State GOP leaders formally scold Speaker Straus

Published: Jan. 29, 2018, noon

The State Republican Executive Committee voted to censure Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, on Saturday, dinging the outgoing state leader for standing in the way of the party leadership group's priorities. Plus, the Texas congressman challenging U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in 2018 says he had his biggest fundraising quarter so far. And Feb. 5 is the deadline to register to vote in Texas' Mar. 6 primary.