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Brady’s New Tax?
A powerful Texas congressman is pushing for a new tax that a conservative watchdog group decries as a “middle-class consumer tax to take the place of high corporate taxes.” U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) is supporting a “border adjustment tax” as part of a...
Patrick Blames Texas House for Stopping School Choice
A throng of students, parents, and teachers descended on the Texas Capitol Tuesday to demand that the Texas Legislature pass school choice. Speaking to the crowd, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick accused the Texas House of standing in the way of those reforms. Patrick is expected...
Lawmaker Wants To Unify, Consolidate Election Dates
Under a measure proposed by a state legislator, elections in Texas would be held on only one of two days with very few exceptions. That’s a marked change from current law, in which city and school governments routinely shop election dates to minimize voter...
Abbott and the UT Corruption
With his latest nominations to the University of Texas Board of Regents, Gov. Greg Abbott is making an open attack on reform in higher education. On Monday, Abbott announced he would be asking the Texas Senate to replace incumbent regents Alex Cranberg, Brenda...
Wallace Hall: Why Rush on Replacement?
Whistleblowing University of Texas Regent Wallace Hall today encouraged Gov. Greg Abbott and members of the Texas Senate not to rush proceedings regarding his replacement on the UT Board of Regents until the Texas Supreme Court can rule on his ongoing legal case....
Seliger Supports Freezing Tuition and Repealing Set-Asides
With the support of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the Texas Senate’s Higher Education Committee chairman has filed two legislative items that conservatives have been demanding for years: freezing tuition and repealing tuition “set asides.” SBs 18 and 19, authored by State...
Will Cook Plead the Fifth?
A powerful House Republican is expected to be the key witness against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton when his case goes to trial. But will he be forced to plead the Fifth in order to protect himself in his own trial? Prosecutors who are pursuing Paxton are expected...
Is Cook Backpedaling to Save Himself?
The politically motivated case against Texas’ conservative attorney general hinges on the accusations of a liberal state representative … who is himself facing allegations of fraud. State Rep. Bryon Cook (R-Corsicana) recently walked back accusations he made against...