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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 Paul's spots got raided by the FBI. Over the years, we'd both acquired some knowledge about Paul and his World Class property empire that we hadn't 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 assets, and then running into heavy financial weather almost immediately. Ken Pa...

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, presumptive speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. A three-term Republican House member from Beau...

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 opportunities, along with places like Japan, Brazil and New York. “We view Texas as a worldwide d...

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>