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...

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...

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...

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...

After having an unconstitutional-power grab explicitly vetoed last year by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the Texas Ethics Commission is rushing forward with a new regulation designed to silence critics of government and chill the freedom of association. Ironically, this is...

When they cannot win on merits in the public forum, the establishment resorts to malicious prosecution. The latest example of that are indictments handed down on Friday in Travis County against Gov. Rick Perry for a budget veto. You read that right: the liberal...

Texans wanting to see a change in House leadership can only hope Straus keeps Villalba on the speaking circuit…