Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick presided over the Texas Senate at the Capitol on the first day of the 88th Legislative Session on Jan. 10, 2023. (Jay Janner / American-Statesman) ...

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick described Gov. Greg Abbott's late Sunday night veto of Senate Bill 3, the legislation that would ban legal marijuana in Texas, as "surprising."Political observers said ...

Politics & Policy How Dan Patrick Made the Texas Senate in His Image The lieutenant governor’s embrace of Charles Schwertner, the Georgetown state senator arrested on suspicion of drunk driving ...

The Texas Senate and Texas House have formed select committees to address disaster preparedness and flooding, with the first ...

The Texas House and Senate will appoint a nine-person select committee to look at disaster preparedness and the recent ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows have announced joint House and Senate select committees to examine disaster ...

T wo months into the 89th Texas legislative session, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced a second slate of priority bills he hopes the Senate will approve this session as lawmakers in the upper chamber ...

AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told CBS News Texas that by Feb. 5, the Texas Senate will approve a bill to provide $1 billion in taxpayer money to thousands of students statewide to attend ...

Dan Patrick starts Texas Senate leadership political action committee. New group plans to support policy goals of the conservative Senate majority. By James Barragán. Aug. 28, 2024 4 PM Central.

Texas Democrats had a chance to limit Republican legislators' power in the state Senate. But with a special election loss this week, ... Analysis: Dan Patrick and the reddest Texas Senate ever.