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Texas Lawmaker Proposes Sending Illegal Alien Inmates to El Salvador Prison
The move would aim to cut costs and ease pressure on Texas prisons.
Paxton Fights Back Against Federal Judge’s Block of Texas A&M Drag Ban
The event at the center of the current legal fight is “Draggieland,” an annual drag show held on the A&M campus in College Station.
Y’All Answered: Docking Lawmakers’ Pay
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Texas Senators Consider $2.5 Billion Over Next Decade for Film Industry
The proposed measure would significantly raise the amount allocated for the state’s film incentive program and keep it out of budget deliberation for a decade.
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No State Agency Oversees County Voter Registrars in Texas
Who oversees county election officials to make sure they’re doing their job correctly? No one, according to the state’s top election official. Texas Secretary of State Elections Division Director Keith Ingram told lawmakers in a hearing last month that there is no...
Cook’s Kangaroo Committee Contradicts Conservative Voters
Today, the House Committee on Economic Competitiveness released an interim report deriding legislative efforts to keep men out of women’s bathrooms and locker rooms. The committee, chaired by departing State Rep. Byron Cook (R–Corsicana), was formed by retiring House...
Voters Toss Judge Who Launched Paxton Prosecution
At their first opportunity, Collin County taxpayers threw out of office the judge who originally launched the political prosecution of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. In the Republican primary for 219th Judicial District Court Judge, Collin County attorney Jennifer...
Republicans Headed to Runoffs in Dallas
Republican primary candidates for three county and state offices in the Dallas area are headed to runoff elections in May. In all three races, candidates endorsed by Texans For Fiscal Responsibility received the majority of votes. Dallas County Commissioners Court...
Abbott Treasurer Endorses Liberal Democrat
When Gov. Greg Abbott took the extraordinary step of endorsing conservative challengers to establishment lawmakers, John Nau III, Abbott’s campaign treasurer, undermined those efforts by sending campaign contributions to the liberal Republican lawmakers Abbott had...
GOP Voters Keep Collin County Conservative
A trio of conservative Collin County Commissioners Court candidates won their contested Republican primaries Tuesday, all but assuring themselves general election wins in the GOP stronghold. All three were endorsed by Texans For Fiscal Responsibility. Chris Hill...
Ector County Election Results
Ranging from county judge to justice of the peace, Ector County Republican voters were faced with four local contested races this election and will now face a runoff election in May. Of the four races, none of the candidates running for Justice of the Peace Precinct 2...
Voter Fraud Case Reveals Deceased Texans Still Voting
Dead men don’t vote, but someone has been voting in South Texas in the name of a deceased voter for years – and it took a federal lawsuit over dirty voter rolls for local election officials to discover the problem. Recent reviews of Starr County’s voter rolls revealed...
Election Season Continues for Midland County
For Midland County, election season isn’t over. Of the four local contested races in the Tall City, one failed to produce a single-candidate winner: Midland County Judge. The three-way race resulted in James Beauchamp receiving 40 percent of the vote, Terry Johnson...