Gov. Greg Abbott wants to make Texas ‘No. 1 in advanced nuclear power,’ supports low-interest state loans to promote construction of nuke plants, by Phil Jankowski 🌟 dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

Whistleblowers can’t question Ken Paxton under oath, Texas Supreme Court rules, by Nolan D. McCaskill dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

PERSONAL (PERSONNEL) NEWS: Did I mention I moved to Dallas? Haven’t mastered the “hook em” hand thing yet but hugely pumped to be working as the Biz Editor for the Dallas Morning News — and I’m hiring! Pitch me: [email protected]

Breaking: Speaker Dade Phelan drops bid for speaker dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

Family of Texas journalist Austin Tice, kidnapped in Syria more than 12 years ago, say they have vetted information he's alive and treated well. “We have a huge hole in our family. We miss him all the time.” dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

Reps. Rep. Mitch Little, Brent Money & Shelby Slawson meeting with about 4 dozen grassroots activists ahead of the House GOP caucus meeting

First round of voting is done and votes are being counted #txlege

Second round results Rep. David Cook 47 Rep. Dustin Burrows 41 59 needed to win

Texas Legislature is primed for red meat issues, but expect some bread and butter, too | Gromer M. Jeffers  dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

Make it out to P. Terry’s today! 100% of profits will go to Austin-area families in need.

Inbox: Cornyn will serve on five Senate panels in the next Congress: - Foreign Relations - Budget - Judiciary - Finance - Intelligence

From ‘rabble-rouser’ to gavel-holder: Ted Cruz set to chair key Senate committee -- a nice look at the incoming Commerce chairman by Joseph Morton dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

Almost time #txlege

Dallas ISD asked the state to review a sample of STAAR responses to confirm students earned the correct score. Of the 4,632 written answers DISD submitted, 43% improved after the rescore. The data raises questions about Texas' use of automated scoring: dallasnews.com/news/education…

.Attorney General Ken Paxton on if he'll run against Sen. Senator John Cornyn in 2026: "I don't know if I'm running for sure. I'm looking at it. Probably in the next few months I'll be talking to people across the state." Not any different from Paxton's previous comments on if he'd run #txlege

The question everyone scanning through #SCOTX orders is asking: No, this is not the first time The Big Lebowski has been cited in a SCOTX opinion! The first time was actually Kinney v. Barnes in 2014 (Lehrmann, J.).

In the Rose Garden for the imminent signing of ⁦Senator Ted Cruz⁩ Take It Down Act. Cruz posing here with Aledo High student Elliston Berry and her mother Anna McAdams (right) and others before the event.

Breaking: The DOJ has sued Texas over a state law that allows undocumented migrants to receive in-state tuition

Huge

You should be proud of your work here in Texas. Good luck on what’s next