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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick addresses lawmakers after articles of impeachment for Attorney General Ken Paxton were presented to the Texas Senate at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Monday, May 29, 2023. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP) ** FILE **

Texas leader wants Biden kicked off state’s 2024 ballot over immigration

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Indiana Pacers Reggie Miller taunts some front-row Boston Celtics fans who had been jeering him all game moments after he nailed a 3-point jump shot to win against the Celtics, 122-119, in overtime Monday night, Feb. 26, 1996, in Boston. Miller led the Pacers with 39 points. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) ** FILE **

Reggie Miller would cut off these body parts to win an NBA championship

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Salvatore Di Grazia, a teacher visiting from Rio Grande Valley, Texas, prays at a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas Monday, May 30, 2022, for the victims killed in last week's school shooting. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Uvalde school shooting response defined by agonizing mistakes, bad breaks

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rep. Senfronia Thompson, dean of the Texas House of Representatives, is joined by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., left center, and other Texas Democrats, as they continue their protest of restrictive voting laws, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Runaway Texas House Democrats mocked for ‘embarrassingly bad’ lawsuit blaming exit on GOP

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks after Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the reopening of more Texas businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic at a press conference at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Monday, May 18, 2020. Abbott said that childcare facilities, youth camps, some professional sports, and bars may now begin to fully or partially reopen their facilities as outlined by regulations listed on the Open Texas website. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Texas’ Patrick offers reward as Trump makes unfounded claims

By PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 4, 2020, file photo, demonstrators protest near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Proposed federal legislation that would radically transform the nation's criminal justice system through such changes as eliminating agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration and the use of federal surveillance technology is set to be unveiled Tuesday, July 7, by the Movement for Black Lives. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Dan Patrick blasts Black Lives Matter over crime wave: ‘They’re not about Black lives’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks after Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the reopening of more Texas businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic at a press conference at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Monday, May 18, 2020. Abbott said that childcare facilities, youth camps, some professional sports, and bars may now begin to fully or partially reopen their facilities as outlined by regulations listed on the Open Texas website. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Texas’ lieutenant governor criticizes Fauci as cases surge

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Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci listens during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Dan Patrick, Texas lieutenant governor, rips Dr. Anthony Fauci

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Then-state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, answers a questions during a televised debate with state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, Pool) ** FILE **

Dan Patrick, Texas lieutenant governor, says ‘dangerous’ Joe Biden will ‘take your guns’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick receives stent after heart blockage

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick listens as Gov. Gregg Abbott speaks during a roundtable discussion about safety in Texas schools after the recent school shooting in Sante Fe at the Texas States Capitol on May 22, 2018, in Austin, Texas. Abbott convened the first in a series of discussions on school safety Tuesday. (Ana Ramirez/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick laments video games, social media after El Paso shooting

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to supporters during the Texas GOP election night party at Brazos Hall in Austin, Texas. Abbott defeated Lupe Valdez in his re-election bid. Texas Republican leaders have urged state district and county attorneys to continue enforcing marijuana laws after several local prosecutors decided to drop pot possession cases amid confusion involving a new law legalizing hemp, Abbott together with other Republican officials said in a letter Thursday, July 18, 2019. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Texas leaders urge prosecutors to keep enforcing pot laws

By CLARICE SILBER - Associated Press

Texas official says state could build part of border wall

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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick holds a news conference at the Republican Party of Texas Headquarters, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Patrick insists that he plans to run for reelection next year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Dan Patrick says CNN, MSNBC ‘accomplices’ in Mollie Tibbetts’ murder

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick holds a news conference at the Republican Party of Texas Headquarters, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Patrick insists that he plans to run for reelection next year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Dan Patrick calls for arming teachers after Santa Fe High School shooting

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

Toll roads face tax, increased traffic challenges in Texas

By DUG BEGLEY - Associated Press

Businessman challenging Texas’ ‘extreme’ lieutenant governor

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Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Texas Rep. Cecil Bell Jr., R-Magnolia, center, and other lawmakers recite the Texas pledge as the House convenes, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, in Austin. The special session will end Wednesday with the Texas 'bathroom bill' expected to fail. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas special session whiffs on top conservative priorities

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press