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EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds Protest Transparency, Border Security at State Capitol
Multiple children were encouraged by adults to wave LGBT flags and participate in the rally.
Dallas ‘Church’ Celebrates Drag, Performer Calls for Sacrificing Trump Supporters
Drag performers took to the pulpit during a Sunday service to preach about gender identity.
US Rep. Hunt Calls Video Comparing Cy-Fair ISD GOP Board Members to Nazis ‘Disgusting’
Local news station KPRC 2 aired a segment linking Nazi book-burnings to Cy-Fair ISD’s removal of controversial materials from school curriculum.
Texas Attorney General Sides Against State Agency in Free Speech Fight
Rather than backing the agency tasked with enforcing Texas lobbying laws, Ken Paxton is arguing that the TEC’s enforcement is unconstitutional and represents a violation of First Amendment rights.
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Boerne Bucks Taxpayers, Opposes Citizen Control
Boerne city officials have made their stance very clear: they don’t want citizens to have more power over their own taxes. Recently, Boerne officials sent an email to two state representatives expressing their disdain of the new statewide...
Commentary: Trump’s 2020 Budget Takes Cues From Reagan and Clinton
President Trump recently submitted his budget plan for Fiscal Year 2020. The plan calls for a 7 percent increase in spending, bringing the total to $4.7 trillion. Tax revenue is projected to increase by 3 percent to $3.6 trillion; that will result in the deficit...
Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District General Manager Resigns
More changes are in store for the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District with the resignation of its longtime general manager, Kathy Turner Jones. The LSGCD is the government entity responsible for managing Montgomery County’s groundwater supply.Jones...
Texas Senate Goes on Supplemental Spending Spree
Three major items have now been heard in the Texas Senate, and three times lawmakers have unanimously bucked taxpayers and voted for bigger government. The latest example is Wednesday's action approving a $6 billion supplemental budget. Senate Bill 500 by State Sen....
Commentary: Beto Heads to Iowa
As the old saying goes, “You can’t tell the players without a scorecard,” which is quickly becoming the case with respect to the Democratic presidential nomination campaign. With the announcement that former U.S. Representative and 2018 Texas Senate nominee Beto...
Local Activists Ready for Texas GOP ‘Red Alert’ Strategy
Texas Republicans got a wake-up call in November 2018, and the state party chair is enlisting activists in at-risk regions to make sure they don’t go back to sleep. Republican Party of Texas Chairman James Dickey presented his “Red Alert Texas” strategy Monday night...
Texas Senate’s Supplemental Budget Spends State Savings on Ongoing Expenses
In every session the Texas Legislature passes a supplemental budget to cover shortfalls from the previous biennium. This session, the supplemental bill proposed by the Senate includes numerous expenditures out of the Economic Stabilization Fund to cover ongoing...
Plano Council Candidate Stands Up for City Taxpayers
Plano resident and city council candidate Shelby Williams traveled to Austin at his own expense to do something his tax-hiking city council rival didn’t: stand up for his fellow city taxpayers. Williams testified at a Texas House committee hearing in favor of a bill...
Montgomery County Republicans Call for End to Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
Montgomery County’s Republican Party has sent a strong message against taxpayer-funded lobbying by local governments with the passage of a resolution by the party’s executive committee.In a unanimous voice vote, the MCRP’s executive committee approved a...