Texas courts reporter @blaw. Type 2 fun. News or parenting tips? DM me or email [email protected].
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Mike Collier, who failed to qualify for Lt. Gov election, survives Texas' bid to dismiss challenge to ballot restrictions for independents.
Collier wants to run in future cycle, so case proceeds.
A win, I suppose, for independent defender @McConaughey.
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Wrote on new Judge Shawn Thierry and her push to show Gov. Greg Abbott she had fully converted to Republican after her ouster from Texas House.
Thierry's appointment application, obtained by @blaw, shows a sharp turn to the right.
No paywall. #txlege
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Helpful election information from @statesman editorial board, especially on Austin specific races that don't get much attention.
statesman.com/projects/2026/…
Good job, Duck, for getting to the bottom of this mystery.
Banned not just from the sideline but the stadium.
In his weekly newsletter, Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte formally addresses this past Saturday’s postgame incident, announces that the unnamed individual has been banned permanently from DKR and apologizes to the Florida football team. #HookEm
“(McConaughey) wants to be everything for everyone, and he ends up as nothing instead.”
Blogged about Matthew McConaughey's deeply exhausting schtick of saying a whole lot about absolutely nothing and also sort of bizarrely plugging Joe Manchin's new think tank: chron.com/culture/article/ma…
Gov. Greg Abbott sued by opponent Gina Hinojosa over his communications with Elon Musk.
Last year, @lmcgaughy got redactions when she sought the records.
Rep. Hinojosa said she's entitled to them for #txlege purposes but Abbott won't release them.
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Ryan Autullo retweeted
Here is my original story on Greg Abbott and Elon Musk's redacted emails.
This reporting came out last year, before I joined The @nytimes and was co-published with @propublica @texastribune: propublica.org/article/greg-… #txlege
Gov. Greg Abbott sued by opponent Gina Hinojosa over his communications with Elon Musk.
Last year, @lmcgaughy got redactions when she sought the records.
Rep. Hinojosa said she's entitled to them for #txlege purposes but Abbott won't release them.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litiga…
Matthew McConaughey, who in 2021 the Texas Tribune reported had voted just twice in the past decade, lectures us on elections before early voting starts tomorrow.
texastribune.org/2021/03/18/…
#txlege
Dallas based Trump appointee
NEW: Judge Ada Brown is facing a misconduct proceeding over several claims, including the mishandling of her docket. Her cases were transferred, investigators say "reasonable basis" to believe Brown "suffers from a mental condition" per court docs news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
John Thomas, former Abbott strategist, called the governor’s delay in defining Hinojosa using his massive war chest “a pretty significant error.” #txlege
When Gina Hinojosa first launched her bid against Greg Abbott, her polling had her 9 points down — and she felt good about it.
Now, she's daring Democrats to wonder if she could actually topple this mainstay of the Texas GOP establishment.
@TexasTribune: texastribune.org/2026/10/16/…
Ryan Autullo retweeted
+1 to newspapers doing this style of anti-endorsements
If you’re tempted to vote straight-ticket Democratic or Republican, please read this list of the worst candidates on the ballot and adjust your selection accordingly. houstonchronicle.com/opinion…
Justice Brett Busby the lone Texas Supreme Court justice to get Houston Chronicle editorial board endorsement.
Board complimented two others it didn't endorse, Jimmy Blacklock and Kyle Hawkins.
But it had nothing kind to say about James Sullivan.#txlege
houstonchronicle.com/opinion…
And this despite Gov. Greg Abbott committing tens of millions to bid to turn Harris County red #txlege
New University of Houston poll of #TXSEN in Harris County:
James Talarico (D) 58 (+22)
Ken Paxton (R) 36
Ted Brown (L) 2
Unsure 4
(Oct. 3-8; 2,750 LVs; +/-1.87%)
The county, which is Texas’ most populous and home to Houston, was Harris +6 in 2024, O’Rourke +10 in 2022, Biden +13 in 2020 and O'Rourke +17 in 2018.
Six months later Angela Paxton filed for divorce
NYE '24: @KenPaxtonTX was in Dubai, partying with two U.S. fugitives and a woman who wasn't his wife.
See video from the night and read why it epitomizes the travels, associations & baggage that may now be a campaign liability against @jamestalarico 👇
wsj.com/politics/policy/ken-…
Wondering if what we’ve witnessed on here the last few days is an example of what Ken Paxton’s impeachment defense team described at trial as a “self licking ice cream cone.” #txlege
"At one point, Wu shouted at Zhou to 'shut up' when she interrupted him. We told him that he had crossed a line.
We expect passion, but also basic decency in our meetings. He apologized." #txlege
Texas Rep. @GeneforTexas told his Republican opponent to 'shut up.'
The @houstonchron editorial board endorses him anyways.
houstonchronicle.com/opinion…
Ryan Autullo retweeted
The @houstonchron editorial board tells voters to keep the three Republican judges @GregAbbott_TX appointed to the new 15th court of appeals.
houstonchronicle.com/opinion…
James Talarico proof of life at ACL #txlege
