The Wall Street Journal reports Texas Democrats receive close to 100 percent public employee labor union donations.
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Paxton v Obama
Even before the Obama Administration finalizes their newest anti-energy rule, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is ready to challenge it. The Environmental Protection Agency has been working on a plan to regulate emissions for nearly two years. Dubbed the "Clean Power...
Not Crooks…
As the Texas Senate was debating an ethics reform package this week, one state senator inadvertently channeled the late Richard Nixon by protesting that "we're not all a bunch of crooks." If you have to proclaim it... State Sen. John Whitmire (D-Houston) accused the...
Obstructing Real Reforms
There are many measures by which this legislative session will be judged, but no measure is more important than their success in reforming the very operating systems of government in Texas. As the great Sam Houston put it, “A leader is someone who helps improve the...
House GOP: Sales Tax Cut ‘Compelling’
With a majority of Texans dissatisfied with the burden of property taxes, House members are this weekend working to sell a sales-tax-cut plan to taxpayers. Meanwhile, the media is pushing an "analysis" alleging that the highest paid Texans would benefit if the sales...
It Can Happen Here, Too
Something I learned while we were winning the Texas Speech Fight: an investigator for the Texas “Ethics” Commission stalked my family, in person and online. They trolled neighborhoods, in hopes of snapping pictures of my wife and kids. Intimidation, threats and...
Grumbling… At Getting Caught
The grumbling you hear coming from the Capitol? That’s the sound of the establishment acknowledging that taxpayers are winning! And members of the Texas House are mad – mad that their leadership has been caught slow-boating reform measures. Earlier this week we let...
Taxpayer Rights
Marking his 100th day as Texas' Comptroller of Public Accounts, Glenn Hegar announced his "Taxpayer Bill of Rights." In a press release, Hegar noted that he “promised excellence in customer service from my office. With that in mind, I’ve published the Texas Taxpayer...
Texas Senate Strengthens Spending Limit
The next stop for SB 9 is the Texas House, where it faces an uncertain future because the leadership there has been hostile towards restrictions on the government of growth.
Sitting On Reforms
While House Speaker Joe Straus has done nothing to conceal his contempt for the conservative senate, the state's lieutenant governor and the agenda of the governor, he is now using the power of his office to stall more than 100 bills passed by the other chamber. As of...