The House select committee investigating UT System Regent Wallace Hall is expected to vote May 12 on whether to recommend articles of impeachment to the full House.

Republican AG candidate Ken Paxton maintained radio silence this week after a news report that he did not disclose his work as an investment adviser representative. His runoff rival, Dan Branch, called on Paxton to drop out of the race if he could not provide proper answers.

GOP gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott unveiled the second phase of his public education platform, proposing a reduction in state mandates as well as the creation of a new school district to oversee low-performing elementary schools.

Amid heated controversy over the placement of dangerous sex offenders, the presiding member of a board that oversees an agency that manages civilly committed violent sex offenders resigned on Tuesday.

State Rep. Jason Villalba, R-Dallas, has finalized plans to lead a delegation May 12 to Irwindale, Calif., to meet with the CEO of the maker of Sriracha hot sauce and to tour the facility where it is made. Accompanying him are Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, First Assistant Attorney General Daniel Hodge and Gov. Rick Perry's director of business development, Jose Romano.

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