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Texas Teachers’ Retirement System Funded Chinese Firms
State agency hides how much it has indirectly invested in Chinese businesses.
Texas House Overwhelmingly Rejects Motion To Remove Speaker Burrows
The motion was tabled 141-2, with five members present but not voting, and two absent.
Texas Democrats Try Again to Gut Death Penalty
Proposed legislation would prohibit the death penalty for individuals found to have had a “severe mental illness” at the time of a capital offense.
Two Texas Teachers Sentenced in Separate Student Sex Crime Cases
Former Lewisville ISD teacher John Collett was sentenced to 20 years in prison, while ex-Nacogdoches ISD teacher Annaleigh Andrews received just two years.
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Billions in Local Debt Bog Down November Ballot
As early voting gets underway across Texas, citizens will be making critical decisions on more than just the hotly contested “top-of-ticket” races. On ballots across the state, local governments are seeking approval for nearly $8 billion of debt on several issues such...
Democrats Push Unqualified Candidates to Create “Blue Wave”
Last legislative session, the state of Texas passed House Bill 25, which will eliminate straight-party voting in 2020. Since this is the last general election for the "palanca" vote, it seems as if the Democratic Party's attempts to create a "blue wave" in Texas are...
Ex-DCS President Larry Duncan Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
The public corruption scandal that toppled Dallas County’s failing school bus bureaucracy has claimed another crooked official. Former Dallas County Schools board president Larry Duncan pleaded guilty today to federal tax evasion and faces up to a year in prison. Four...
Texas Woman Arrested for Voter Fraud Twice in Two Weeks
For the second time in two weeks, a South Texas woman has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of voter fraud. Modesta Vela of Roma was arrested October 4 on four voter fraud charges relating to mail-in ballots. Vela is accused of approaching an elderly...
City of Austin Ballot Propositions: Our Recommendations
Austinites face a crucial election in less than three weeks. While the top of the ticket will include highly publicized races such as Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Democrat Congressman Beto O’Rourke, voters in Texas’ capital city will also make critical local...
O’Rourke Advocates for Socialized Healthcare, Amnesty at Texas State University
In his long-shot bid to bring his far-left politics to the US Senate while representing Texas, Congressman Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke constantly panders to the Hollywood elites bent on removing taxpayer champion US Sen. Ted Cruz from office. O’Rourke came to Texas...
Collin County Republicans Working Together to Keep Texas Strong
“Keep Texas Strong” is more than a slogan for GOP candidates in Collin County. From Congress to County Clerk, Republicans running for office are working together to win in November and serve in accord with conservative principles that make Texas great. Local voters...
Alamo Plaza Lease Finalized
On Thursday, the San Antonio City Council approved a lease of the Alamo Plaza area to the state’s General Land Office, pushing forward into motion plans by the GLO to renovate and restore the Alamo battleground. Currently, the Alamo site itself is owned and managed by...
City of McAllen Censors Cruz Supporter
Amid the flood of “Beto” signs that have overtaken several Texas cities, many of Senator Ted Cruz’s supporters have used their own yard signs to make their values known—if petty bureaucrats don’t stop them. One McAllen resident is learning just how low some local...