Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to make sure his successor doesn't have the same legislative powers he wielded.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick urges GOP to strip powers from his successor before Texas Lege meets

Patrick become one of the nation’s most influential lieutenant governors. He now wants Lt. Gov.-elect Vikki Goodwin to inherit a fraction of his power.

by Sanford Nowlin November 10, 2026November 10, 2026

Patrick become one of the nation’s most influential lieutenant governors. He now wants Lt. Gov.-elect Vikki Goodwin to inherit a fraction of his power.

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Ken Paxton’s security for travel cost taxpayers millions. Just 1 in 6 of his trips had a stated business purpose.

Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.

by Zach Despart, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune October 9, 2026October 9, 2026

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Dan Patrick directs Texas Senate to study ways to further ingrain religion into public life

The lieutenant governor released seven new charges for state senators to study before the Legislature reconvenes, including ways to ‘inform and remind Texans of their religious liberty rights.’

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune July 27, 2026July 27, 2026

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Texas Senate panel lays groundwork for renewed push to ban THC products

THC’s effects on issues ranging from homelessness to mental health were examined at Tuesday’s meeting with the Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.

by Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune July 8, 2026July 8, 2026

Assclown Alert

Assclown Alert: Sending the sinners to Hell with Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick

Patrick’s had a long, embarrassing history of painting himself as a the state’s chief guardian of Christian virtue. In reality, he’s far from it.

by Sanford Nowlin June 23, 2026June 23, 2026

A man stares at damage caused by the Fourth of July flood in Ingram on July 5, 2025.

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Texas legislators investigating July 4 floods to hold first hearings

The two-day hearing marks the first public session for the joint state House and Senate flood investigating committees. Members previously visited Camp Mystic, where 27 girls and the director died.

by Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune April 27, 2026April 27, 2026

Both Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows have put "preventing Sharia law” on their list of legislative priorities. Gosh, we feel safer already.

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Assclown Alert: Playing a tired, racist game with the ‘Sharia Free Texas Caucus’

The Constitution bars courts from using religious doctrine to decide cases — so why are Texas Republicans obsessed with Sharia law? Could it be, gasp, a distraction?

by Sanford Nowlin March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announces a "Double Nickel" tax proposal to reduce the age on freezing property taxes from its current 65 to 55 years of age on December 9, 2025.

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Dan Patrick adds data centers, prediction markets and THC to Senate priorities

Patrick’s Friday release of priorities calls on lawmakers to study the emerging issues ahead of the 2027 legislative session.

by Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune March 27, 2026March 27, 2026

Taylor Rehmet, a Democrat and machinist union leader, won the Jan. 31 special election runoff for Senate District 9 in North Texas. He will face Republican Leigh Wambsganss again in November, when the two will vie for a full four-year term.

Texas News

Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset

With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet had 57% of the vote, besting the 43% for his GOP opponent, Leigh Wambsganss, who had a massive spending advantage.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune February 1, 2026February 1, 2026

Would you trust the man who bought this shirt to tell you about the Alamo's history?

Assclown Alert

Assclown Alert: Whitewashing the Alamo’s history with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick

Patrick’s torrential case of verbal diarrhea would be real knee slapper if the state wasn’t drowning in it.

by Sanford Nowlin October 29, 2025March 8, 2026

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Texas GOP once again tries to ban local governments from hiring lobbyists in Austin

Critics of the bill say the state’s smallest cities and school districts will be silenced at the Capitol.

by Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune July 31, 2025August 14, 2025

Shops selling THC-containing hemp products proliferated statewide after both Congress and the Texas Legislature approved the sale of hemp crops.

Cannabis

Texas Senate gives first approval to hemp ban bill despite Gov. Greg Abbott vetoing earlier attempt

The proposal, backed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, faces an uncertain fate in the Texas House.

by Sanford Nowlin July 31, 2025August 30, 2025

Cannabis

Texas Senate moves ahead with new bill to ban hemp despite governor’s veto of similar proposal

Veterans and hemp-industry advocates accused bill backers of ignoring Gov. Greg Abbott’s call for regulation instead of an outright ban.

by Sanford Nowlin July 23, 2025August 29, 2025

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Texas school districts slam the Senate’s school finance plan

‘It’s like your house being on fire, and the fire department showing up with a 12 ounce cup of water.’

by Josephine Lee, The Texas Observer May 19, 2025May 24, 2025

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Will Dan Patrick’s Texas Senate stymie fentanyl test strip legalization (again)?

Legislation to allow some forms of drug checking has reached the same Senate committee where a similar bill died last session — two years and at least 3,200 Texas overdose deaths ago.