A post made Tuesday morning on social media by Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick citing huge support for a ban on THC consumables now has more than 12,000 views. Patrick pulled the number from a new ...

Last session, Texas lawmakers provided the largest property tax cut in the state's history by increasing the homestead exemption to $100,000.

The survey shows that an impressive 79% of Texans support legalizing the sale and use of medical marijuana with a prescription. This strong backing for medical cannabis cuts across various demographic ...

Gov. Greg Abbott declared the measure an “emergency item” in his State of the State address, expediting its path through the legislative process.

“This is probably the first time in the history of the nation that the minority party chose the Speaker of the majority party,” Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick told us on Inside Texas Politic ...

After the vote, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued the following statement: “Today, on the second ballot, Republican Dustin Burrows was elected Speaker of the Texas House with a majority of Democrats ...

Gov. Dan Patrick. That speaker coup 15 years ago provided the initial spark for the fiery Republican civil war culminating Tuesday with the vote to select a new House speaker — a decision that ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has said that passing school choice will be the Senate's top priority, only behind the state budget. He's hoping Abbott will declare it as an emergency item. If that happens ...