The Chandler Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance is expected to return to the City Council agenda in June 2024 – if not sooner.
Commentary
Dickson: Plainview Council Appears to Schedule Illegal Election to Outlaw Abortion
While some believe the city attorney’s errors were innocent, others are not so sure—especially since he has discouraged the passage of the ordinances in several West Texas cities.
Hall: Legislature’s COVID Liability ‘Solution’ Creates Problems for Texans
We must never again forget that the government is instituted for the protection of the rights of individuals, not businesses.
Dickson: Plainview Council Certifies Initiative Signatures, Places ‘Outlawing Abortion’ on Agenda
If the city council adopts the ordinance at its second reading, the ordinance will go into effect immediately.
Dickson: San Angelo City Council Rejects Ordinance Outlawing Abortion
The citizens of San Angelo will get to see this ordinance go for a vote by their citizens at the November election.
MOST RECENT
Responding to Lackluster Effort
Incumbents pretend voters’ only option is to replace bad Republicans with worse Democrats, but that isn’t the only choice.
Rinaldi: Abbott Priority Legislation Will Give CDC COVID Guidance the Force of Law
SB 6 exposes Texas business owners to civil liability if they do not adhere to draconian government pandemic guidance from unelected health bureaucrats.
Pratt: Are Texas Republicans Being Racist in Opposing Racist Constructs?
“The bill does not restrain school lessons on racism, its ugliness, or its existence; the bill attempts to restrain one nasty form of bigotry and racism from being introduced as a supposed cure for another.”
Francis: Start Asking This Question
If you didn’t know your representative was a Republican, would you be able to tell that he or she is a Republican?
Not Enough Fear
Too many politicians have too little fear of their voters and taxpayers. Instead, they fear the bureaucrats, the lobbyists, and their colleagues. That must change.
West: Free Speech and Gun Rights Before the Supreme Court
Cases involving concealed carry, donor privacy, and student off-campus speech are before the justices.
Norred: The Importance of Choosing to Be a Mom
“Modern liberal feminists often say that they just want women to have choices, but some are more frank.”
Faithfully Fighting
Our calling isn’t to be successful the way the world defines it, but to be faithful.
McIntire: Stop Bill Targeting Parental Right to Record
Texas law already gives parents the right to record audio and/or video under one-party recording laws, as long as they are part of the conversation.
Mike Giles: Rooted in Local Activism
The McKinney grassroots leader has been encouraging involvement in local politics for more than a decade.
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Staff Blog: Embrace the Label
Plano citizens are justifiably upset about their high taxes. Candidates representing their concerns should embrace the “angry crowd” label.
Commentary: Dennis Prager’s 5 Points of Wisdom for Young People
” … he articulated the importance of seeking wisdom, which he believes is lacking in today’s culture due to leftist indoctrination of young people on college campuses.”
Commentary: Why the ‘Pay Gap’ Is Really a ‘Choice Gap’
Survey after survey tells us that the wage gap is actually a choice gap. And the left, the self-declared party of empowering women’s choices, stubbornly refuses to recognize this one.
Commentary: Conroe ISD Fails to Prioritize Needs With $807 Million Bond
Bloated bond would put Conroe ISD taxpayers over $2 billion in debt without improving educational outcomes.
Commentary: The Unfortunate Reality of Big Government
Bigger isn’t better.
Commentary: School Board Ethics
San Angelo ISD’s school board redrew district boundary lines to keep an incumbent board member in office after moving out of the district he was elected to.
Commentary: Trump’s 2020 Budget Takes Cues From Reagan and Clinton
With growth as the top priority, Trump looked at past government budgets from when the economy experienced high growth rates.
Commentary: Beto Heads to Iowa
Beto O’Rourke is making his first trip to Iowa this weekend and is likely to join the presidential fray; it’s a good time to recap exactly who is in, out, and still straddling the fence.
Staff Blog: ‘Running With Beto’ and Running Away From Taxpayers Subsidizing Movies
Texas taxpayers continue to be used to subsidize Hollywood’s leftist propaganda.
Commentary: Where Is #MeToo for Women at the Border?
There is a growing crisis of sexual assault on women at the border directly linked to our asylum loopholes and lax enforcement.