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Montgomery County Republicans Call for End to Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
Montgomery County’s Republican Party has sent a strong message against taxpayer-funded lobbying by local governments with the passage of a resolution by the party’s executive committee.In a unanimous voice vote, the MCRP’s executive committee approved a...
Staff Blog: ‘Running With Beto’ and Running Away From Taxpayers Subsidizing Movies
Robert Francis O’Rourke’s failed senatorial campaign is the subject of a documentary called Running With Beto. The 94-minute film premiered at South by Southwest and will debut on HBO this spring. HBO said the film gives “viewers unprecedented access into the personal...
Spending, Teacher Pay Center of Discussion in School Finance Hearing
In the hours of testimony on House Bill 3, the so-called “Texas Plan” of House leadership to address the state’s broken school finance system, public education employees seemed to echo two common themes: more money is welcome, but merit pay is not. Administrators...
Patrick Reviews Legislative Priorities
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told a packed room of activists at a Northeast Tarrant Tea Party meeting that a successful legislative session was the key to holding off Democrats in 2020. “We have to have a successful session,” Patrick said before he reviewed the list of...
Could Term Limits Come to Texas Legislature?
On the south steps of the Texas Capitol Tuesday, State Rep. Kyle Biedermann (R–Fredericksburg) held a press conference touting recently filed legislation which would put a potential constitutional amendment for term limits for statewide officers and state legislators...
Dan Patrick: “Elect These Guys Forever”
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told the audience at a grassroots conservative event in North Texas to vote for the City of Colleyville’s incumbents after hearing they support property tax reform. During Monday’s meeting of the Northeast Tarrant Tea Party, Patrick spoke...
Straus Awarded by Far-Left Think Tank
As the dust settles on Joe Straus’ tenure as Speaker of the Texas House, one thing is very clear: The grassroots were right about him all along. Establishment forces within the state spent a decade trying to convince us of the conservative bona fides of Straus, who is...
Data Questions Claims Of Frisco Mayor Pro Tem
Frisco Mayor Pro Tem Shona Huffman argued in Austin that the state should provide incentives for cities to provide property tax relief. On February 27, the Texas House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on House Bill 2, which would put in place an automatic vote...
Lawmakers Consider Legal Protections for Gun Owners
While Republican lawmakers are leading the effort to protect the gun rights of law-abiding Texans, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “Texas Gun Sense” argued for making criminals out of well-meaning Texas gun owners. The Texas House Committee on Criminal...