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Show off your Lone Star spirit with a free Gonzales Flag t-shirt with an annual subscription to The Texan : https://thetexan.news/subscribe/   The Texan’s Weekly Roundup brings you the latest news in Texas politics, breaking down the top stories of the week with our team of reporters who give you the facts so you can form your own opinion. Enjoy what you hear? Be sure to subscribe and leave a revi...

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COME AND TAKE IT — buy a Gonzales Flag t-shirt here: https://store.thetexan.news/products/gonzales-flag-come-and-take-it-t-shirt Show off your Lone Star spirit with a free Gonzales Flag t-shirt with an annual subscription to The Texan : https://thetexan.news/subscribe/   The Texan’s Weekly Roundup brings you the latest news in Texas politics, breaking down the top stories of the week with our team...

Want to support reporting on Texas politics that doesn’t include the spin? Subscribe at https://thetexan.news/subscribe/   Sen. Brandon Creighton joined The Texan’s reporter Cameron Abrams to discuss the ongoing effort to send school choice legislation to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. Creighton, the chair of the Senate Education Committee, is the author of Senate Bill (SB) 1 , the centerpiece legislati...

Want to support reporting on Texas politics that doesn’t include the spin? Subscribe at https://thetexan.news/subscribe/   Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, the chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, joined The Texan’s reporter Brad Johnson to discuss the start of the new special legislative session. Martinez Fischer discussed his views on two of the top issues that Gov. Greg Abbott included on the...

COME AND TAKE IT — buy a Gonzales Flag t-shirt here: https://store.thetexan.news/products/gonzales-flag-come-and-take-it-t-shirt Show off your Lone Star spirit with a free Gonzales Flag t-shirt with an annual subscription to The Texan : https://thetexan.news/subscribe/   The Texan’s Weekly Roundup brings you the latest news in Texas politics, breaking down the top stories of the week with our team...

Show off your Lone Star spirit with a free Texas flag hat with an annual subscription to The Texan : https://thetexan.news/subscribe/   The Texan’s Weekly Roundup brings you the latest news in Texas politics, breaking down the top stories of the week with our team of reporters who give you the facts so you can form your own opinion. Enjoy what you hear? Be sure to subscribe and leave a review!   ...

Want to support reporting on Texas politics that doesn’t include the spin? Subscribe at https://thetexan.news/subscribe/ Judge Michelle Slaughter of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals joined The Texan ’s reporter Matt Stringer to discuss the court’s 2021 decision that held that a state statute allowing the Texas attorney general to prosecute violations of election law was unconstitutional. The de...

Read more about the impeachment: https://thetexan.news/paxton_impeachment/ Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick joined The Texan ’s senior reporter Hayden Sparks to discuss the recent acquittal of Attorney General Ken Paxton . “There is some truth in this, that it was orchestrated from the beginning and that members were coerced to vote. That’s true — in the House,” said Patrick. “Not in the Senate. It was the Ho...

Show off your Lone Star spirit with a free Texas flag hat with an annual subscription to The Texan : https://thetexan.news/subscribe/   The Texan’s Weekly Roundup brings you the latest news in Texas politics, breaking down the top stories of the week with our team of reporters who give you the facts so you can form your own opinion. Enjoy what you hear? Be sure to subscribe and leave a review!   ...

Read more about the impeachment: https://thetexan.news/paxton_impeachment/ Welcome back to our final episode of Inside the Impeachment: Paxton on Trial. Today, we debrief it all. We discuss what’s happened in Texas politics since Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted on all 16 articles of impeachment, what the biggest moments of the trial were, what the political ramifications will be going fo...

Read more about the impeachment: https://thetexan.news/paxton_impeachment/ Today, the Senate voted on the 16 impeachment charges leveled against Attorney General Ken Paxton in an effort to convict and remove him from office by the Texas House. Here’s a recap: Paxton was acquitted on all 16 articles of impeachment by the Texas Senate.  The House Board of Managers needed to convince 21 senators to s...

Read more about the impeachment: https://thetexan.news/paxton_impeachment/ Today, suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton’s defense team and the House Board of Managers gave their final arguments in the impeachment trial, and senators began their deliberations on the articles of impeachment. Here’s a recap: For the first time since the first hours on day one of the trial, Ken Paxton attended the pro...

Show off your Lone Star spirit with a free Texas flag hat with an annual subscription to The Texan : https://thetexan.news/subscribe/   The Texan’s Weekly Roundup brings you the latest news in Texas politics, breaking down the top stories of the week with our team of reporters who give you the facts so you can form your own opinion. Enjoy what you hear? Be sure to subscribe and leave a review!   ...

Read more about the impeachment: https://thetexan.news/paxton_impeachment/ Today , suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton’s defense team called their first and last witnesses. The House Board of Managers errantly rested their case yesterday, yielding their authority to call witnesses, and today ended with the defense resting its case, as well. Here’s a recap: The defense called Justin Gordon, the c...

Read more about the Paxton impeachment: https://thetexan.news/paxton_impeachment/ Today , attorneys in the impeachment trial questioned Ray Chester, attorney for the Mitte Foundation; Drew Wicker, a former personal aide to Ken Paxton; and Blake Brickman, the former deputy attorney general for policy and strategic initiatives.  Laura Olson, the woman with whom Paxton is said to have had an affair,...

Read more about the impeachment: https://thetexan.news/paxton_impeachment/ Today , attorneys in the impeachment trial questioned Brandon Cammack for most of the day, the special counselor Paxton retained on behalf of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) to investigate the complaints of Austin real estate developer Nate Paul against federal authorities.  Toward the end of the day, some addition...

Read more about the impeachment: https://thetexan.news/paxton_impeachment/ Today , attorneys in the impeachment trial questioned Mark Penley, called to the stand by the House Board of Managers. Penley served as the Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Justice at the Attorney General’s Office under Ken Paxton, and is one of the four former employees who joined the lawsuit under the Texas Whistleblo...

Read more about the impeachment: https://thetexan.news/paxton_impeachment/ Today , attorneys in the impeachment trial wrapped up testimony from Ryan Vassar, a former employee of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) who, unlike previous staff who testified, was fired from the office and joined the lawsuit under the Texas Whistleblowers Act.  The prosecution then called David Maxwell to the stan...

Show off your Lone Star spirit with a free Texas flag hat with an annual subscription to The Texan : https://thetexan.news/subscribe/   The Texan’s Weekly Roundup brings you the latest news in Texas politics, breaking down the top stories of the week with our team of reporters who give you the facts so you can form your own opinion. Enjoy what you hear? Be sure to subscribe and leave a review!   ...

Read more about the impeachment: https://thetexan.news/paxton_impeachment/ Today, attorneys in the impeachment trial focused on finishing testimony from Ryan Bangert, one of the former deputy attorneys general who raised criminal allegations against Attorney General Ken Paxton. Ryan Vassar, another former employee of the attorney general’s office, was called to testify next. Some major highlights...

Subscribe to support The Texan : https://thetexan.news/subscribe/ The second day of the impeachment trial continued with more testimony from Jeff Mateer , the former first assistant attorney general appointed under Paxton who was one of the eight employees to raise allegations of bribery and abuse of office to the FBI in 2020. For this episode, The Texan reporters Brad Johnson and Matt Stringer ar...

Subscribe to support The Texan : https://thetexan.news/subscribe/ We’ve completed the first day of the impeachment trial — and a lot has already happened.  Here’s some highlights: The Senate voted to deny all of Attorney General Paxton’s motions to dismiss the articles of impeachment, with all motions receiving only six to ten affirmative votes from some Republicans. Motions needed a majority of 1...

Support The Texan by subscribing at: https://thetexan.news/subscribe/ Welcome to Inside the Impeachment: Paxton on Trial . In this special podcast series from The Texan , we're delving into the historic impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, accused of bribery and abuse of office — charges that have set the stage for one of the most riveting political sagas in the Lone Star S...

Show off your Lone Star spirit with a free Texas flag hat with an annual subscription to The Texan : https://thetexan.news/subscribe/   The Texan’s Weekly Roundup brings you the latest news in Texas politics, breaking down the top stories of the week with our team of reporters who give you the facts so you can form your own opinion. Enjoy what you hear? Be sure to subscribe and leave a review!   ...