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Meet the Freshmen: David Lowe

Meet the Freshmen: David Lowe

Lowe credits his victory to refining his approach and voters’ growing dissatisfaction with the current state of Texas politics.

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Conroe Settles Lawsuit with Groundwater District

A settlement has been reached between the City of Conroe and the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation district, bringing an end to a years long legal battle between the two government entities.Conroe filed a lawsuit against the LSGCD in 2015 in response to...

Austin City Officials Building Wall to Stop Crime

Austin city officials are building a wall downtown to help deter crime. Amid the nation’s border security crisis, Texas’ liberal capital city seems to be following President Trump’s new slogan of “Build a wall and crime will fall.” Downtown off Red River Street near...

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Democrats Target Due Process, Gun Rights

Despite having received widespread condemnation last year by state leaders, Democrats in the Texas Legislature continue to march forward in their attempts to strip law-abiding gun owners of their Second Amendment rights by filing “Red Flag” legislation in the Texas...

Testimony Reveals Transparency Issue in State Contracts

On Tuesday, members of the Texas House Appropriations Committee asked a series of questions to the Legislative Budget Board, revealing some $179 billion dollars in state government contracts are out of compliance with a state transparency law. The law requires vendors...

Democrats, Liberal Media Downplay Noncitizen Voting

After a shocking report from the Texas Secretary of State last week revealed 95,000 individuals identified in the Texas Department of Public Safety database as non-U.S. citizens have registered to vote in Texas — and 58,000 of those have voted in one or more Texas...

Democrats Head into Runoff to Replace Alvarado

In the special election for House District 145—the seat vacated by now State Sen. Carol Alvarado—none of the eight candidates cleared the hurdle to avoid a runoff. Now, the top vote getters, Democrats Christina Morales and Melissa Noriega, go head-to-head. Morales led...

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