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American Sheriff Alliance Calls for Action at the Border
Sheriffs highlighted the strain on local resources and the increase in criminal cartel activity.
Y’All Answered: Will School Choice Pass in the Special Session
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Texas GOP Congress Members Call Attention to Illegal Alien Settlement
In a letter to Gov. Abbott and Attorney General Paxton, Texas’ Republican delegation to Congress have raised concerns about Colony Ridge.
Von Ormy Citizens Say ‘No’ to Property Taxes
Residents showed up in force to assert their support for remaining property tax-free.
The Archive
Chris Fails Challenges Lyle Larson for HD 122
As conservatives’ frustration with the liberal governing coalition of the Texas House reaches a fever pitch, yet another Straus loyalist has acquired a challenger from the right. Just this week, Hollywood Park Mayor Chris Fails announced his campaign for House...
Property Owners Protest McKinney’s Forced Annexation “Land Grab”
McKinney is once again riding roughshod over property rights, and local landowners aren’t happy about it. The city is trying to rush through dozens of forced annexations before a new state law takes effect December 1 ending the practice. "There's a land grab going on...
RPT Chairman James Dickey Calls on Congress to Cut Taxes
Though efforts to reform property taxes failed in Austin earlier this year, taxpayers are focusing their efforts on Washington, D.C. hoping to secure some tax relief this year. Across the nation, conservative activists and everyday Americans have been flooding the...
University of Texas YCT Property Vandalized, Administration Silent
In an unsurprising series of events, the Young Conservatives of Texas chapter at the University of Texas at Austin has had their property vandalized multiple times by a radical left-wing fascist group. The group, which goes by the name the Revolutionary Student Front,...
Travis County GOP Votes to Censure Speaker Straus
In a voice vote that took no longer than fifteen minutes, the Travis County GOP voted with well over 90% support to censure Texas House Speaker Joe Straus. Patrick McGuinness, newly elected Executive Vice Chairman of the Travis GOP, spoke in favor of the measure to...
Donald Trump Is Stealing My Lawyer… And The Liberals Are Furious
With the nomination of James E. “Trey” Trainor III to the Federal Election Commission, Donald Trump has picked a brilliant lawyer and fierce advocate for the Constitution. And I’m not sure who is more mad about it: me, or liberals around the country. You see, Trey is...
County Wants Taxpayers Off the Hook for Exorbitant Paxton Prosecutors’ Fees
If Collin County Commissioners Court has its way, county taxpayers won’t be on the hook for exorbitant attorneys’ fees improperly authorized by a local judge. County commissioners moved last week to challenge excessive court-ordered fees to three more attorneys...
‘Turner Tax’ Will Cause More Pain Than Relief
Houston’s recovery from Hurricane Harvey is well underway, but Mayor Sylvester Turner’s plan to temporarily increase the city’s tax rate is one part of the recovery that will do more harm than good. Reports show that over three years Harris County taxpayers have seen...
Amidst Declining Enrollment, AISD Seeks Additional $1B in Debt
Despite the declining enrollment their own figures predict will continue for the next ten years, Austin Independent School District is asking voters to authorize its largest bond package in history. In November, Austin residents will vote on a massive school district...