Texans overwhelmingly supported a conservative statewide slate of candidates from governor to railroad commissioner. Across the state, voters have rejected the failed tax-and-spend polices of the left. Indeed, conservatives are on track to win by 18 percentage points...
Michael Quinn Sullivan
TEC Defies Supreme Court, Constitution
The TEC is putting itself and the state on a collision course with costly lawsuits.
Obstructionist
Looking at the new statewide issues polling from Texas Tribune, I am struck again by just how out of touch Joe Straus and his "leadership" team really are from the mainstream of Texas. Let's step back. The closest thing to "Joe Straus on the Texas Ballot" was in the...
‘Ethics’ Chair Admits: Attacking Conservatives to Appease Straus Team
TEC Chairman Jim Clancy admits his agency is creating unconstitutional powers at the behest of Straus committee chairman.
Busting The Bank
In a stinging rebuke to the plans of big-spenders in the Texas House, conservative state senators are lining up against plans to bust the state’s already strained spending cap. A commentary published this week by Sen. Brandon Creighton and presumptive senators Van...
Costly Spider
An eyeless spider in Bexar County is costing taxpayers $44 million. On the northwest side of San Antonio, construction of a badly needed intersection of two roadways was halted two years ago by the Texas Department of Transportation on the discovery of the Braken Bat...
The Drama Speaker
Telling a sympathetic audience of Austin's political establishment he is "awfully sick" of hearing about problems at the University of Texas, liberal House Speaker Joe Straus tried desperately not to sound like the man who tried to cover them up. And who is worried...
Congratulations, Charles Perry!
The Texans for Fiscal Responsibility endorsee wins Senate District 28.
Arrington’s Brown-nosing Politics
Tuesday’s special senate election in West Texas features a strong conservative against a flip-flopping lackey to the establishment. One represents the future of Texas; the other represents the bad old days of cronyism. On the conservative side is Charles Perry. We and...
Criminal Commissions
Texans must stand against all tyranny, but especially the tyranny of unelected bureaucracies.