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Huffman to Offer Step Backwards on Pension Reform
Giving her colleagues less than 24 hours to digest a 215-page floor substitute, State Sen. Joan Huffman of Houston is expected to offer a significant step backwards in the fight to reform Houston’s broken pension system. Sen. Huffman’s floor substitute to SB 2190...
Cruz Down?
A newly released Texas poll provides what appears to be bad news for first-term Senator Ted Cruz (R). A closer looks portends a different conclusion, however. The Texas Lyceum leadership organization released its annual poll regarding issues and attitudes (mostly...
Thornberry: Military Readiness, Not Social Agendas
Limited resources available for the military should be focused on defending the country, not pursuing social agendas, according to the Texas congressman who chairs the House’s Armed Services Committee. With the Trump Administration working to rejuvenate the military,...
Texas House Lagging on Ethics Reform
Early in the session, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick declared genuine ethics reform for lawmakers one of their top priorities. Patrick followed through and a landmark ethics reform bill passed out of the Senate unanimously in early February. But since then,...
Texas Senate to Congress: Repeal ObamaCare
Despite a decade of promising to repeal ObamaCare, the Republican-controlled Congress has failed to deliver. Now, the Texas Senate is weighing in and calling on congressmen to get the job done. By a party line vote of 20 to 11, the Texas Senate passed a resolution...
Updates: Bad Bill of the Week with State Rep. Stickland
Throughout the course of the 85th Legislative Session, going back to the 15th of January, State Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R-Bedford) and conservative grassroots activists have helped to bring down various different pieces of big-government, freedom crippling pieces of...
Abbott Backs Weakened Version of Bathroom Bill
On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott came off the sidelines and is now openly supporting legislation to bar men from entering women’s public restrooms, showers, and locker rooms – but the bill he is supporting is markedly weaker than a related reform passed by the Texas...
Thomas McNutt Announces Campaign, Sets up Potential Rematch Against Byron Cook
In a press release this afternoon, Corsicana businessman Thomas McNutt announced his campaign for the Texas House seat currently held by House Speaker Joe Straus’ hatchet-man, State Rep. Byron Cook (R–Corsicana). “The people of House District 8 deserve a consistent,...
Senate Passes Tax-Funded Lobbying Disclosure Bill
Earlier today, the Texas Senate passed a common sense measure that would bring transparency and accountability to the practice whereby government entities use tax dollars to lobby the state legislature. Senate Bill 445 by State Sen. Konni Burton (R-Colleyville) would...