by Mark Lee Dickson | Mar. 19, 2021 | Commentary, Local
UPDATE: House Bill 1515 currently has 52 co-authors. Latexo has become the 23rd city to pass an enforceable ordinance outlawing abortion within their city limits. The unanimous 4-0 vote took place on Monday, March 15 at Latexo City Hall. The Latexo ordinance states,...
by Erin Anderson | Mar. 19, 2021 | State
UPDATED March 20 to include upcoming committee hearing information. A bill to increase the penalty for election fraud crimes from a misdemeanor to a felony—an election integrity reform goal set by grassroots GOP activists—received a hearing in the Texas House...
by The Headline | Mar. 19, 2021 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts, Texas Scorecard Video
Each week, Texas Scorecard Managing Editor Brandon Waltens visits with special guests and Texas Scorecard reporters, taking a look at the stories that are making headlines. This week, Texans saw a disconnect between the three top elected officials in the state. While...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Mar. 19, 2021 | Commentary, Life
No private sin is quite so publicly ensnaring as the quiet promise of political access. It trips up the most sure-footed activist, and silences even the boldest advocate of liberty. The fourth chapter of Mathew’s Gospel records the specific temptations dangled in...
by Reflections on Life and Liberty | Mar. 19, 2021 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
No private sin is quite so publicly ensnaring as the quiet promise of political access. It trips up the most sure-footed activist, and silences even the boldest advocate of liberty. The fourth chapter of Mathew’s Gospel records the specific temptations dangled in...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Mar. 18, 2021 | State
With the House adjourned for the week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has set his sights on Gov. Greg Abbott, in the fight to push for electrical repricing after the winter storms last month. On Thursday afternoon, Patrick held a press conference imploring Gov. Greg Abbott to...
by Adam Cahn | Mar. 18, 2021 | Local
If a Democrat-run local government enacted a Democrat policy already proven to harm citizens and make officials politically vulnerable, you’d think they’d change course or at least distance themselves from that issue. But for Austin city officials, apparently not. As...
by Robert Montoya | Mar. 18, 2021 | Local
As the 2021 election season ramps up, Dallas District 9 Councilmember Paula Blackmon is walking back her prior support of the “Defund the Police” movement, while continuing to argue for aspects of it, and attacking a citizen organization confronting her...
by Joshua Pierce | Mar. 18, 2021 | State
A bill filed by State Rep. Bryan Slaton (R-Royse City) would allow school districts to opt-out of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests, or STAAR tests. If passed, each school district’s board of trustees could decide whether to have STAAR...
by The Liberty Cafe | Mar. 18, 2021 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
The Liberty Café 32: Jesus Christ is the King of all creation: “At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” In Episode 33 of the Liberty...
by Erin Anderson | Mar. 17, 2021 | State
Facing imminent threat of a federal takeover of Texas elections by Democrats in D.C., lawmakers have filed bills to “decouple” the state’s elections from federal contests. Republican State Reps. Jacey Jetton (Sugar Land) and Mike Schofield (Katy) have each filed...
by Robert Montoya | Mar. 17, 2021 | State
After a year of Texans having to battle COVID mandates, the Texas Senate passed bills aimed at ensuring citizen’s rights to be with their loved ones in nursing homes. Wednesday, senators unanimously passed Senate Bill 25, and later Senate Joint Resolution 19 on a 29-0...
by Jacob Asmussen | Mar. 17, 2021 | State
AUSTIN — Texas could soon save countless children’s lives if state legislators finish their work to pass several proposed laws. On Tuesday, after a marathon meeting earlier this week filled with hours of public testimony, the Senate Committee on State Affairs approved...
by Michael Swirsky | Mar. 17, 2021 | State
Texas Central, the company behind the proposed “bullet train” that aims to connect passengers from Dallas to Houston, has had to overcome a number of political obstacles lately. From eminent domain to fiscal feasibility, some activists have expressed a variety of...
by Jeramy Kitchen | Mar. 17, 2021 | State
On Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott announced an expansion in the Operation Lone Star mission objectives to include cracking down on human trafficking-related to illegal border crossings. Abbott indicated that the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) as well as the...
by Robert Montoya | Mar. 17, 2021 | Local
In addition to a mask mandate on city property, Farmer’s Branch is mandating citizens show proof of receiving a Chinese coronavirus vaccination in order to use a particular city facility. Councilmember Terry Lynne said there are “no exceptions” for the vaccine...
by Iris Poole | Mar. 17, 2021 | State
State Representative Jeff Cason (R-Bedford) filed three CPS bills which would recognize “Miranda Rights” in non-emergency Child Protective Services investigations. It would also increase evidential requirements for CPS to deny returning a child to their home. HB 2298...
by Bill Peacock | Mar. 17, 2021 | Commentary, State
The feud between Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Gov. Greg Abbott has a new participant; Speaker of the Texas House Dade Phelan. On Monday, the Texas Senate did what few have ever witnessed: introducing, referring, hearing, and passing a bill on the same day. The bill...
by Brandon Waltens | Mar. 16, 2021 | State
The chairman and last remaining member of the Public Utility Commission, Arthur D’Andrea, has been forced to resign in the wake of the winter storms last month that have put the commission under intense scrutiny in recent weeks. Appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, the...
by Brandon Waltens | Mar. 16, 2021 | State
A battle is continuing to heat up in the Texas Capitol over legislative efforts to address high electrical pricing during February’s winter storm, and it has the two chambers of the State Legislature at odds. On one side is Lt. Gov Dan Patrick and the Texas Senate....
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