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Houston Controller Accused of Pay-to-Play by Mayor Whitmire
Controller Chris Hollins is selling sponsorships, the highest level of which awards the donor with a private dinner.
Dallas HERO Calls on Senate Committee to Hold City Governments Accountable
The group’s executive director says lawmakers need to look into reforms to prevent local governments from undermining citizens.
Investigations, Local, South Texas, State
TAMU-San Antonio Library Highlights ‘Anti-Racist’ Resources
Resources include a section on “examining whiteness.”
AG Paxton Sues North Texas Doctor for Illegally Providing Children Cross-sex Hormones
Texas law prohibits doctors from facilitating all “gender transition” surgeries and providing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors.
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Abbott Makes it Official: Special Session to Begin July 18
A month after he announced his intent to call lawmakers back to Austin for a special session, Gov. Greg Abbott made the official declaration on Monday—a move that will allow lawmakers to begin filing bills for the 30-day session that will begin next Tuesday. “With...
Ector ISD Taxpayers May Get Sticker Shock Over New Bond
While Ector County residents won’t be surprised to see a tax increase and school bond on their November ballot, they may be shocked when they hear the price tag. Based on presentations made during Ector County Independent School District’s bond committee meetings as...
DOJ Says SB 5 Fixes Texas Voter ID Law, Court Should Drop Challenge
Federal officials say a “legislative fix” passed by state lawmakers makes Texas’ photo voter ID law “constitutionally and legally valid” and should put an end to further court action. According to a U.S. Department of Justice brief filed Wednesday in U.S. District...
Get Rid Of The Table
Cronies and liberals end up in the same place: growing government at the expense of the citizenry. Recently I was quoted in a rambling article in The New Yorker by Lawrence Wright, one of their liberal Austin writers. I found out the article was coming only when I was...
Rep. Biedermann: 85th Regular Session Re-Cap
I am not a career politician and one of the things I find most distasteful in politics are politicians who say one thing during the campaign yet do another once elected. I am pleased to announce that last week I was independently ranked as the 8th most conservative...
Hidalgo County Revamps Voting Methods
One South Texas county in the Rio Grande Valley is aiming to boost voter participation with innovative voting equipment and a new, more convenient way for voters to cast ballots on Election Day. For a total of $5.5 million, Hidalgo County’s Elections Department...
Is the Texas House Preparing to Scuttle the Special Session?
Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott told lawmakers that he would be calling them back for a special session after a number of conservative reforms failed to pass during the regular 140 day session. He announced a bold agenda of 20 items including property tax reform, privacy...
Straus Met Repeatedly, Shared Secrets With New Yorker Columnist
It’s no shock that liberal Republican House Speaker Joe Straus is being praised by The New Yorker for his obstruction of conservative reforms. However, the depth of the relationship between Straus and author Lawrence Wright is surprising. Wright is out with a long...
Tax Burden in the Bayou City
With Houston’s property tax cap under attack, city officials would have taxpayers believe one (or both) of two things: that current property tax rates are too low, and that the city is already so efficient with property tax revenue that they have no choice but to ask...