In August, the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board labeled the case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton a “political prosecution” citing a sealed grand jury document provided to the editorial board. That document has now been published for the public to view by...
Texas’ delegation to the US House voted down party lines for the historic tax cut on Thursday. Authored by US Rep. Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) who chairs the Ways and Means Committee, the measure is designed to lower rates and simplify the federal tax code. On this...
Though House Speaker Joe Straus and his hatchet-man Byron Cook (R-Corsicana) announced they would be “retiring” rather than seek re-election to the Texas House, one flag officer in their corrupt regime has announced he is planning to stick around. But that may change...
Liberal-leaning media outlets have all but ignored the negative impact of illegal immigration. And in their desperate attempt to distort reform efforts aimed at improving public safety, they’ve also misled the public. But the facts published by Texas’ own...
Joe Straus and Byron Cook threw their own going away party this week and only invited their friends. When Joe Straus announced the formation of the Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness, many dismissed it as an obvious attempt to justify his opposition to...
After every session, a number of groups come out with “scorecards” grading how lawmakers performed in the Texas Legislature. And that’s a good thing. By using tools like Texans for Fiscal Responsibility’s aptly-named Fiscal Responsibility Index, Texas Right to Life’s...
Residents of two North Texas counties are two steps closer to stopping a city’s land grab. On Tuesday, a temporary restraining order halting the City of Mesquite’s forced annexation of Kaufman County property was upheld, and an additional TRO was signed to protect...
An open letter from a constituent to State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione (R-Southlake): Dear Representative Capriglione, In your campaign for reelection announcement this week, you state, “If reelected, I promise to continue to fight for limited and efficient...
Note: An update to this story was posted on April 25, 2019 after news broke from the Texas Attorney General’s office. The updated story can be found here. Both sides of the political spectrum have witnessed different anti-establishment movements, indicating a...
If the Democrats are to capture the House majority next year, they will have to score well in the burgeoning open seat category, but so far the map does not appear particularly favorable for them. Though a strong showing in the 2017 odd-year elections, particularly...
In a break from customary Texas House practice, a state representative is being denied an opportunity to speak at a committee hearing. The House Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness, chaired by retiring State Rep. Byron Cook (R-Corsicana), told State Rep. Matt...
A Texas state senator agrees that a county’s chief appraiser should not simultaneously serve in locally elected office, stating that such an arrangement undoubtedly presents a conflict of interest. The Texas Scorecard previously reported on a glaring conflict of...
Off-year elections typically have low turnout, but voters in one small Texas town turned out in big numbers on November 7. A whopping 25 percent of the Town of Fairview’s registered voters turned out to vote in last week’s state constitutional amendment election. What...
I recently sat down for an interview with Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush in the shadow of the Alamo to discuss the future of the cradle of Texas libetry. If you missed it live, the archived video is available to watch on Empower Texans’ YouTube channel. Many...
During the special session, cities across the state of Texas, and their lobbyists, pushed back against Governor Greg Abbott’s aggressive agenda of restricting the power and growth of local governments in several areas. One area being cities’ ability to forcefully...
Following through on his promise to make a list of legislators who thwarted his agenda, Gov. Greg Abbott announced his first endorsement of a legislative primary challenger today. In a one-minute video, Abbott announced his endorsement for Susanna Dokupil who is...
Taxpayer-funded organizations may promote voter registration and communicate election schedules, but the use of taxpayer funds for electioneering is prohibited. There is always a temptation to use public funds to engage in subtle (or overt) electioneering for the...
One municipal land grab in Collin County has been stopped, but another is still going forward. It’s not getting as much attention as annexation fights going on elsewhere around North Texas, but the small city of Celina is planning to annex county landowners into its...
Just days ahead of a final vote, a North Texas city’s land grab has been stopped by a district court until it can determine whether the proposed annexation violates state law. The City of Mesquite was ordered to temporarily stop all actions on its forced annexation...
