The news of Texas covered today includes:
Our Lone Star story of the day: There is a flippant arrogance to Texas House leadership and culture over the last decade (Straus, Bonnen, and Phelan) which is unseemly and causes one to think many of the body do not realize that it is our money and liberty they are playing with and that we only lend them power through our vote. This is not a game, it’s our money, lives, and government and they need to take things more soberly.
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The House, yesterday, gavelled in for the first called session of the 88th Legislature, passed its same tax relief plan and some border security bills and then immediately gavelled out sine die. Meanwhile the Senate, taking its work far more seriously and maturely remained in session to reconvene on Friday.
Despite comments from Abbott about the House plan being the only that is germane to the call, he’s wrong and Lt. Gov. Patrick is correct that the guv cannot control the what the legislature adopts policy-wise. He can veto it but he can’t specify it.
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More on impeachment: Phelan’s impeachment game: Bad form, bad precedent, unnecessary and embarrassing.
Gov. Abbott appoints his buddy and former Secretary of State, John Scott, as interim Attorney General.
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Texas History, through the Texas State Historical Association, gets a temporary win in district court in Galveston with an injunction stopping nefarious action by far-Left academics who are ignoring the organization’s bylaws.
Dallas Fed’s May report on the Texas service and retail sectors.
And, other news of Texas.
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