J. David Goodman

The Republican speaker of the Texas House says that if @KenPaxtonTX wants to use taxpayer money to pay his whistleblower lawsuit settlement, he'll have to come before the House and explain why he should get it Could be quite a hearing!

CBS News Texas @CBSNewsTexas

.@cbs11jack spoke with House Speaker @DadePhelan at the Texas Capitol today. Phelan says he opposes taxpayer dollars being used to fund Attorney General @KenPaxtonTX's settlement agreement for $3.3 million with four of his former top officials who filed a whistleblower lawsuit. https://t.co/eQtLSUTx6y

RT @TexasStandard: What ‘s behind a bill in the state Legislature to ban Chinese property purchases in Texas? @nytimes Houston bureau chi…

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton reached a $3.3 million settlement with 4 former senior aides who accused him of corruption. “I have reached a settlement agreement to put this issue to rest. I have chosen this path to save taxpayer dollars," said Mr. Paxton in a statement

RT @JeffLindner1: A significant tornado has impacted portions of SE Harris County around the Deer Park and Baytown…vehicles overturned and…

RT @AKMcGlinchy: Doing research for a big project, came across this in the @nytimes from 1983: https://t.co/9GgryfIfYO

NEW: In Texas's largest county, more than a dozen Republican candidates including the challenger to @LinaHidalgoTX are contesting their defeats, citing Election Day issues like paper shortages Democrats called the contests frivolous and unprecedented https://t.co/G0XFhZwgD3

RT @edjsandoval: In court documents obtained by the @nytimes, a man said he was afraid of the mother of the #Uvalde gunman. “He is scared o…

RT @by_jmiller: my latest: Texas has now awarded nearly $700m in construction contracts for its border wall, and just recently raised the f…

“The whole thing was stupid" Years after a large private border fence went up on the Rio Grande, it's at risk of falling over in a major flood, according to a government-commissioned report first obtained by @propublica and @TexasTribune https://t.co/4nnFJZDidd

RT @edjsandoval: Many migrants waiting just across the border from #ElPaso were glued to their phones…looking for the latest news about the…

RT @TexasTribune: Texas won't try to ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns in public. A federal judge ruled earlier this year that…

RT @GregAbbott_TX: BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts has HALTED the lifting of Title 42 for now. Texas and other states a…

Just to clarify my tweet: not every single one of the trucks passing through the state police checkpoint gets inspected, but it's a high frequency and is already causing delays

J. David Goodman @jdavidgoodman

NEW: After major migrant crossings, Texas has begun inspecting all incoming commercial trucks at a bridge in El Paso, deploying a @GregAbbott_TX strategy from the spring that snarled traffic at the border With @edjsandoval and @viaSimonRomero https://t.co/3BOBOzqc67

RT @edjsandoval: @jdavidgoodman @GregAbbott_TX @viaSimonRomero I found the @TxDPS checkpoint near the International bridge in #elpaso, but…

NEW: After major migrant crossings, Texas has begun inspecting all incoming commercial trucks at a bridge in El Paso, deploying a @GregAbbott_TX strategy from the spring that snarled traffic at the border With @edjsandoval and @viaSimonRomero https://t.co/3BOBOzqc67

"He was an innocent bystander," a Houston police investigator said of Takeoff in announcing the arrest of a man charged with his murder

Houston Police @houstonpolice

BOOKING PHOTO: Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, charged with the murder of Kirshnik Khari Ball (Takeoff). #hounews 1/2 https://t.co/jXxMrbt7fa

RT @houstonpolice: UPDATE: We will have a 1:30 p.m. news conference at HPD Headquarters, 1200 Travis St., to discuss an update in the fatal…