Todd M. Smith was arrested Thursday and released from Travis County Jail on Friday, according to the Travis County Sheriff's Office. On Sunday, his attorneys said he did nothing wrong and is cooperating with police. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/32f03cae924a54e9550c130095ce2bb1/Todd%20M%20Smith%20TT.jpg)
In a 78-64 vote, the House on Friday passed a pared down version of priority GOP legislation to place new restrictions on voting. Now the bill likely will be reshaped in conference committee with the Senate, largely out of public view. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/e61d9f12e6e556942931d0ea169278af/House%20Floor%20Cain%20JV%20TT%2028.jpg)
The bill previously lacked the votes to advance out of House committee. After House Democrats spiked one of his bills, Rep. Harold Dutton, D-Houston, revived it. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/71cc037d6470e8cf18196b05a4668334/Dutton%20House%2087%20Session%202021%20MG%20TT.jpg)
His approach differs somewhat from past sessions, when Abbott kept legislators in suspense on whether certain hot-button proposals would have his support. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/619b21c15a02b2e92b261fdc50742523/State%20of%20the%20State%202021%20BD%20TT%2010.jpg)
Nothing is truly dead until the session ends. But committee chairs in both chambers have blocked bills from getting hearings, and supporters have dim hopes that Republican leaders will revive it in time. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/97d0778deb63c18ecd3a8d1f502e90a0/Doctor%20Clinic%20Medical%20SS%20TT%2003.jpg)