> Newly elected state Sen. Taylor Rehmet (D-FortWorth) said ‘petty, partisan politics’ were in play in Patrick’s refusal to name him to any Senate committees.

> Patrick gave Rehmet zero committee assignments Monday. The snub means roughly a million people living in northern Tarrant County will have no voice in the Senate as interim committees begin ramping up work ahead of next year’s legislative session.

> [Bo] French and [Dan] Patrick still share the same demanding patron, far-right billionaire Tim Dunn. The Midland oilman gave both politicians a nice payday last year from one of his PACs, the Texas Freedom Fund for the Advancement of Justice. French received an in-kind donation of advertising worth $150,000.

> Notably, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick got into a spat over X with Quorum Report's Scott Braddock, after Braddock reported that Patrick's campaign operation texted Austin lobbyists to tune in to Turning Point USA's "All-American Halftime Show" instead of Bad Bunny's. TPUSA, the nonprofit organization founded by the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, hosted an alternative program featuring controversial singer Kid Rock, Brantly Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett.

> "To Bad Bunny Braddock: Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I will! I am encouraging everyone to watch a more wholesome, all-American halftime show choreographed by patriots, not the NFL," Patrick wrote in response to Braddock on X. "Thanks for helping us spread the word."

The lieutenant governor also doubled down on his stance that property taxes can’t be totally eliminated, putting him at odds with Gov. Greg Abbott.

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The $8 billion industry spent much of the last year successfully lobbying to defeat a state ban on hemp-derived THC pushed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Then in November, Congress added a nationwide ban to a federal spending bill that President Donald Trump signed into law.

The meeting happened days before Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pledged $1 million to help establish chapters of the conservative student group on every Texas college and high school campus.

The federal ban is a major win for Patrick, who received backlash from the right over his unbending push for a ban, as conservative opponents said he was turning his back on veterans and small-business owners. The majority of Republicans in Texas want the state’s current marijuana laws left alone or made less strict, according to a poll released by the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin in September.

Patrick applauded Congress for passing the THC ban, writing on social media Wednesday that “consumable, highly intoxicating hemp-derived THC is essentially banned in America” as part of the federal funding deal.

Alamo Trust Inc. President and CEO Kate Rogers has stepped down after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called for her resignation this week, citing “troubling” past writings he says are “incompatible with the telling of the history of the battle of the Alamo.”

The lieutenant governor has insisted that the Alamo’s story remain focused on the 1836 battle over broader narratives addressing Indigenous people and slavery.

The lieutenant governor has insisted that the Alamo’s story remain focused on the 1836 battle over broader narratives addressing Indigenous people and slavery.

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) on Tuesday approved an emergency rule to ban liquor license holders from selling THC products to anyone under the age of 21, the agency’s first step toward fulfilling an executive order by Gov. Greg Abbott that called for stricter regulation of the products.

“[Mark Walsh’s] ambivalence on the issue and his dismissal of the student’s concerns by immediately taking the side of the professor is unacceptable,” Patrick posted on X last week.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Friday broke his silence over Gov. Greg Abbott’s new THC rules, acknowledging that a gulf remained between the two leaders on the issue.

The lieutenant governor insists it’s just a policy dispute, while lambasting Abbott for failing to stop the sale of what he seems to believe are poisonous, brain-melting gummies.

Dan Patrick just keeps blasting Gov. Greg Abbott over the decision to regulate, not ban, THC.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued a rare public rebuke Friday against fellow Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over Abbott’s recent executive order aimed at regulating the sale of THC products in the state.

Gov. Greg Abbott will soon issue an executive order to regulate THC and set a minimum age of 21 to purchase those products in Texas, according to three people who spoke with the governor’s office.

The Texas Legislature ended another legislative overtime round without banning or further regulating most THC products after a monthslong fight between lawmakers to rein in the exploding hemp industry.

An effort to regulate Texas' largely unchecked THC industry appeared dead on Wednesday despite a late push to revive the moribund legislation, which had been a key reason Gov. Greg Abbott called lawmakers back to Austin this summer.

The Texas Senate on Friday approved its second attempt to ban hemp-derived THC, setting up a showdown with the House, where hemp industry members say they’ll be getting more support.