/tags/eric-johnson Eric Johnson en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 27 Oct 2017 21:01:55 GMT /texas/2017-10-27/house-democrat-abbott-supports-removing-confederate-plaque-from-texas-capitol A meeting between state Rep. Eric Johnson, D-Dallas, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over Confederate monuments on Capitol grounds ended with the governor� Fri, 27 Oct 2017 21:01:55 GMT /texas/2017-10-27/house-democrat-abbott-supports-removing-confederate-plaque-from-texas-capitol Alex Samuels/Texas Tribune /news/2017-09-19/speaker-joe-straus-calls-for-removal-of-confederate-plaque-from-capitol Texas House Speaker Joe Straus is calling for a plaque honoring the Confederacy in the state Capitol to come down.In a letter to the State Preservation� Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:55:00 GMT /news/2017-09-19/speaker-joe-straus-calls-for-removal-of-confederate-plaque-from-capitol Joseph Leahy