#texas-politics

#texas-politics

Allred's proposal to "clean up Washington" is a 12-point anti-corruption plan that includes other populist priorities like ending gerrymandering, barring corporate PACs and a lifetime lobbying ban for lawmakers. The former congressman has personally pledged to refrain from trading individual stocks, to refuse corporate PAC money and to adhere to a lifetime lobbying ban. "Texans are paying more every day because politicians in Washington are looking out for themselves instead of us," Allred said in a statement to Axios.

When he headed to lunch at the eatery inside the Capitol - downing a chili dog and bowl of tortilla soup - the man sat a couple tables away. When he went to fetch dirty laundry from his nearby hotel room, the man followed in a gray pickup. And when the lawmaker-physician headed back toward Houston on Tuesday afternoon, to see elderly patients in his suburban district, the plainclothes officer was close behind.

Collier stated, 'I will not agree to be in DPS custody. I am not a criminal. I am exercising my right to resist and oppose the decisions of our government.'

Rene Porras, a Vietnam combat veteran and small business owner in Denver Harbor, expressed concerns about the impact of immigration enforcement, stating, "I have a little local taqueria, Mexican bakery, and business is down for the last three or four weeks. I mean, really down." His observations indicate a direct correlation between fears of immigration raids and declining local business activity.

"They are going to be vicious," one senior House Democrat told Axios, speaking on the condition of anonymity to offer candid thoughts on a sensitive internal battle. The lawmaker predicted it will be Democrats' most brutal member vs. member primary since California Reps. Brad Sherman and Howard Berman faced off in 2012, or when Michigan Reps. John Dingell and Lynn Rivers fought over a seat in 2002.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott plans to remove Democratic lawmakers if they don't return after their recent exodus to block redrawn House maps desired by Trump.

Bill Aleshire, a Texas-based attorney specializing in public records law, was appalled that the governor is claiming that months of emails between his office and one of the world's richest people are all private. "Right now, it appears they've charged you $244 for records they have no intention of giving you," Aleshire said. "That is shocking."

In February of 1978, the Commonwealth was socked by a world-historical blizzard that flooded the coastal towns and caused disruption for two weeks.