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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3 weeks ago |
expressnews.com | Taylor Goldenstein |Isaac Yu |Megan Kimble |Benjamin Wermund
The 89th legislative session came to a close this week, and while it was an exceedingly good session for Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, there were a number of surprise failures as well. Lawmakers filed more bills this session than they have in over three decades (8,719) but passed the smallest percentage of them (13.8%) compared to sessions during that same period, according to political lawyer Andy Cates. The average rate is around 20%, Cates said.
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3 weeks ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Edward McKinley |Benjamin Wermund
Texas Governor Greg Abbott holds up Senate Bill 2 which he signed into law at the Governor’s Mansion on Saturday, May 3, 2025 in Austin. Aaron E. Martinez/American-StateGov. Greg Abbott is expected to choose a new state comptroller in the next few weeks, who will have an outsized role in the state’s rollout of private school vouchers.
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4 weeks ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Benjamin Wermund
National Guard stands behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and fellow Governors as they hold a press conference along the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border to discuss Operation Lone Star and border concerns on Sunday, February 4, 2024 in Eagle Pass, TX. Raquel Natalicchio/Staff photographerLawmakers are set to slash billions in border security funding over the next two years — the first major drawdown of Gov.
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4 weeks ago |
statesman.com | Benjamin Wermund
Lawmakers are set to slash billions in border security funding over the next two years — the first major drawdown of Gov. Greg Abbott’s $11 billion Operation Lone Star since he launched his signature crackdown four years ago. The shift comes after the House and Senate had both approved state budgets with another $6.5 billion for border security. But in negotiations between the chambers in recent weeks, that total dropped to $3.4 billion.
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4 weeks ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Benjamin Wermund
Attorney General Ken Paxton can continue his effort to investigate — and potentially shut down — a Catholic shelter housing asylum seekers in El Paso, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday. But the state’s highest court made clear it was not weighing in on Paxton’s allegations that Annunciation House was operating as a “stash house” and taking part in human smuggling.
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