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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.
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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.
Three county officials who would be the target of a committee review proposed by Galveston County Judge Mark Henry, said they had no knowledge of the plan before it was reported in The Daily News last week.
League City mayor Pat Hallisey is unsure whether the city should lend its support to a county commissioner's plan to clean out Clear Creek.
Tuesday’s midterm elections marked the end of a year’s worth of elections in Texas.
If somebody steals a campaign sign, and there's nobody around to see it, did a crime actually occur?
Through three days of early voting in the 2018 mid-term election, more than 27,900 people have voted early in Galveston County, local officials said Wednesday.
U.S. Rep. Randy Weber has drawn money from all quarters of Galveston County during his bid for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, but his largest donors have been corporations and political actions committees.
Mayes Middleton, the Republican candidate for the Texas House District 23 in this year's mid-term election, will far and away be the clear winner in the race to raise money during this campaign cycle.
U.S. Rep. Randy Weber doesn't seem think his stances against stricter gun control laws will affect his chances in the coming mid-term elections.
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