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Sanctuary Cities, Ethics Reform Legislation Pass to Senate Floor
Shortly before Gov. Greg Abbott’s State of the State address, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told a San Antonio radio station that the Texas Senate would act very quickly on issues he deemed a priority. “If it’s an emergency item on Tuesday in the governor’s State of the State,...
Chambers County Officials Want To Pile On The Debt
Taxpayers in Chambers County were shocked to find a notice of intent for $57.8 million in Certificates of Obligation intended to build a 240-bed jail and a law enforcement center in the city of Anahuac. Certificates of Obligation are a financial tool that local...
Abbott Cuts Grants to Travis County Over Sanctuary City Policies
Gov. Greg Abbott is making good on his promise to crack down on officials refusing to enforce immigration law, making an example of one such entity and drawing a line in the sand for officials to act on enforcing immigration law. Last month, newly elected Travis...
Rein In Spending
February 1, 2017 [Download the letter] The Honorable Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas The Honorable Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas The Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the Texas House Dear Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick, and Speaker Straus: The...
Travis County Sheriff Betrays Oath of Office
Every elected official in Texas is required to take an oath before taking office. The liberal Democrat serving as Travis County's sheriff is betraying her oath by protecting illegal aliens. The oath of office, as proscribed by the Texas Constitution, is as follows: I,...
Paxton Prosecutor Disqualified from Motorcycle Gang Case
One day after having the Dallas Court of Appeals cut off further payments to him in the prosecution of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a federal court has ruled against Houston Criminal Defense Attorney Kent Schaffer in another case. A federal judge on Tuesday...
Abbott Promotes Conservative Reforms in State of the State Address
On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott addressed a joint session of the Texas Legislature and put forward four conservative legislative priorities as emergency items for the upcoming legislation. Abbott identified four emergency items for the legislature to consider: reforming...
Senate’s Property Tax Reform Plan Empowers Taxpayers
Local news outlets are working hard to help local officials discredit conservative lawmakers who’ve proposed a radical idea—giving Texans more control over their property taxes. Unlike what a recent Dallas Morning News article wrongly suggests, the Senate’s reform...
JoAnn Fleming: Voice of the People
For 23 years, JoAnn Fleming has been a tireless leader in the Texas grassroots movement. Born in Killeen, the native Texan said her values were instilled at a young age: “my parents raised me so you don’t have to ask permission to do the right thing and to stand for...