Paxton will also be touring the state in support of his endorsed candidates.
State
Texas House Members Haven’t Won a Statewide Office in 30 Years
The last state representative to win a statewide office straight from the Texas House was Rick Perry in 1990.
Lawmaker Asks Abbott to End COVID-Related Emergency Orders
As the two-year anniversary approaches for Texas’ COVID emergency order, State Rep. Bryan Slaton is asking for an end.
Border Security Testimony Displays Discrepancy Between State Needs and Federal Policies
“Our obedience to the law is being leveraged against us.”
America’s Largest Pediatric Hospital to Halt Mutilation Experiments on Minors
However, citizens are still exhorting Gov. Greg Abbott to call for a statewide child protection law.
MOST RECENT
Challengers Rebuke Abbott for Leaving Conservative Priorities Off Special Session Agenda
Ending child gender mutilations, providing property tax relief, and other Republican priorities are curiously absent from Gov. Abbott’s latest special session call.
Gov. Abbott Prioritizes Dog Tethering Instead of Outlawing Child Mutilation
“I keep asking myself: Why do we have to work this hard to get our elected officials to protect children in this state?”
Taxpayers Potentially on the Hook for Millions Because Legislature Chose Not to Act
The Legislature had the money available to pay down debt before a deadline, but now they have to pay the debt with interest, amounting to millions of more dollars.
A Not-So-Republican Caucus Chairman
Conservative activists organize and rally to express priority needs in Texas, yet so-called Republican lawmakers in the Texas Legislature routinely do the opposite. The House Republican Caucus chairman might be one reason that is the case.
Conservative Priorities Missing as Gov. Abbott Announces Third Special Session
A ban on school mask mandates, legislation to end child gender mutilation, and meaningful property tax relief are absent from this new special session agenda.
Pro-Abortion Mob Furious Over Texas’ New Life-Saving Heartbeat Act
“Imagine a world where people are mad about saving babies.”
No Penalties Enacted on Texas Democrats Who Fled
Democrats remain in Texas House leadership positions.
Sex Trafficking in Texas: Healing the Soul
In the final installment of this series, Texas Scorecard examines how Jesus Christ is at the center of complete restoration from enslavement.
Texas Bill Enabling Reviews, Audits of Election Issues on Hold for Now
Sen. Bettencourt’s bill provided a civil remedy for specific election irregularities to be researched, documented, and resolved.
State Officials Still Won’t Say Chemically Castrating a Child is Abuse
“Apparently, to the Department of Family and Protective Services, it is not self-evident that chemically castrating little boys … is child abuse.”
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Straus TEC Appointee: NRA is “America’s ISIS”
Wynne re-tweeted a tweet calling the National Rifle Association “America’s ISIS” and asking for retweets if followers believed “it is time the [sic] we dismantle the NRA.”
UT Regents Openly Defy Texas Legislature and Attorney General on Campus Carry
Though lawmakers technically gave university regents the final say on concealed carry regulations on their respective campuses, it wasn’t anything akin to a blank check.
Texas DEMs Find GOP Ally in Effort to Curtail Citizens’ Gun Rights
Gun grabbers across the nation are doing their part to “never let a serious crisis go to waste” by pushing...
UT Program Provides Cover For Pro-Abortion Forces
A program at the University of Texas has yet to find a limitation on abortion or abortion providers it didn’t hate.
Texas Has 6th Highest Property Tax Burden
Texas’ tax rate is set locally, with half to two-thirds of the property tax being levied by public schools.
Time to pressure the TEC
We have a problem in Texas with government bureaucracies going rogue, abusing their power by writing new rules and targeting conservatives specifically.
Time to End TEC Complaint Abuse
A similar reform in Texas would be a step in the right direction. But fundamental reform will only take place if the TEC is abolished or majorly reformed.
Embattled TEC Vice Chairman Resigns
Despite a constitutional prohibition on TEC Commissioners serving more than two four-year terms, Harrison had continued to “hold-over” on the commission since his term expired in 2011.
House Leadership Suffering From Attrition
Since 2010, nine of Straus’s committee chairmen have lost their re-election bids.
The Need for Real Budget Reform
Unless the Legislature passes commonsense budgeting reforms, the state’s spending problems will only get worse.