"We're going to pass it out before next Wednesday and we're going to send it over there like a rocket ship next week," Patrick said.

Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan (accompanied by Dennis Quaid) at a Texas Senate Finance Committee hearing last year. Sheridan seems to have the ear of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, setting up the potential for a massive overhaul of the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s top three priorities behind the budget are school couchers, a THC ban, and homestead exemptions.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has previously said there is not enough support from lawmakers to pass a bill allowing casinos in Texas.

“I think it’s clear, but I’m also open to the idea that some doctors don’t see it that way, some hospitals don’t think that way,” said Patrick, a Republican who presides over the Texas Senate. “We don’t want to stand in the way of that, but we’re not going to open it up so that abortion is prevalent again in the state.”

House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1, Jan. 22. The proposals include billions of dollars for border security, property tax cuts, public school funding, water infrastructure and private school vouchers.

Patrick is the first major Republican official in Texas to say he supports clarifying the state's near-total abortion ban this legislative session.

Other states, including Utah and Arizona, are considering similar Bitcoin reserves, while federal strategies lean toward a broader crypto stockpile initiative.

After successful campaigns for House allies, the governor is in a position to set an ambitious course for the legislative session.

Gov. Greg Abbott will lay out his legislative priorities Sunday night during his biennial State of the State address giving lawmakers marching orders on what to

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has announced his top 25 priority bills for the Texas Senate to consider for the regular 89th legislative session.