At noon on Tuesday, the question of who will be the Speaker of the Texas House in the 84th Session will be resolved. Members of the Texas House will vote for the status quo, or for bold leadership. They will stick with the Austin establishment, or side with the people...
Did you vote for a “progressive” agenda in 2014? Did Texans support the progressives, like the candidates of Progress Texas and Battleground Texas? Of course not. Texans soundly rejected the progressive agenda of the Texas left. Well, not all Texas Republican...
In a six-part series beginning on Sunday, Jan. 4, Christopher Paxton will explore Texas' biennial budget process. His series will provide insight on how the state's budget is drafted, how much input lawmakers really have, and how citizens can be more engaged in the...
Numerous reports came in last week and over the weekend from activists saying that the calcium-challenged supporters of Joe Straus — knowing their man has been categorically rejected by GOP and conservative activists around the state — are now actually telling...
In a stunning revelation of potentially illegal influence peddling, House Speaker Joe Straus promised that an indictment effort and other actions against whistleblowing UT Regent Wallace Hall Jr. could be stopped if Hall just resigned office and dropped his...
Continuing his pattern of undermining conservatives and deceiving voters, House Speaker Joe Straus is poised to unravel the state’s border security operations on Dec. 1, while giving Democrats a political tool to use against conservatives. Due to Straus’ opposition,...
Is your legislator for using the power of government to silence whistle-blowers and conservatives?
State Sen. Estes opposes invasive and inefficient gross margins tax on business.
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...
The TEC is putting itself and the state on a collision course with costly lawsuits.