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Y’All Answered: Killers and Would-Be Killers
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Anti-Trafficking Group Urges Abbott To Prioritize Protecting Children From Harmful Content
Jaco Booyens Ministries wants Abbott to strengthen protections and ensure children’s libraries are stocked with age-appropriate materials.
New Footage Shows Texas National Guard Attempting to Deter Illegal Border Crossers
Mexican law enforcement reportedly did nothing to stop the groups from crossing the river towards Eagle Pass from Piedras Negras.
New State Regulation Out-Biden’s Federal Attacks on Oil and Gas Industry
Republican commissioners won’t comment on their proposed rule to impose expensive restrictions favored by “left-wing special interests” on the Texas’ energy sector.
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Montgomery County Under Review for Nepotism Complaint
The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office has confirmed they are reviewing a complaint claiming a commissioner violated the law by creating a government job and installing his wife. Commissioner Charlie Riley proposed creating a new administrative position in...
End Backroom Deals Between Cities and Corporations
Local economic development deals must be brought out of the shadows and into public view. Basic reforms would make deals between politicians and corporations more transparent by subjecting them to Texas’ existing transparency laws. In 1999, state law was changed to...
Will Abbott Rein-in Gambling Speculators with Racing Commission Pick?
With his appointment of Texas Racing Commission Chairman Rolando Pablos as Secretary of State set to take effect on January 5th, Gov. Greg Abbott will once again be tasked with picking a chairman for the beleaguered horse and dog racing regulator. Abbott appointed...
Blame Texas Republicans for the National Bathroom Battle
Texas Republicans had the opportunity to shut down the political left’s assault on basic moral principles, but dodged the fight and thereby emboldened a national fight that now has parents fighting to keep boys out of their daughters’ bathrooms, locker rooms, and...
Huffman Files Bill To End Government Collection of Union Dues
Texas’ public sector unions have long fought to protect their ability to have government entities collect and remit their member’s union dues, but State Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston) has filed a bill to end that practice. While Texas is a right to work state, public...
Latest Paxton Filings in SEC Case Further Discredit Collin County Prosecution
New motions filed in a federal lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton severely undermine the agency’s case and further discredit a related criminal prosecution in Collin County. On Wednesday, Paxton’s...
School District Stonewalling
A school district is stonewalling conservative activists who are making simple open records requests, demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars before they will turn over records related to the district’s controversial bathroom and shower policies. Jonathan Saenz...
TAB: Just Another Liberal Lobby Group
One prominent Austin lobby group has been in the tank for bigger government for a long time, but their vanity is now taking them even deeper down the drain. In a recent lobbying push, the state’s ostensibly pro-business lobby group, the Texas Association of Business,...
Rent-A-Voters Pass Millions in Debt While Tea Party Activists Face Prison
Due to the ambiguous nature of Texas voter residency requirements, developers and local taxing entities are using a controversial “rent-a-voter” scheme to pass millions of dollars in bond debt and taxes without needing to secure the approval of the general population....