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Texas Senate Tackles Tuition Reform

In a major victory for conservatives, the Texas Senate voted to massively reform Higher Education in the state and make it more affordable for citizens. For years, conservatives have targeted tuition policy as an area in desperate need for reform and offered up two...

Activist Judge Throws out Open Meetings Law

In an audacious act of legislating from the bench, an activist judge has ruled that a statute in the Texas Open Meetings Act requiring transparency in government deliberations is unconstitutional. In gutting the Open Meetings Act, visiting Judge Randy Clapp also...

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Gallagher Orders Paxton Case Moved to Harris County

Over objections from the defense, District Judge George Gallagher has ordered the criminal prosecution of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton moved to Harris County. The decision will give the special prosecutors in the case, two criminal attorneys from Houston,...

Texas House Republicans Stonewall School Choice

Early this year, the state’s Republican leaders came out strongly for the passage of legislation expanding parental choice in education and demanding the Texas House vote on the issue. Last week, lawmakers in the lower chamber finally gave advocates a vote, but chose...

Texas Senate Passes Patrick’s Conservative Priorities

After passing a conservative budget in which they forced the state to live within its means and kept their hands out of the Rainy Day Fund, the Texas Senate is nearing completion on passing all of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s robust reform agenda—allowing him to take a bit...

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House Set to Allow Higher Property Taxes

The Texas House today is set to vote on a bill that would allow tax-hiking schools districts to escape future accountability from voters. Predictably, the entire public education lobby has lined up to support the measure. Currently, voter-approval is required for any...

Texas Voter ID Law Not Overly Prohibitive, Study Finds

A recent study on the effects of Texas’ voter ID law in two of the state’s most unpredictable battleground jurisdictions found that the lack of a state-approved photo ID had a negligible effect on preventing anyone from casting a vote in the 2016 general election. The...

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