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Hegar: State Sales Tax Collections Down Nearly 10 Percent
On Friday, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reported the State of Texas collected $2.58 billion in state sales tax revenue—a decrease of nearly 10 percent and the steepest decline since January 2010. In a press release, Hegar said: “State sales tax collections declined...
Blog: Abbott Isn’t Reopening Texas, He’s Keeping It Mostly Closed
Across Texas, thousands of restaurants are opening their doors and allowing patrons inside for the first time in over a month after Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order that shuttered them entirely has officially expired. In its place is a new order that permits them to...
Friday Roundup Podcast: 05/01/2020
Texas Scorecard Managing Editor Brandon Waltens recaps the week that was on TexasScorecard.com! On this week’s show: Robert Montoya discusses a Texas business owner who is unwilling to wait for permission from Gov. Greg Abbott to reopen her business. Also, Matt...
Friday Roundup: May 01, 2020
Texas Scorecard Managing Editor Brandon Waltens recaps the week that was on TexasScorecard.com! On this week’s show: Robert Montoya discusses a Texas business owner who is unwilling to wait for permission from Gov. Greg Abbott to reopen her business. Also, Matt...
The Hammer
As a Protestant, I grew up without the Maccabees. The two books of the Maccabees are among what my Catholic friends call the “deuterocanonical” portion of the Bible. For more than a thousand years, Christians have debated—and will continue to debate—the theological...
State Still Can’t Require Voters to Prove Citizenship, Federal Court Rules
A federal appellate court ruled Wednesday that a state law requiring documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration cannot be enforced, affirming lower court decisions that the law is unconstitutional and preempted by federal statute. Judges with the U.S....
Will Hurd PAC Announces Attack Ad Campaign Against Trump-Backed Candidate
U.S. Rep. Will Hurd's super PAC is planning a series of attack ads against one of the two candidates in the July 14 Republican runoff in U.S. House District 13. Last week, Future Leaders Fund announced its plans to launch an ad campaign attacking former physician to...
Cruz to Trump: Don’t Put American Taxpayers on Hook for Blue State Bailouts
As federal lawmakers contemplate additional financial payouts to state and local governments that have racked up massive budget deficits and are expected to pull in far less revenue as a result of their shutdown orders, a group of Republican lawmakers is pressuring...
Where Do You Stand?
Join the conversation with Texas Right to Life's Jim Graham and Empower Texans CEO Michael Quinn Sullivan as they discuss the latest from around the Lone Star State. Also on this episode: Joshua 5:13-15 13 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked,...