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Texas Lawmaker Names and Shames Colleagues for Killing Conservative Bills
In a recent interview, State Rep. Brian Harrison names three members responsible for scuttling Republican priorities.
Fort Worth Resident Ejected From School Board Meeting for Quoting Explicit Book
A local man quoted an inappropriate book school officials had previously put in the district library.
Los Angeles Mayor Complains About Illegal Aliens Bused Into City
Abbott’s busing scheme has delivered more than 21,000 illegal aliens to “sanctuary” cities such as D.C., New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Denver.
Decision Texas, Local, South Texas
South Texas Democrat Switches Party Affiliation
Kleberg County Attorney Kira Talip Sanchez announced she now aligns with the Republican Party.
The Archive
Texas Senate cowardly on term limits bill
The Texas Senate passed, in a 27 to 4 vote, a term limits proposal that if passed by the House would go to a public Constitutional Amendment vote. Senator Kevin Eltife of Tyler defended criticism of his bill by saying “his bill doesn’t leave it to the Legislature to...
Funding Waste in Higher Ed
The State of Texas isn’t the only government entity using your money for venture capital schemes. The University of Texas now spends millions of public dollars “investing” in student start-up companies. Since 2011, the University of Texas has been using public dollars...
Uncapped Potential
State Sen. Dan Patrick wants to uncap the potential of charter schools—by uncapping the number of charter schools allowed to operate in the state, among other things. SB 2 by Patrick (Chairman of the Public Education Committee) makes several reforms to the laws...
Fraud and Futility
Swindlers have been leeching off of unemployment insurance benefits for years. That’s been common knowledge ever since the Texas Workforce Commission began publicly documenting hundreds of instances of UI fraud since 2007. But the list of offenders is not completely...
Strengthening RDF Protections
Support Responsibility! State Rep. Charles Perry is following through on his pledge to support the Texas Budget Compact. He’s proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state maintain a minimum balance in the Rainy Day Fund. If passed, HJR 111 by. Rep Perry...
Medicaid Mousetrap
My granddad often told me, "There's always free cheese in a mousetrap." Those words have never rung more true than with Medicaid expansion. I can't help but think Texas is being lured by "free" federal dollars into expanding Medicaid. Mousetraps don't work out well...
Hilderbran goes soft on tax reform
TX Budget CompactI was saddened to see Rep. Harvey Hilderbran go soft on phasing out the state’s horrible business tax known as the margins-tax. Hilderbran, who is chairman of the House Ways & Means committee, appeared on Pratt on Texas at the start of the 83rd...
Straus Seeks Sugarcoat for Medicaid Expansion
Say NO to Expansion! A month after confessing his desire for the Legislature to have a conservation about Medicaid expansion, Speaker Straus now says it’s time to “get our heads out of the sand” in order to find a “Texas solution.” The problem? His idea of a solution...
Who’s Really Being Protected?
While some licensing and occupational laws do serve a legitimate public interest, too many instead are used to protect special interests with bigger government and barriers from competition. Several bills filed this session will do just that if conservatives don’t...