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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick starts 2021 legislative session with an unusually low profile Texas Tribune Published:  Tags:  Credit: Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson for The Texas Tribune In 2015, Dan Patrick stormed into his first legislative session as lieutenant governor declaring it a “new day” in Texas, claiming a mandate for conservative policy from voters in the prior election. Two years later, Patrick embarked on his second session with an early and aggressive red-meat agenda meant to build pressure on a resistant House. In 2019, Patrick played the eager participant in the united front that the...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's agenda is expected to come into focus soon. His office says he “will announce his 31 legislative priorities for this session in the next few days.” Credit: Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson for The Texas Tribune In 2015, Dan Patrick stormed into his first legislative session as lieutenant governor declaring it a “new day” in Texas, claiming a mandate for conservative policy from voters in the prior election. Two years later, Patrick embarked on his second session with an early and aggressive red-meat agenda meant to build pressure on a resistant Hou...

A third stimulus check? The process for getting another payment approved Janelle Bludau Third stimulus check timeline: When you could get $1,400 as part of Biden's COVID plan Replay Video UP NEXT With President Joe Biden promising a new round of stimulus checks, many are wanting to know just how soon that money could come, especially as 5.1 million Americans are still receiving unemployment benefits. President Biden has made it clear he wants more money to be sent out to Americans. His dollar amount is $1,400. But that’s not his decision, it must be approved by Congress. It...

Experts and political operatives note that President Donald Trump spent months attacking the credibility of mail-in voting to his Republican base while national and state Democrats launched their largest-ever push to support the method as a safe option to vote in the pandemic. Credit: Amna Ijaz/The Texas Tribune Editor's note: This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. The article is available for reprint under the terms of Votebeat’s republishing policy. Democratic voters in Texa...

4 Years Ago, Texas Republicans Were The Most Likely To Use Mail-In Voting. Here’s How That Flipped In The Last Election. Patch 1/12/2021 By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune Jan. 11, 2021 Democratic voters in Texas were more likely to cast their ballots by mail than Republican voters in the last election. Today, that may sound like a forgone conclusion, but that wasn’t the case four years ago. Absentee ballots, which only certain groups of Texans are eligible to use, have traditionally been a tool utilized by the GOP, and in 2016, counties reported that higher percentag...