans in disarray

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Passing school vouchers, the top legislative priority of Gov. Greg Abbott in the new special session, was always going to require a delicately assembled coalition of Republicans. It would need to include compromise …

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Nick Fuentes visited office of Texas GOP activist Jonathan Stickland

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. FORT WORTH — Jonathan Stickland, the ultraconservative leader of a group that has donated millions of dollars to high-profile Texas leaders, hosted prominent white supremacist Nick Fuentes and other right-wing activists for several …

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Paxton whistleblowers vow to continue legal fight in court

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Four whistleblowers who were fired after reporting Attorney General Ken Paxton to the FBI vowed Monday to continue their legal fight with their former boss, promising to expose his alleged wrongdoing by forcing …

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Texas student body leader faces impeachment as Paxton trial proceeds

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. This week in Texas, there’s an elected official fighting impeachment proceedings stemming from accusations that he abused his government office. Well, make that two elected officials fighting impeachment proceedings. In College Station, about …

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Whistleblower testifies how Ken Paxton let friend, donor hijack AG’s office

The Texas Tribune is your source for in-depth reporting on the Ken Paxton impeachment trial. Readers make that possible. Support authoritative Texas journalism with a donation now. Ryan Bangert did not want to report his boss, Attorney General Ken Paxton, to the FBI. A bona fide ultraconservative and former Paxton donor, the onetime deputy first …

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Texas Senate rejects all motions to dismiss Ken Paxton impeachment charges

The Texas Tribune is your source for in-depth reporting on the Ken Paxton impeachment trial. Readers make that possible. Support authoritative Texas journalism with a donation now. The Texas Senate on Tuesday decisively rejected all of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to dismiss the articles of impeachment against him, moving forward with the first removal …

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Who’s who in the Ken Paxton impeachment trial

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. State Attorney General Ken Paxton has been ordered to appear before the Texas Senate to answer to 16 of 20 articles of impeachment that were overwhelmingly approved by the Texas House in May. …

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