Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
Patrick Svitek is the primary political correspondent for The Texas Tribune.
Texas Will Increase Checkpoints For Trucks Crossing From Mexico After Migrant Smuggling Deaths
The Department of Public Safety “will create and implement a checkpoint strategy beginning immediately where they will begin targeting trucks like the one that...
Republicans Flip U.S. House Seat In South Texas, Historically A Democratic Stronghold
Republican Mayra Flores prevailed Tuesday in a special election for an open congressional seat in South Texas, marking a major breakthrough for Republicans eager...
Gov. Greg Abbott Asks For Legislative Recommendations In Response To Uvalde Shooting
Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday called on the Texas Legislature to form special committees to make legislative recommendations in response to the Uvalde school...
Law To Crack Down On Lobbyists Ensnares Two Former Texas House Members
A 2019 law aimed at cracking down on the revolving door of lobbyists at the Texas Capitol is ensnaring two recent legislators and prompting...
U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela’s Resignation Announcement Sparks A Sudden Special-Election Scramble In Hotly Contested...
Democrats are suddenly staring down a special election in South Texas, an increasingly competitive region, after U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, revealed Thursday he...
Former U.S. Senate Candidate Amanda Edwards Announces Run for Houston Mayor
Amanda Edwards, the 2020 Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate and former member of the Houston City Council, is running for mayor of the city,...
Fighting Care For Transgender Kids Shifts From A Fringe Issue To A Litmus Test...
Gov. Greg Abbott sparked a national uproar last month when he authorized child-abuse investigations into families that allow transgender kids to receive gender-affirming care.
But...
Here Are Five Questions the Texas Primary Will Answer
The primary is once again the big show in Texas.
After the state’s Republicans defeated an all-out Democratic offensive in the 2020 general election, they...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Trump’s Man In Texas, Has Quietly Amassed Influence — To...
At an event for a congressional candidate last October, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called Rick Perry “one of my best friends in life” and...
After Failing To Disclose Many Donors, Ken Paxton Files Corrected Campaign Finance Report
Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is in a hotly contested primary, has filed a corrected campaign finance report after he did not disclose a...
