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Houston’s Ex-Press Secretary Accepts Plea Deal

Embattled former press secretary Darian Ward accepted a plea deal today offered by the Harris County District Attorney’s office for “abuse of official capacity.” The charges stem from Ward failing to turn over a number of records requested that dealt with her personal...

Fake Republicans Are What’s Wrong With the GOP

Republicans who pretend to embody conservative values on the campaign trail — while helping liberal Democrats defeat conservatives — are hurting the Republican Party. There’s a big difference between Republicans having a “big tent” philosophy, and outright switching...

Gun Owners of America Aims to Advance Texan’s Gun Rights

On an early September morning in the small Southwest Texas town of Balmorhea, locals gathered around attentively listening to Rachel Malone, the new Texas Director for Gun Owners of America. The event was one of a series of “Learn to Testify” events held by Malone...

Rumors: Clardy Campaigning on Coalition Government

A candidate running for speaker of the Texas House believes he has his election all sewn up according to citizen sources in his district. According to several activists in East Texas, State Rep. Travis Clardy (R-Nacogdoches) has told a number of his constituents that...

GOP “Wolf Pack” Suggests Three New Speaker Candidates

A working group of 20 Republican members of the Texas House has announced three members of the Texas House they would like to see as speaker in the next session, in a reported attempt to bridge the conservative and liberal wings of the Republican caucus. The group of...

The Lone Star States

Sitting at this coffee shop in Jerusalem’s Old City, I am struck more by the similarities of the people passing by than the differences. I watched as an old man—probably Muslim, given the quarter of the Old City I am in—tended the racks of knickknacks outside his...

Pete Flores Sworn In As First Hispanic Republican Senator

History was made today in the Texas Senate chamber as Pete Flores, a retired game warden from South Texas, was sworn in as the state’s first Hispanic Republican State Senator. Flores won the seat in a special election last month in a surprise victory that surprised...

First Arrests Made in Fort Worth Voter Fraud Ring

For years, illegal mail ballot harvesters have been rumored to be operating in Tarrant County, allegedly paid by political campaigns seeking to steal votes from senior citizens. Now it appears the harvesters are getting caught. Two years after Texas Scorecard first...

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