Breaking news - apparently, I am taller than Tom Craddick. Not by very much, but I am - and I'm only about 5'6". I saw him up close for the first time yesterday on the House floor, talking to...
For one thing, Joe Straus will apparently be the first practicing Jew to serve as speaker of the Texas House. The San Antonio Republican is expected to be formally selected speaker next Tuesday by his colleagues when the 150-member House...
Current House Appropriations Committee Chairman Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, had this quip about his iffy status as the House's top budget writer, now that his ally Tom Craddick is being shoved out of the speakership: "I'm probably a lame duck budget...
State Rep. Chuck Hopson says he's home free. Hopson, D-Jacksonville, says he was notified by Speaker Tom Craddick's office this afternoon that his November opponent, Republican Brian Walker, has withdrawn his election contest. "We are pleased that this election has...
With most of the races completed, Democrats have picked up a net gain of three seats in the 150-member House. They flipped six seats that had been held by Republicans and lost three of their own seats. And there's an...
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