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Texas Looks to Outlaw Discriminatory Late-Term Abortions
After a showdown in the Texas House last session over ending a loophole that allows abortions in the third trimester, the fight to end discriminatory, late-term abortions in Texas has resurfaced in the 86th Legislature. Republican lawmakers State Sen. Kelly Hancock...
Bipartisan Effort to Restore Key Open Meetings Act Provision After Court Ruling
After the Court of Criminal Appeals struck down a key provision of the Texas Open Meetings Act, a bipartisan team of legislators is working together to restore it. Republican State Rep. Dade Phelan (Beaumont) and Democrat State Sen. Kirk Watson (Austin) have filed...
Big Business Joins with Bloomberg to Protect Illegal Alien Handouts
With House Speaker Joe Straus no longer holding sway over one chamber of the Texas Legislature, many conservatives are hoping this year will be the time that in-state tuition for illegal aliens is repealed. And amnesty supporters are organizing in Texas to stop them....
Texas Scorecard Radio (March 07, 2019)
Episode 75: Tony McDonald chats with Cary Cheshire about why ant-abortion activists see signs of progress in Austin. Erin Anderson discusses bribery charges against a Metroplex area official and Jacob Asmussen fills listeners in on a Central Texas city fighting...
Amarillo Mayor Nelson Lobbies Against Property Tax Reform Bill
Amarillo Mayor Ginger Nelson was in Austin recently, lobbying against the core of proposed reforms to Texas’ property tax system. During a recent hearing by the House Committee on Ways and Means, Nelson spoke before members, lobbying for changes to the tax system but...
City Hall at Standstill Over Employee Dispute
One Houston City Council member is demonstrating his support for 68 Houston firefighter cadets in an unusual way: by locking city hall in a standstill. Council Member Dwight Boykins recently “tagged” nearly every item on the council’s agenda as a protest to Mayor...
Dallas County Moves Forward On Countywide Voting Centers
Voters in Dallas County may be going to a different polling location in future elections. On Tuesday, the county began the process of transitioning from “precinct-based polling locations” to “countywide polling locations” for elections in November of 2019. According...
Lawmakers Grill Texas Municipal League Over Opposition to Ending Forced Annexation
Two city officials and their taxpayer-funded lobbyist who is paid by the cities were the only three people to testify against citizens having a say on whether or not their land is annexed by a city. During the Texas House Committee on Land and Resource Management’s...
State Rep. Running for Dallas Mayor Proposes Anti-Corruption Law
One Dallas mayoral candidate says he's fed up with the corruption at city hall, and he's in a unique position to do something about it. State Rep. Eric Johnson (D-Dallas), who’s serving his fifth term in the Texas Legislature while also running for mayor, announced...