Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick raises profile as session heats up

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former TV sportscaster and conservative talk radio host, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has rarely met a microphone he didn’t like.
That fondness for media attention was on acute display last week, when Patrick convened three press conferences in barely 24 hours.
He appeared with North Carolina’s lieutenant governor to trumpet Texas’ “bathroom bill,” then faced reporters hours later to promote a proposed “Blue Alert” system meant to no