by Erin Anderson | Mar. 4, 2020 | Local
Republican voters in Democrat-dominated Dallas County saw few contested races on the ballot when they went to the polls to vote in the March 3 primary election. Just a handful of congressional and state House races offered voters a choice of more than one GOP...
by Erin Anderson | Mar. 4, 2020 | Local
Collin County voters who went to the polls in the March 3 GOP primary election saw just a handful of contested races on their ballots, even though every partisan-elected office in the county is held by a Republican. Yet voters and candidates alike packed an election...
by Erin Anderson | Mar. 4, 2020 | Local
Collin County GOP primary voters said “Hale Yes” to their current commissioner over a last-minute challenger. Precinct 3 Commissioner Darrell Hale bested former mayor of Allen Steve Terrell in Tuesday’s Republican primary election by a 56-44 percent...
by Erin Anderson | Mar. 4, 2020 | Local
First-term State Rep. Jared Patterson of Frisco defeated challenger James Trombley in the March 3 Republican primary for Texas House District 106 in eastern Denton County. Patterson won the GOP nomination with 76 percent of the vote. Patterson was the only Republican...
by Erin Anderson | Mar. 3, 2020 | Local
Voters in the state’s most populous county are again wondering about the competence of their top election official, after Republicans monitoring their party’s March 3 primary have uncovered mistake after mistake by the Democrat and her team. Harris County Clerk Diane...
by William Lutz | Mar. 3, 2020 | Commentary, State
When I was a reporter at the Capitol, 90 percent of the people who attended legislative committee hearings were paid to be there. That’s not a criticism of the many lobbyists, legislative, and agency staff members who attend hearings and play a valuable role in the...
by Brandon Waltens | Mar. 3, 2020 | Federal
As the establishment of the Democrat Party begins to circle the wagons around former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential bid in order to block U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders from clinching the nomination, Biden’s former rivals are coming out of the woodwork to...
by Robert Montoya | Mar. 2, 2020 | Local
At a community crime watch meeting Thursday evening in South Dallas, residents recounted stories of horror as they pleaded with city officials to provide what is supposed to be one of the core services paid by their taxes: public safety. The outcry of these residents...
by Joel Starnes | Mar. 2, 2020 | Local
Will Keller City Council declare abortion to be murder and prevent the abortion industry from doing business within their city’s jurisdiction? Join me in encouraging Keller to protect innocent life. Cities are within their constitutional rights to...
by Brandon Waltens | Feb. 29, 2020 | Federal, Uncategorized
President Donald Trump has once again nominated U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe to serve as the next Director of National Intelligence. Trump had previously offered him the post in July of last year, but Ratcliffe declined after a week. At the time, Trump said he had...
by Jacob Asmussen | Feb. 29, 2020 | Life
East Texas native Ashley Haden never imagined her life would look this way, but God has used her difficult story to not only shape her community but to also impact people around the world. Ashley grew up in the piney woods of Longview, Texas, where she attended...
by Matt Stringer | Feb. 28, 2020 | Local
Gene Barber, one of 10 candidates vying for the Republican primary nomination for West Texas’ 11th Congressional District, has a few policy positions he hopes will set him apart from the rest of the contenders. The 51-year-old is a native of the Colorado City area. He...
by 1836 Studios | Feb. 28, 2020 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
Texas Scorecard Managing Editor Brandon Waltens recaps the week that was on TexasScorecard.com! This week, Austin Bureau Chief Jacob Asmussen stops by the 1836 Studios to discuss the City of Austin’s extravagant spending. Metroplex Bureau Chief Erin Anderson chats...
by 1836 Studios | Feb. 28, 2020 | Texas Scorecard Video
Texas Scorecard Managing Editor Brandon Waltens recaps the week that was on TexasScorecard.com! This week, Austin Bureau Chief Jacob Asmussen stops by the 1836 Studios to discuss the City of Austin’s extravagant spending. Metroplex Bureau Chief Erin Anderson chats...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Feb. 28, 2020 | Commentary, Life
We don’t know for certain if the mountain in Israel known as “Mount Temptation” is, indeed, the place where Jesus went following His baptism and was tempted three times by the devil. What we do know is that the temptations Jesus successfully withstood were those...
by Brandon Waltens | Feb. 27, 2020 | Federal, Uncategorized
A congressional candidate in the packed primary for the Houston area’s 22nd Congressional District is in hot water after a video showed him railing against gun owners at a chamber of commerce meeting in 2016. Sheriff Troy Nehls of Fort Bend County is one of 15...
by Thomas Warren | Feb. 27, 2020 | Local
Amarillo voters will have their say on a $275 million bond package in May. The city council recently voted 5-0 to send the bond election to the ballot in May for proposed renovations to the Amarillo Civic Center, renovations to the Santa Fe Depot in downtown Amarillo,...
by Brandon Waltens | Feb. 27, 2020 | State
Although it’s the middle of early voting in primary elections and the legislature isn’t slated to gavel back until next January, the Texas Senate chamber was filled and lively on Wednesday as gun owners from across the Lone Star State traveled far and wide to voice...
by Erin Anderson | Feb. 27, 2020 | State, Uncategorized
Texas can continue using winner-take-all to appoint presidential electors, a federal appellate court ruled Wednesday, dealing a blow to opponents of the current Electoral College system. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Texas’ method of selecting...
by Jacob Asmussen | Feb. 27, 2020 | Local
As working-class Austinites struggle to keep up with runaway property tax bills, their local government is busy spending truckloads of their cash on parties. According to KXAN, the City of Austin shelled out over $156,000 in December 2019 for holiday parties and...
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