Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock proposes his own legislative text to help resolve an impasse between the House and Senate over a bill that includes a salary increase for judges #txlege

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will meet with President Trump in the Oval Office this afternoon, per White House guidance

About 15 minutes before doors close, this is a glimpse of the scene for @GovAbbott’s State of the State address

Happening now: The Texas House is voting to elect a new speaker. Three candidates are running, each represented by a different color light #txlege

Three Texans are on Biden’s clemency list. The White House says he issued 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations

“I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision,” Biden says, announcing he has signed a pardon for his son, Hunter

State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, this afternoon filed what his office calls the “Integrity 7,” a package of election bills #txlege

Outgoing state Rep. Carl Sherman will undergo open-heart surgery today at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. “I hope to be back part-time within four weeks, God willing, and fully return to my duties with even more vigor within two months,” he says #TXlege