Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan Narrowly Wins Republican Runoff

The House Speaker has faced backlash from GOP party members for allowing Democrats to head committees and pushing Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan pulled off a narrow win in Tuesday’s contentious GOP primary runoff against David Covey. Mr. Phelan garnered 12,813 votes to Mr. Covey’s 12,447, a separation of only

House to Vote on Radiation Victims Compensation Renewal but With No Expansion

The House is set to consider next week a bill to renew a compensation program for Americans exposed to radiation during nuclear weapons testing or uranium mining. The legislation, which passed in the Senate, is being criticized because it does not contain a hoped-for expansion of compensation to states where uranium was mined and processed