As campaign finance reports come rolling in for the quarter, many are looking to see how well candidates are doing leading up to next year’s primary. However, with some local elections coming in November, PAC reports provide a good idea of who will emerge as key...
Members of the Texas Senate gaveled in shortly after midnight to unanimously pass the critical “sunset” bill keeping the Texas Medical Board and other agencies open another two years. The late night work so early in the special session triggered the inclusion of the...
A liberal university administrator at Texas A&M is being kept on as an employee even after an internal audit found she had “significant conflict of interest issues tied to business dealings” with her lesbian spouse. According to reporting by the Bryan-College...
House Speaker Joe Straus and his allies killed legislation to protect privacy and business freedom in the regular session. And now, to the delight of the state’s homosexual activist lobby, they’re moving to scuttle the issue once again during the special session...
As the gears on the special session bus begin to turn, many opponents of Gov. Greg Abbott’s agenda are firing attacks from their respective cities demanding that state lawmakers stop preempting their “local control.” Unfortunately for city and county officials,...
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced his priorities for the special legislative session that started Tuesday, he included “cracking down on mail-in ballot fraud” among them. Texans are understandably concerned about this type of voter fraud as multiple criminal...
A convoluted case pitting city officials against city employees is getting more complicated, leaving residents wondering when they’ll get the accountability they deserve. Two Denton Municipal Electric managers who were put on paid administrative leave while the city...
A central Texas lawmaker on Tuesday rejected petitions from constituents calling on the freshman state representative to pass all items on Gov. Greg Abbott’s special session agenda. While in his capitol office, Marbles Falls Republican State Rep. Terry Wilson...
Taking up right where they left off a month and a half ago, conservative members of the Texas House began the special session by fighting back against efforts by Democrats and liberal Republicans to scuttle Gov. Greg Abbott’s conservative agenda. State Rep. Tony...
At a press conference on Monday that was supposed to center on Democrat messaging, one lawmaker let the cat out of the bag that their ultimate aim in pushing for “school finance reform” is a state income tax. Earlier in the day, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told attendees at...
Ostensibly aimed at combatting an increasing problem with the city’s homeless population, the Mayor is suggesting an increase in Austin’s Hotel Occupancy Tax as well as reallocating property tax revenue for public improvement projects. On Sunday night, Austin Mayor...
Speaking to a crowd of supporters at the Texas Public Policy Foundation the day before the special session begins, Gov. Greg Abbott was direct and forceful about the agenda he’s asked lawmakers to address over the next 30 days. Shortly after the conclusion of the...
This morning members of the Houston Professional Firefighters Association stood on the steps of City Hall flanked by boxes of citizen signed petitions they say are more than enough to ensure ballot placement this fall for pay parity between their department and the...
Texas property owners in Collin County have won two important legal victories for private property rights, personal liberty, and limits on local government overreach that could impact how future disputes are resolved – or avoided. In both cases, the city of McKinney...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has officially proclaimed that he will be bringing lawmakers back to Austin for a special session to address issues left undone during the regular, constitutionally proscribed session. Under the state’s constitution, the Texas Legislature meets...
Republican lawmakers heading into the special session called by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott are facing what should be an easy choice: side with obstructionist House Speaker Joe Straus, or advance the agenda of the state GOP and their party’s governor. Those same...
Unsurprisingly, government regularly interjects itself into the free market, often relying on the absurd notion that bureaucratic policy will enhance the lives of those it affects. One area where regulation is significantly limiting business growth is parking...
Earning the titles of wife, mother, entrepreneur, half-marathon runner, “karateka” (earning a red-belt), humanitarian, and political activist, Adrienne Peña Garza’s experiences and strong interpersonal skills have been instrumental in helping turn the tide in the Rio...
The term “virtue signaling” has only taken off in popularity as recently as 2015, when it first saw widespread use following an article by James Bartholomew in “The Spectator.” Essentially defined as advertising a position, or virtue, more for garnering approval than...
