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Robstown High School Coach Arrested After Admitting to Sex With Student
Girls basketball coach Austin Barron admitted to police he had sexual contact with a 17-year-old female student.
Texas Takes Action To Keep Out Nuclear Waste
Federal law requires spent nuclear fuel to be stored underground in Nevada.
Analysis, Central Texas, Local
Analysis: Property Tax Rates Drop While Values Surge in Washington County
Increasing appraisals frequently zero out any benefit property owners receive from a decreased or held-in-check rate.
Exclusive: Texas Aggie Democrats Host ‘Day of Drag’ Protest
This comes after the university board of regents banned on-campus drag shows.
The Archive
Success Story: Texas Ends Forced Annexation
Conservatives disappointed by the underwhelming number of policy priorities passed in the “purple” 86th Texas Legislative Session still scored a number of successes, and among the session’s mixed results is a big win: Texans were finally freed from the unfair practice...
Commentary: Why Voting Local Matters
Local government is the most important level of government. Whether it is improving our roads, expanding our trails and sidewalks, providing water, strengthening our schools, ensuring public safety, or even the promotion of fiscal responsibility, it is our mayors,...
Wendy Davis Tries Again, Challenges Chip Roy for Congress
Former state senator-turned-Democrat-gubernatorial-candidate and current abortion activist Wendy Davis made it official on Monday, announcing a congressional bid against U.S. Rep. Chip Roy. "I'm running for Congress because people's voices are still being silenced,"...
Commentary: The Infiltration of the Texas Supreme Court
Do parents have the right to prevent their child from having an abortion or going through gender-reassignment surgery? The former Chief Justice and one current Justice of the Texas Supreme Court don’t think so. The State of Texas is known as a conservative stronghold;...
Remembering Debbie Terry (1951-2019)
Surrounded by her loving family, Debbie Terry passed away peacefully on Wednesday afternoon, July 17, 2019. Debbie was a loving wife to Tim Terry for 40 years, mother to four wonderful children, and “Bunny” to seven grandchildren. Debbie was one of a kind, a woman of...
Autopsy Report: House Fumbles, Monument Protection Dies
Before lawmakers even arrived in Austin for the 86th Texas Legislative Session, one issue was already at the forefront: monuments and memorials. Across the nation, far-left activists and their allies in the media began active campaigns demanding they be removed from...
Commentary: “Green” Cities Are More Costly
Many cities have jumped on the bandwagon of renewable energy initiatives in recent years. In Central Texas alone, Austin, Georgetown, and now San Antonio—who all maintain a municipally owned electricity provider from which their residents are forced to purchase...
Taxpayer-Funded Lobbyists Urge Cities to “Shake the Money Tree”
One of Texas’ largest taxpayer-funded lobbying organizations is urging cities across the state to “shake the money tree” by raising taxes on their citizens. The Texas Municipal League, which consists of over 1,100 Texas cities, made the statement during a conference...
Commentary: Part 3 – The Hospital/Doctor
In what can only be characterized as an extreme miscarriage of justice, the Texas Department of Child Protective Services (CPS) got an emergency court order in Kaufman County to remove a 4-year-old boy from his family. On June 20, 2019, the 4-year-old was forcefully...