Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Phelan is “undeserving of his leadership position.”
State
Beckley Launches Another Campaign, This Time Challenging Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
She joins two other announced Democrat candidates for the position leading up to the 2022 primary election.
Potentially Life-Saving Treatment for COVID-19 Denied on Basis of Race
A Texas state agency is actively discriminating against white and Asian Texans, refusing them monoclonal antibody treatments because of their ethnicity.
Texas A&M Places Students on Probation for Refusing COVID Tests
Students who did not get tested by September 10 are now being placed on “conduct probation” pending further sanctions by the university.
Is the Third Time the Charm? Beto O’Rourke Announces Run for Governor
After trying his hand in a U.S. Senate race and a brief bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, Robert Francis O’Rourke is now running for governor of Texas.
MOST RECENT
Lawmakers Fast-Track Legislation Requiring Sexual Harassment Training for Lobbyists
Both bills require the completion of sexual harassment training provided by the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) every two years.
Legislature Moves to Tighten Property Tax Hike Exemptions
Local officials’ greed forced action.
Allegation: Capitol Sex Scandal Spawns Cover-Up
Spouse reportedly threatened by senior lawmaker to keep adultery quiet.
Texas Ag Commissioner Slams House Republican for ‘Holding Up’ Bill to Protect Children From Disfiguring Operations
“One man is standing in the way: that’s your representative Dustin Burrows of Lubbock.”
Texas Senate Passes Anti-Riot Bill
Those convicted of rioting would be required to give restitution to property owners for any damage they did.
‘Restorative Discipline’ is Taking Root in Texas Schools
Critics of the policy say restorative discipline divorces consequences from actions.
Abbott Says He’ll Sign Constitutional Carry Bill, If Passed
“This is something that 20 other states have adopted, and it’s time for Texas to adopt it, too.”
Texas Senate Approves Bill to Protect Children From Disfiguring Gender Operations
The proposed law would classify certain permanently scarring procedures as child abuse.
Lawmakers Reject Studying Porn Addiction, Gender Dysphoria
Some Republican lawmakers joined with Democrats against proposals from conservative freshmen.
Democrat State Lawmakers Working to Allow Homeless Lawlessness, Obstruct Public Safety Bill
A bill to prevent vagrancy camping has been delayed after Democrats used a parliamentary maneuver.
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Diana Maldonado: Hawk or a Handsaw?
On a recent campaign mailer, Representative Diana Maldonado included this 2008 quote from the Austin American Statesman: “Maldonado has a reputation as a budget hawk.” While I hardly think I need to go over the credibility problems inherent in a liberal town’s liberal newspaper praising a liberal candidate,
Bill White On The Air
Bill White was on Austin 590 KLBJ’s The Todd and Don Show last week to allegedly discuss his campaign. Typically, he danced around all the questions, except admitting once again that he wants to keep a gas tax hike on the table.
Denied!
What will Democrats do as more minority candidates get elected as Republicans?
Billy Come Lately on Border Security
Once again, Bill White flip-flops on another major issue. After months of throwing his hands in the air, Obama in Boots is now trying to fool voters into thinking he will fight for border security. The liberal Mr. White must be feeling the heat now that Texans statewide are realizing how weak he is on this issue…and every issue.
TABC needs to go the way of Prohibition
Not aware of just how out of control the TABC, the notorious Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, is?
Washington Bill White
Bill White is no stranger in Washington. Having served in the Clinton Administration, he was an early entrant in the race that never materialized to replace U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison before deciding to run for governor.
Desperate Democrats in SBOE Campaign Play Race Card
Wow, Democrats working for Judy Jennings, left-wing ideologue for State Board of Education, must be getting desperate. Recently, they launched another push poll on the SBOE 10 race in which they ask if voters know that Dr. Marsha Farney “attended a white-supremacist rally” last Summer.
With those scores, I’d want to end testing too.
After years of whining and gnashing of teeth, Texas public schools were able to effect major change in the state’s testing programs in the last Legislature. Soon to be gone is the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, or TAKS test.
TxDOT Is Broke! So Spend More!
We keep being told the Texas Department of Transportation has completely run out of money, completely broke, and that all road construction will grind to halt in short order… unless Texans get behind a tax hike of one sort or other. And yet word comes this week that the state is paying for an $8.7-million “environmental impact” and preliminary design studies for an Austin-to-San Antonio passenger-rail line.
Operation Duck and Cover II
Barack Obama will be back in Texas tomorrow. Once again Bill White, the Democratic nominee for governor, is purposefully avoiding the unpopular president. But this time not only to miss an inconvenient photo-op, Mr. White now takes another swipe at Texans serving in the military.