Politics & Policy
October 23, 2017
District Attorney Drops Felony Indictments Against Representative Dawnna Dukes
Prosecutors decided Dukes's lies to draw daily legislative pay were not a crime.
Dawnna Dukes
Politics & Policy
January 19, 2017
Dawnna Dukes and the Dangers of Political Perks
When do the benefits of office become the excess of privilege?
Health
September 22, 2014
Why Did State Rep. Dawnna Dukes Have to Reveal That She’d Had an Abortion at Trib Fest?
On a panel about the "Women's Health Debate," Texas House candidate Molly White insisted to Dukes that women who haven't had abortions couldn't understand their impact—so Dukes revealed her own history with the procedure.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Death and Texas
After its recent facelift, the state cemetery has Texas luminaries just dying to get in.
Politics & Policy
April 29, 2009
Dueling Education Debates
First, here’s an update from Abby Rappaport on the House: Dawnna Dukes just lost the most exciting battle thus far on her amendment to eliminate school closures. Dukes spoke at length about the troubles at Webb Elementary School and argued that some school districts don’t mind school closure. “That just
Politics & Policy
January 23, 2009
PROPOSED NEW HOUSE RULES
The highlights: 1. A process is established for removal of the speaker following the refusal to recognize a member for a question of privilege. (The Tom Craddick Rule) This had to be done. The Craddick/Keel/Wilson ruling that the speaker was an officer of the state and could not be removed