North Texas Democrats

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Texas Legislature: North Texas Democrats outline their priorities

Texas lawmakers will return to the state capitol on Tuesday to begin the 89th Texas Legislature. Here's a preview of what Dallas Democrats will prioritize as the minority.

KERA News · 2d

North Texas Democratic legislators outline priorities for legislative session

North Texas statehouse Democrats say they plan to prioritize funding for public education, mental health care access and local control in the 89th Texas legislature.

KVUE-TV Austin on MSN · 1d

What both Republicans and Democrats hope to accomplish in the 89th Texas legislative session

The Texas Legislature meets every two years to introduce bills that it hopes will become law. Over 1,636 house bills have been submitted so far.

Yahoo · 3d

Texas Democrats on key issues heading into new legislative session

Texas Democrats Ann Johnson and Christina Morales discuss how the party will look to make their voices heard on topics like abortion and school vouchers as they head into another legislative session as the minority.

Texas, Burrows and House Speaker

Texas Public Radio · 1h

Meet Dustin Burrows, Texas’ new House Speaker and one of the most powerful people in the state

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who heads the Texas Senate, opposed Burrows’ run for Speaker. He has since released a statement saying both the house and senate are required to pass legislation and he’s “counting” on Burrows to pass conservative legislation.

Houston Chronicle · 1d

Texas House elects Dustin Burrows as speaker, rebuffing far-right challenge

Burrow’s win was an assertion of the chamber’s longstanding independence, and it set up another session of likely clashes with the more partisan Texas Senate.

The Washington Post · 1d

Texas has a powerful new House speaker in a blow to the GOP's hard right

Instead, new House Speaker Dustin Burrows won the job with the support of Democrats, who favored him over a challenger backed by the GOP’s emboldened right.

The Daily News4hOpinion

Guest commentary: Democrats saved Texas House from 'Christo-fascist billionaires'

After all the drama of a hotly contested Texas State House Speaker race, it turns out that Democrats supplied the backbone ...

Four new members of Texas congressional delegation sworn into office

Four new members of Texas’ congressional delegation were sworn into office on Jan. 3, which marked the beginning of the 119th ...

KERA News10d

Rep. Mihaela Plesa survived a heated GOP challenge. Here’s how she thinks Democrats can prevail

Greg Abbott dropped $19,000 on advertising to boost Republican Steve Kinard in what appeared to be an increasingly competitive race for a North Texas ... s in store for Texas Democrats in the ...

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