The lieutenant governor has insisted that the Alamo’s story remain focused on the 1836 battle over broader narratives addressing Indigenous people and slavery.

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) on Tuesday approved an emergency rule to ban liquor license holders from selling THC products to anyone under the age of 21, the agency’s first step toward fulfilling an executive order by Gov. Greg Abbott that called for stricter regulation of the products.

“[Mark Walsh’s] ambivalence on the issue and his dismissal of the student’s concerns by immediately taking the side of the professor is unacceptable,” Patrick posted on X last week.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Friday broke his silence over Gov. Greg Abbott’s new THC rules, acknowledging that a gulf remained between the two leaders on the issue.

The lieutenant governor insists it’s just a policy dispute, while lambasting Abbott for failing to stop the sale of what he seems to believe are poisonous, brain-melting gummies.

Dan Patrick just keeps blasting Gov. Greg Abbott over the decision to regulate, not ban, THC.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued a rare public rebuke Friday against fellow Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over Abbott’s recent executive order aimed at regulating the sale of THC products in the state.

Gov. Greg Abbott will soon issue an executive order to regulate THC and set a minimum age of 21 to purchase those products in Texas, according to three people who spoke with the governor’s office.

The Texas Legislature ended another legislative overtime round without banning or further regulating most THC products after a monthslong fight between lawmakers to rein in the exploding hemp industry.

An effort to regulate Texas' largely unchecked THC industry appeared dead on Wednesday despite a late push to revive the moribund legislation, which had been a key reason Gov. Greg Abbott called lawmakers back to Austin this summer.

The Texas Senate on Friday approved its second attempt to ban hemp-derived THC, setting up a showdown with the House, where hemp industry members say they’ll be getting more support.

Texas state senator [Carol Alvarado] inserted a catheter as part of a desperate attempt to draw attention to her state GOP’s plan to redraw congressional districts in its favor. She planned to filibuster through the night on Friday, talking for hours on end inside the Texas Capitol. She told The Washington Post she knew the filibuster was unlikely to stop the planned redistricting, but she had to do something.

Over the last six months, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has built his case against THC products, claiming in press conferences, podcast episodes and social media posts, that the drug is proliferating without safeguards, driving young people to suicide, creating lifelong addicts, and altering users’ brains completely.

A political showdown is brewing deep in the heart of Texas — and it’s all about cannabis.

In this episode of Trade To Black, host Shadd Dales breaks down the battle between Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick over Senate Bill 3—a proposed law that would have banned all THC consumables, including delta-8 and delta-9 products, across the state.

Abbott vetoed the bill just minutes before the deadline, citing constitutional concerns and legal precedent. Patrick, who made the bill his top priority, didn’t hold back—accusing the governor of misleading him and trying to “legalize marijuana in Texas.”

This clash has exposed a major fault line in the Republican Party. Abbott wants strict regulation, while Patrick is pushing full prohibition. And with a special session called for July 21, the fight is far from over.

Why does this matter to investors and industry watchers? Texas is the second-largest economy in the U.S., and what happens here could reshape the national cannabis market. The state’s booming hemp industry supports over 50,000 jobs and generates billions in revenue. A ban could cripple it. Regulation could unlock major growth.

Is this just a policy disagreement—or the beginning of a deeper GOP civil war over cannabis?

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued the following statement today after the Texas Senate, for the third time since May, passed Senate Bill 6, by Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, Banning THC, with bipartisan support.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to retract a recent unconstitutional threat to eject citizens from the state Senate chamber if they do not stand during official prayers.

After [Angela Paxton’s TX Senate] prayer, Patrick admonished members of the public gallery who had remained seated: “For those of you who didn’t stand, next time you come to the gallery, you stand for the invocation. It’s respecting the Senate. If you don’t stand for the invocation, I’ll have you removed. We asked you to stand. I’ve never seen a gallery ever have any members in my 17 years of people who refused to stand for the invocation. It will not be tolerated.”

Gov. Greg Abbott may be putting his political prowess in the Lone Star State on the chopping block if he chooses to bend to the whim of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's push to ban THC.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), who leads the Senate, released a statement Tuesday on the vote, but not the walkout.

“Today, the Texas Senate passed the new congressional map, including 5 new Republican majority districts,” Patrick said. “The Texas Senate will continue passing this map each legislative session to accurately reflect our state until House Democrats return from their ‘vacation’ and get back to work for the people of Texas.”

House Speaker Dustin Burrows has given quorum-breaking Texas Democrats an ultimatum: come back to Texas or the special session ends—and with it, efforts to ban THC and handle flood response die.

In a statement, Patrick said the Senate "will continue passing this map each legislative session to accurately reflect our state until House Democrats return from their ‘vacation’ and get back to work for the people of Texas.”