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The Latest Breaking News from Texans for Lawsuit Reform

Top Texas donor slams Speaker Burrows, House members after legislative setbacks

Texans for Lawsuit Reform is threatening to primary House members who helped kill their major legislative priorities.

The Texas Tribune

Effort to curb personal injury lawsuit payouts dies in the Texas Legislature

The goal of the bill, according to the author, was to curb “nuclear verdicts” — ones that award victims $10 million or more.

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New limits for personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits may become a reality in Texas

The House made changes to the proposal that leave open ways for victims to be compensated beyond medical bills.

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Texas House bill on lawsuits shelved after critics label it harmful to free speech

House Bill 2988 was centered on who pays the legal fees of those who successfully defend themselves against libel or defamation lawsuits.

The Texas Tribune

Republicans dominate fundraising in final weeks of Texas House battles

Across a dozen of the most competitive House races, Republicans raked in more than $11 million over the last month, compared to the nearly $3.5 million collectively raised by their Democratic counterparts.

The Texas Tribune

Republicans raise $1 million targeting South Texas House races as Democrats invest elsewhere

Democrats have long held an edge in South Texas, but Republicans see an opening there to expand their House majority.

The Texas Tribune

Elon Musk steps into Texas legislative races with $1 million donation to business group

Musk has recently emerged as a key backer of GOP nominee Donald Trump, whose top allies in Texas are at war with the group that received Musk’s largesse.

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Litigating the Republican Civil War

The crusade against Texans for Lawsuit Reform and the rise of conservative lawfare reveal a new side of Texas’ ruling party.

Texas Observer

It’s primary runoff election day in Texas. Here’s what we’re watching.

Texans are heading to the polls Tuesday to make their final selections for which Democrats and Republicans will run for various seats in the November election.

The Texas Tribune

Texas’ Republican old guard mobilizes to protect Dade Phelan from the far right

Phelan’s primary has emerged as a last stand for the Republican Party’s business-minded establishment against an insurgency primarily motivated by social and cultural issues.

The Texas Tribune

North Texas Senate runoff creates strange bedfellows, divides usual allies within GOP

The battle to succeed retiring state Sen. Drew Springer has come down to a May 28 runoff between Brent Hagenbuch and Jace Yarbrough.

The Texas Tribune

Greg Abbott, Tim Dunn spend millions in Texas GOP primary fights over vouchers, impeachment

Texans For Lawsuit Reform and pro-voucher groups are also spending millions.

The Texas Tribune

Tim Dunn, the powerhouse GOP donor, to sell his West Texas oil company for $12 billion

Tim Dunn has used his wealth to establish a network of organizations that push his ultraconservative views across Texas. The deal comes amid a time of consolidation in the Permian Basin.

The Texas Tribune

Jill Dutton, Brent Money advance to runoff for Texas House special election

Five Republicans and one Democrat were on the ballot for the ruby-red seat, but most of the drama has focused on two GOP candidates, Dutton and Money.

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Defend Texas Liberty backs Brent Money in special election to replace Bryan Slaton

The far-right political action committee is getting involved in a critical special election for the Texas House, the first major test of its influence since its then-leader was spotted meeting with a prominent white supremacist.

The Texas Tribune

What to know about Nick Fuentes, the white supremacist who was just hosted by a major Texas PAC leader

Fuentes often praises Adolf Hitler and has publicly fantasized about marrying a 16-year-old. Last week, he visited the office of a Texas operative who runs a deep-pocketed political group.

The Texas Tribune

Dan Patrick defends taking $3 million from pro-Paxton group ahead of trial

The lieutenant governor said that he took just as much from “the other side,” including donors aligned with Texans for Lawsuit Reform, which Paxton has labeled a political enemy.

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5 questions loom as Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial gets started

Will the suspended attorney general testify, and will any — or all — articles of impeachment be dismissed before opening arguments? Answers are finally coming.

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Pressure mounts on Texas senators ahead of Ken Paxton impeachment trial

Senators who will act as jurors in the impeachment trial of the attorney general are being lobbied and targeted by political groups.

The Texas Tribune

Ron DeSantis plans 3-day fundraising swing through Texas next week

The Florida governor’s events in six cities are drawing some of the state’s biggest Republican donors.

The Texas Tribune

Texas senator tries new path in bid to revise Texas free-speech law

In a last-minute hearing Wednesday, Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, opened another avenue to get the bill passed, raising alarm among free-speech advocates.

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Journalists fear Texas Legislature could weaken law designed to protect free speech

News publications and First Amendment advocates are fighting a bill to revise a state law meant to prevent litigants from weaponizing the legal system to punish people for speech they don’t like.

Salon

Texas bills aim to restore GOP dominance

Opponents argue the attempts are politically motivated and probably unconstitutional

The Texas Tribune

Bills to create new Texas courts would likely reverse Democratic gains, restore GOP dominance

Supporters say the proposals would increase efficiency and expertise, but opponents argue the attempts are political and probably unconstitutional.

The Texas Tribune

Progressive fundraising group raising $25 million to boost Democrats this November and beyond

The list of the Texas Future Project’s beneficiaries includes groups like Annie’s List and Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, which work to elect more Democratic women who support abortion rights.

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