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Texas A&M Releases New DEI Guidelines
The release follows backlash against A&M’s attempt to hire a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion proponent.
Y’All Answered: Should Dade Phelan by Removed as Speaker?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Medina County GOP Censures House Impeachment Manager Andrew Murr
Murr chairs the House General Investigating Committee that brought impeachment charges against acquitted Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Tarrant Appraisal District Requires Real Oversight
Taxpayers should expect all aspects of the appraisal district to be run transparently.
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Collin County Officials Deny Further Payment to Paxton Prosecutors
The Collin County Commissioners Court today voted to deny further payment of invoices to Houston-based attorneys appointed to prosecute Texas’ Attorney General. The special prosecutors will likely appeal the decision to the Dallas Court of Appeals. The motion to deny...
Dallas County Has a Voter Fraud Problem
How easy is it to steal mail ballots in Dallas County? “Easy,” says a Dallas campaign worker and voter fraud whistleblower – and he’s got recordings to prove it. In conversations secretly recorded by his fellow campaign worker Sidney Williams and released to local ABC...
Abbott Declares Voter ID Fix an Emergency Priority
With only seven days left for the Texas Legislature to complete its work, Gov. Greg Abbott is demanding that the Texas House pass legislation to fix the state’s embattled voter ID law. On Sunday, Abbott sent an urgent message to House Speaker Joe Straus declaring...
Hosed by the House
Over the weekend, the leadership of the Texas House of Representatives once again thumbed their noses at taxpayers. No issue unifies Texans like frustration with our burdensome – almost confiscatory – property tax system. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and the Texas Senate...
Straus Bets on Weakness from Abbott and Patrick
In a brazen act of contempt and arrogance, House Speaker Joe Straus is refusing to pass serious, conservative reforms Texans demand and is choosing to engage in a high stakes game of political chicken with the state’s highest elected leaders. This weekend, Straus...
Byron Cook: Destroyer of Bills
Byron Cook, Chairman of the Texas House State Affairs committee, claims to be a Republican “Champion for Life.” Based on his record this session, though, those claims are pretty laughable, or at least they would be if the consequences were not so tragic. Before...
Pretend Property Tax Reform Bill Passes Texas House
On Saturday, Texas House leadership moved to pass a pretend “property tax reform bill” to the Texas Senate. Why the quotes? Because rather than pass serious, structural reforms like the Texas Senate passed, the Texas House is moving a homeopathic half measure instead....
Mechler Resigns as RPT Chairman
After swirling speculation he would be resigning his position as head of the Republican Party of Texas, Chairman Tom Mechler announced that he would be stepping aside in order to focus on his business and his family. “Friends, this job is hard,” said Mechler in a...
Texas Senate Takes Step to Even the Playing Field for Homeschool Students
State Sen. Van Taylor (R-Plano) is spearheading another piece of conservative legislation, with the intent of helping homeschool kids and parents. Senate Bill 640, also to known as the “Tim Tebow Bill,” has garnered the support of grassroots organizations, most...