And another challenger joins the Galveston mayoral race.
Plus: There are more Galveston City Council candidates and Middleton's ballot bill goes down.
Plus, windstorm-rate delaying bills moves forward in the House of Representatives
Thousands turn out to vote early; Joaquin Castro won't run for Senate.
Middleton supports stopping annexations; hemp and daylight savings bills move through the House
Taylor named to Republican dominated budget group; Abbott says county voter fraud investigations are appropriate.
An education bill is passed; voter registration ends today; Abbott appoints locals to state boards.
An $8.4 million project to expand a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve building in Galveston could be canceled to free up money to build a proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to military officials.
Hallisey "screams" at Daily News over opposition to coastal barrier; Larry Taylor vs. Big Calculator
Meanwhile, lawmakers in Austin file a flurry of disaster recovery bills.
Plus, a blow to the Open Meetings Act and Weber still wants an emergency.
Voter registration controversy reaches the courts; Middleton makes pledge to fight gun regulations.
Abbott names Slaughter's successor; border wall vote scheduled; news and notes
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush made a second public call for the release of more than $4 billion in Hurricane Harvey relief money.
Local reps get their job assignments; Randy Weber votes in the minority; May elections start to take shape
Henry takes spot on area council board; Slaughter replaces a death penalty critic.
New state Rep. Mayes Middleton wasted little time introducing himself to his colleagues in the Texas House of Representatives.
State Sen. Brandon Creighton has proposed two bills that would would increase the number of armed employees in Texas school districts, and make clear that they're allowed to use the weapons they are armed with.
Amid complaints from Galveston County homeowners about the Army Corps proposal to build a storm surge barrier along the Texas coast, some state and federal officials are calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to extend the period when people are allowed to comment on the plan.
More than two dozen public officials attended a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers briefing about a proposal to build a coastal barrier on Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island.
Notably absent from the corps briefing? Anyone from the city of Galveston.
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