Michael Quinn Sullivan

Michael Quinn Sullivan is the publisher of Texas Scorecard. He is a native Texan, a graduate of Texas A&M, and an Eagle Scout. Previously, he has worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine contributor, Capitol Hill staffer, and think tank vice president. Michael and his wife have three adult children, two sons-in-law, and a dog. Michael is the author of three books, including "Reflections on Life and Liberty."
Witch-Hunt Committee Looks For Exits

Witch-Hunt Committee Looks For Exits

After voting two months ago to begin crafting articles of impeachment against a whistle-blowing state official, members of the Orwellian-named House Select Committee on Government Transparency in State Agency Operations have gone into political survival mode, suddenly...

Claim: Powers Misled UT Investigators On Role

Claim: Powers Misled UT Investigators On Role

New information is emerging this morning that lays the growing legislative clout-abuse scandal at the feet of UT President Bill Powers. At issue is a growing body of evidence that individuals with sub-par qualifications have been granted acceptance to UT based on...

Texas Cities: If It Moves, Tax It

Texas Cities: If It Moves, Tax It

Long recognized as the loudest opponent of taxpayer rights and conservative reforms in the state capitol, the Texas Municipal League have become masters of hiding their grow-government agenda behind the language of "local control." Oh, they want local control... for...

Claim: Powers Misled UT Investigators On Role

Responding To UT Law School Foundation

Indistinguishable from the governmental entity at the center of a growing clout-abuse scandal, the UT Law School Foundation is taking a curious tone of defensiveness one would not expect from lawyers: ‘We didn’t do anything wrong and we won’t do it again.’ Two weeks...

Exoneration Day!

Exoneration Day!

Yesterday marked the beginning of the end of the Texas Ethics Commission’s short-lived desires to be the speech-regulators of the Lone Star State. It marked the beginning of the end of an unconstitutional statute that puts every Texan on the hook for abusive...

Update: Border Surge (Finally) Authorized

Update: Border Surge (Finally) Authorized

Texas grassroots scored a big policy win last night for Texas' border security. After stalling for more than two months, House Speaker Joe Straus finally relented and added his name to a letter authorizing the Department of Public Safety to commence a border security...

Border Insecurity

Border Insecurity

A humanitarian and national security crisis is building on the border between Texas and Mexico, with thousands of illegal aliens -- many of them unaccompanied children -- flooding across. Not only is the Obama Administration doing nothing about it, but a report at...