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Protestors Oppose Dallas Church’s ‘Drag Sunday’ Service
The Cathedral of Hope invited multiple drag queens to celebrate and bless them.
Harris and Dallas County Republicans Support Censure of Speaker Phelan
Both resolutions say Phelan has violated Republican Party of Texas principles and legislative priorities.
Ex-Lobbying Czar Named Interim Amarillo City Manager
Andrew Freeman has been selected by the Amarillo City Council to serve as the city’s interim city manager.
Dan Patrick: Dade Phelan Needs to Be a Man, Admit Paxton Impeachment Was Wrong
Since AG Ken Paxton was acquitted on Saturday, Patrick has been critical of the House-led impeachment.
The Archive
House Failure
With just hours left in the 85th regular session of the Texas Legislature, lawmakers will be heading home with tales of their governing prowess. For members of the Texas House, that’s exactly what it will be: tall tales. The House failed to deliver on key reforms...
Straus Dares Abbott to Declare Special Session, Patrick Doubles Down
Speaking to reporters during an impromptu press conference Friday evening, House Speaker Joe Straus (R–San Antonio) announced that he is refusing to appoint conferees to meet with the Texas Senate on Senate Bill 2078. That bill was amended in the House to include a...
Dallas Officials Infuriated They Can’t Impose Eminent Domain
Dallas city officials are furious that a wealthy Texas landowner has stopped them from abusing eminent domain to force a pipeline directly through his ranch. Shockingly, officials say they’re “infuriated” because they weren’t able to run over landowner Monty Bennett...
Grassroots Coalition Demands Policy Action
More than 50 leaders of Texas’ grassroots conservative movement have signed a letter calling on Gov. Greg Abbott and the legislature to deliver on substantive policy reforms before the session concludes on Monday. The letter convers a range of issues, including...
House Continues its Tirade Against Privacy Act, Similar Legislation
The liberal leadership of the Texas House has again sought to water down and defeat priority conservative legislation that has already passed in the Senate, this time by completely moving the goalposts on a legislative priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Facing the...
Trustees Using Eminent Domain to Expand Collin College
After voters in conservative Collin County approved a $600 million bond package for Collin College earlier this month, trustees quickly started spending taxpayer money on their campus expansion plans. This week, trustees also confirmed they’ll be using a controversial...
Odessa City Governments Under Fire
Odessa City Council is facing major criticism from residents after council members voted to remove Odessa Development Corporation’s Board Chairman Jimmy Breaux in an illegally-held private meeting. While the decision to oust Breaux was made on May 9, the swelling...
Sandra Bland Bill changes focus and form in the State Senate
The Texas Senate took steps and added amendments to the so-called “Sandra Bland Act," to change much of the way it approaches criminal justice reform in Texas. The bill is named after Sandra Bland, a woman involved in a nationally publicized police stop in 2015 in...
Democrat Poll Workers Plead Guilty to Voter Fraud
Democrats in Texas and elsewhere routinely claim that voter fraud doesn’t exist. But two Harris County Democrats caught stealing votes have proven those deniers wrong, again. Latunia Thomas and Jeanene Johnson pleaded guilty to charges of illegal voting in the May...