He was part of a smuggling trio apprehended by the DPS brush team.

He was part of a smuggling trio apprehended by the DPS brush team.
“Caucus leadership wanted to use this to send a message to incoming members like Carrie Isaac, Nate Schatzline and others that they need to stay in line. The attempt backfired.”
With the influx of lethal drugs and human smuggling, Texas Democrats are in full support of Texas taxpayers paying for illegal immigrants.
California Gov. Newsom releases ads attacking Texas’ recent pro-life efforts.
The state government doesn’t have to play by the same money rules as Texans.
Topics at the first gubernatorial debate included border security, securing the state’s electrical grid, and vaccine mandates.
The endorsement represents Trump’s increasing involvement in the 2022 Texas election cycle.
A federal judge in the Northern District of Texas blocked an injunction requested by the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, allowing the airline to mandate the jab.
Employees at a Texas Lockheed Martin plant are staging a rally to peacefully protest president Biden’s vaccine edicts.
The newly appointed member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission’s Texas Advisory Committee is ready to tackle tough issues.
Following the federal government’s failure to acknowledge and handle the border crisis, the Center for Renewing America optimizes policy for state power.
The new boundaries will have ramifications for Texas politics and, more broadly, Texas policy for the next decade and beyond.
Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell rejected Gov. Abbott’s appeal for emergency aid.
Huberty’s announcement makes for one of at least 14 lawmakers not returning to the Texas House of Representatives next cycle.
“If the Governor was sincere we would have placed it on the call day one …”
As the legislative session comes to a close, rumors are more numerous than facts. But one sure fact is that the much-needed Health Care Compact is on track for adoption in the Lone Star State. State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst and state Sen. Jane Nelson deserve great credit for bringing it forward.
It might not seem that newsworthy to the rest of the state, but an issue of taxation without representation is picking up lots of headlines in the Rio Grande Valley.
According to the House-Senate Conference Committee working on Texas’ new budget, state funding for public education will increase by $125 million in 2012-2013.
Here’s more evidence you are upsetting the status quo in Austin: the media is complaining about the impact you’re having on legislators! The managing editor of one publication said this week that voters like you are “children” who legislators need to tell to “shut up” and force higher taxes upon.
As the Texas Legislature and the budget deal seem to be breaking down over school finance, Senator Florence Shapiro (R-Plano) is going to the mat to iron out the differences and deliver what is necessary.
Apparently our state’s colleges and universities don’t have enough to do, so they’re trying to get permission to compete with private-sector telecomm providers. Given how little time so many university employees devote to students, at ever rising tuition rates, one wonders just how expensive this foray will be for taxpayers.
Tonight’s budget agreement between the House and Senate is a big win for Texas’ taxpayers, and the future strength of the state’s economy.
As the close of the legislative session approaches, it appears a deal is nearly done on a 2012-2013 state budget that reflects more closely the conservative principles taxpayers have been demanding from lawmakers.
Texas’ universities have a dirty little secret: they don’t want taxpayers, parents or students looking too closely at their books. And they certainly don’t want to answer questions about performance.
By a vote of 30 to 1, the Texas Senate today passed their version of HB 275 which taps the state’s rainy day fund for the current biennium. They are withdrawing $800 million more than the House.