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Public Sector Union: “We cannot afford to lose a friend like Byron Cook”
A statewide public sector union confirmed what the Wall Street Journal reported near the end of the legislative session: Speaker Joe Straus and State Rep. Byron Cook “led the effort” to kill a bill ending the government’s practice of collecting dues on behalf of labor...
Katy ISD: A Case Study for Debt Reform
Last week, Katy ISD broke ground on their hotly contested 12,000-seat stadium. The facility, which is tentatively being called ‘Second Stadium,’ was included in the district’s massive $748 million bond passed in 2014 – the most expensive bond package in the KISD...
Republicans Join Obama in Push for TexRail
President Obama’s 2017 budget asks Congress to spend $20 billion on mass-transit rail projects nationwide—$125 million of which is slated for Tarrant County’s controversial TexRail project. Despite its proven wasteful status and increased opposition from local...
Farney Campaign Smears Face of Veteran Challenger
Unhappy that voters are learning about her choice to prioritize diversity training in state agencies over border security, incumbent liberal Republican Marsha Farney of Georgetown has resorted to smearing the face of her challenger – a former Colonel in the U.S. Army...
Heritage Alliance Releases 2016 Voter Guide
Heritage Alliance – a national conservative grassroots organization and creator of the iVoterGuide – has released their 2016 voter guide for the State of Texas. In it, Texans can find a comprehensive evaluation of all Republican candidates in each competitive race,...
Straus Facts #12: Joe Straus Enables Cronyism
When not using his committee assignments to empower Democrats, House Speaker Joe Straus uses his appointments to empower cronyism by his loyalists. Download the Empower Texans PAC mailer Jim Keffer, Straus’ Natural Resources chairman, has used his time in office to...
Opposing Texans
Any lingering doubt about how out of touch the mainstream media is with Texas Republicans can be seen in recent presidential endorsements where two of the state's biggest newspapers picked candidates 80 percent or more of GOP voters say they would "never consider."...
Anti-Toll Road Activists: Dan Flynn Was No Help
In 2014, citizens in HD 2 found themselves facing implementation of a massive toll-road project known as the Blacklands Tollway that would have run from Greenville to Garland, just east of Dallas. The project would have allowed the Texas Turnpike Corporation, a...
Highly Burdensome (Texas Minute)
According to the Tax Foundation, Texas has the 14th most burdensome property tax system in the nation. The fact is, low-income families and struggling businesses are suffering. Property taxes in some areas are growing two to three times faster than median household...