Around the Capitol / On the Move Rep. Dennis Bonnen has announced he has 109 votes to become the next Speaker of the House, replacing retiring Speaker Joe Straus. Among the changes Bonnen announced last week: Chairman of the Speaker's transition team -- former Rep. and current Chancellor of the ... Keep Reading
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Around the Capitol / On the Move Rep. Dennis Bonnen has announced and filed for House Speaker. Rep. John Zerwas has announced he will drop out of the race for Speaker. Mattie Heath is leaving Sen. Kelly Hancock's office to become the Legislative Director for Sen. Kel Seliger. She will be ... Keep Reading
Around the Capitol / On the Move Legislative Budget Board Director Ursula Parks has announced she will be leaving that position at the end of October. Morgan Hendon, who previously worked for Texas Lobby Solutions and the Comptroller of Public Accounts, has a new position as Senior Manager of ... Keep Reading
Around the Capitol / On the Move Rep. Celia Israel has announced she is challenging Rep. Chris Turner for Chair of the House Democratic Caucus. Rep. Drew Darby, Rep. Travis Clardy and Rep. Four Price have recently filed as candidates for Speaker of the House. That brings the total number of ... Keep Reading
Around the Capitol / On the Move Sen. Sylvia Garcia, the Democratic nominee to replace retiring Rep. Gene Green, has announced she will resign her state Senate seat on January 2, 2019. Reps. Ana Hernandez and Carol Alvarado have announced they are running in the election to replace Sen. Sylvia ... Keep Reading
Around the Capitol / On the Move Rep. Eric Johnson (D-Dallas) has officially joined the race for Texas Speaker. He joins Reps. John Zerwas, Phil King, and Tan Parker as official candidates. Ross Leake has moved to Rep. Dustin Burrows' office as his new Chief of Staff from Rep. Ron Simmons' ... Keep Reading
Around the Capitol / On the Move Sen. Konni Burton's COS Elliot Griffin will be leaving the Senate office to work on her campaign. Additionally, Griffin has been named chief operating officer of Public Blueprint, a government affairs firm in Austin. Chris Paxton has been named Acting Chief of ... Keep Reading
Around the Capitol / On the Move Rep. Tan Parker has announced he will seek the Speaker's position when the House convenes in January 2019. He is the third candidate to announce - Rep. Phil King and Rep. John Zerwas announced their interest last year. Sen. Chuy Hinojosa has announced the ... Keep Reading
Around the Capitol / On the Move Alison Brock, former COS for former Rep. and current Houston mayor Sylvester Turner has joined Senator Lois Kolkhorst's staff, replacing Ben Barkley. She will focus on education issues. Allison Billodeau recently moved from Governor Greg Abbott's Budget and ... Keep Reading
Around the Capitol / On the Move Matt Cope is leaving Sen. Brian Birdwell's office and will join the Governor's Office policy division covering higher education policy. He'll start in mid February. Jonathan Conners will become the Director of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, ... Keep Reading