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Is Joe Straus Challenging Greg Abbott In 2018?
No one doubts that Joe Straus is the Democrats’ favorite Republican. He has spent his tenure in office obstructing conservative reforms, so some in Austin are thinking he might now want to challenge Greg Abbott in 2018. And maybe not as a Republican. Straus was...
Houston Holding First Property Tax Hearing
Houston City Council will hold the first of three property tax hearings in city hall chambers. Mayor Sylvester Turner proposed an 8.9% increase in the city’s property tax rate, not excluding those that have lost or damaged property from Hurricane Harvey. After public...
Odessa Residents Attempt to “Drain the Swamp”
As of late, Odessa City Hall increasingly bears more resemblance to the set of an MTV reality show than a place of governance, with residents taking matters into their own hands to end the political saga. A grassroots effort has developed in the West Texas city in an...
Brian Newman: A Modern Revolutionary
As a descendant of Revolutionary War patriots, Brian Newman has a family history of fighting for freedom. But the Collin County grassroots organizer and McKinney Tea Party leader says his political activism is tied to more than just history. “God has called me to do...
Texas Argues in Favor of Sanctuary Cities Law at Federal Appellate Court
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office recently argued before the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans the legality of Senate Bill 4, the anti-sanctuary cities bill passed by the legislature during the regular session this year. SB 4, which was which...
Byron Cook Censured by Anderson County GOP
One of House Speaker Joe Straus’ top allies, State Affairs Chairman Byron Cook (R–Corsicana), is in hot water after activists in one county of his four-county district moved to officially reprimand him for his actions in the Texas Legislature. Last week, Republican...
Recording Reveals City Commissioner Using Racial Slurs, Explicit Language
In a recently released audio recording*, Brownsville City Commissioner At-Large Place A, Cesar De Leon, compares residents in his region to “taco-eaters” as he uses extensive foul language in reference to two Cameron County district attorneys of African American...
Phil King Declares for Texas House Speaker
While members of the Texas House Republican Caucus were meeting in Bastrop at the Lost Pines Resort for their annual member retreat, one instructed his staff to file the paperwork necessary to run against House Speaker Joe Straus. On Friday afternoon, State Rep. Phil...
Mizani Launches Campaign for Texas House
Local city councilman Armin Mizani says that “Texans face big challenges and deserve leaders who will represent our conservative values.” That’s why the North Texas Republican is stepping up to challenge an incumbent state lawmaker who’s had a declining record of...