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So how much do you know about Nate Paul? The two of us asked each other this question back in the summer of 2019, when Nate Pauls spots got raided by the FBI. Over the years, wed both acquired some knowledge about Paul and his World Class property empire that we hadnt seen in other coverage, enough to know that something about the story was really odd – his coming out of nowhere to acquire a set of high-visibility properties all over town, without evident plans to do anything with these asset...

Skip to main content Editorial: What kind of Texas House speaker will Dade Phelan be? Look at his friends - and enemies. FacebookTwitterEmail In this June 13, 2019 photo, State Rep. Dade Phelan, center, R-Beaumont, talks to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick before Gov. Greg Abbott signs Harvey-related measures at Gallery Furniture in Houston.Elizabeth Conley, MBO / Associated Press If by their friends, and by their enemies, you shall know a person, then both categories are revealing about Dade Phelan, presu...

Patrick Svitek and Mitchell Ferman Texas Tribune The casino empire helmed by GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson is zeroing in on Texas. Las Vegas Sands, among the world’s largest gaming companies, has set its sights on legalizing casinos in the state with a stable of high-powered lobbyists for the upcoming legislative session — and on Tuesday, a public acknowledgment of its ambitions. Andy Abboud, Las Vegas Sands’ top lobbyist, said the company was pursuing Texas as one of only a few expansion...

The casino empire helmed by GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson is zeroing in on Texas.

<figcaption> Sheldon Adelson sits onstage before a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Hollywood, Florida on Dec. 7, 2019. <cite>Credit: REUTERS/Loren Elliott</cite> </figcaption>

Adelson's Las Vegas Sands has built a stable of high-powered lobbyists for the session, which starts in January, and the company acknowledged Tuesday that it is serious about bringing casinos to Texas.

The#oñ first hispanic first ladn the history of texas. texas has had a long tradition of uniting the hispanic culture with texas values. remember this. theres a reason why people come from across the world to the united states. that is because of the power of what the constitution has enabled this country to be. its the constitution itself that is under assault by the president of the united states by this executive order. chuck, what we are doing is -- this issue in this lawsuit is not about i...

The history of texas. texas has had a long tradition of uniting the hispanic culture with texas values. remember this. theres a reason why people come from across the world to the united states. that is because of the power of what the constitution has enabled this country to be. its the constitution itself that is under assault by the president of the united states by this executive order. chuck, what we are doing is -- this issue in this lawsuit is not about immigration. the issue in this laws...

>> because were not suing for that economic harm. its the way that texas has been impacted that gives us standing. what were suing for is actually the greater harm, and that is harm to the constitution by empowering the president of the united states to enact legislation on his own without going through congress. >> i want to play for you a clip that you have heard from a previous governor from texas and what he said about immigration. here it is. >> i want to remind people that family values do...