Benjamin Wermund
Senior Political Reporter at The San Antonio Express-News
Senior Political Reporter at Houston Chronicle
Senior Political Reporter at The Pasadena Citizen
Senior political reporter for the @HoustonChron and @ExpressNews | Go Spurs Go 🏀 | Send me tips 📩 [email protected]
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1 week ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Benjamin Wermund |Edward McKinley
Pearland Republican Jeff Barry has long been skeptical of school vouchers, but on Thursday morning he voted to create what could become the largest voucher program in the nation. Barry, a freshman House lawmaker, said it felt like he had no choice.
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houstonchronicle.com | Benjamin Wermund |Edward McKinley |Isaac Yu
The Texas House is taking up a sweeping private school voucher plan on Wednesday that is a top priority for Gov. Greg Abbott and would give students roughly $10,000 a year in taxpayer money to spend on private education. Despite aggressive lobbying from major GOP donors and elected officials, the education policy has never found enough support to pass the chamber.
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2 weeks ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Benjamin Wermund
The Texas House on Thursday was poised to pour $6.5 billion more into Gov. Greg Abbott's border security crackdown, even as crossings are at their lowest point in decades and the state is pulling back some elements of Operation Lone Star. The Republican-controlled chamber appeared ready to approve a two-year budget that would give the governor $2.8 billion to continue installing barriers along the Rio Grande and for grants for local border security.
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2 weeks ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Benjamin Wermund
Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday launched a long-teased bid to unseat U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, vowing to take a "sledgehammer to the D.C. establishment" after surviving federal criminal investigations and a state impeachment. Paxton has long hinted at challenging Cornyn, a four-term Texas Republican who he has branded an "America Last RINO" who has done too little to help President Donald Trump.
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2 weeks ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Benjamin Wermund
The state has reopened a public park in Eagle Pass more than a year after Texas soldiers seized the stretch along the Rio Grande that was once the epicenter of Gov. Greg Abbott's border security crackdown. The governor's office confirmed Monday that Shelby Park is again open to the public. Last January, the state military erected fencing blocking the entrance to the park and used the land as a staging ground to arrest migrants on trespassing charges.
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RT @ByEdMcKinley: New: As the Texas House on Thursday took up how to spend more than $300 billion over the next two fiscal years, one of th…
We asked Texas lawmakers about Trump's tariffs. @GregAbbott_TX: Trump is "providing a rare chance to reset global supply chains." @DanPatrick: "It takes a President with courage who also understands finance to turn this nation’s finances around." https://t.co/Dhes7LURKe
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