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Aggie Scorecard, Investigations, State
A&M Suspends Title IX Administrator & Begins Investigation
Texas Scorecard investigated a top Aggie administrator: Here’s what happened.
Directionless: Power for Power’s Sake
Texans for Lawsuit Reform is at a fork in the road.
Runoff Preview: Burns and Kerwin Contend For House District 58
The seat includes both Johnson County and Somervell County.
Judge Orders Redo of Harris County Judicial Election Decided by 449 Votes
The court held that the true outcome of the November 2022 race for 180th District Court cannot be determined.
The Archive
Quacks Call Ratliff Conservative
Voters in House District 115 last Thursday were greeted at their mailbox with a piece oddly adorned with pictures of little rubber duckies proclaiming F-rated Representative Bennett Ratliff to be a “conservative leader.” To call Bennett Ratliff a “conservative,” the...
TV Ad Jim Keffer Doesn’t Want Voters To See
-- NEW INFORMATION ADDED AT END -- AUSTIN, Texas [Empower Texans PAC] -- A member of the Texas House is trying to stop voters from learning about his record in the state legislature. State Rep. Jim Keffer of Eastland this week demanded that local cable companies...
Judge Sanctions Murphy Turner For Misleading Testimony
A Bexar County judge today awarded sanctions to Empower Texans against Murphy Turner and Associates "in light of the collective testimony given by the company's principals regarding lack of knowledge of mail pieces." MTA was sanctioned because principals Wayne...
Landgraf Endorsed For HD81
In advance of the 2014 elections, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has endorsed Brooks Landgraf in the election to fill the open HD81 seat. “Brooks Landgraf is a strong conservative with the energy and skills necessary to represent the Permian Basin in the Texas...
The Incentive-Industrial Complex
While most Texans put in a hard day’s work to support their families, there are some among us who are content to live off the labor of others. Sadly, this is a truism in our current political sphere. And no, I am not talking about many of our political figures; though...
Cruz Leads Where TXLege Fails
Ted Cruz recently spoke at a school choice rally in Houston, celebrating the kickoff of National School Choice Week. Thousands of similar rallies all over the country are scheduled, as school choice initiatives in over 23 states are growing in both success and...
Davis Democrats for Massengale
Battleground Texas might field a candidate for State Representative in House District 83 after all. Lubbock ISD School Board President Steve Massengale will likely tout his new endorsement from the Lubbock Educators Association. But, he will fail to mention this group...
But what are you FOR?
It inevitably happens during the campaign season. It's the call in which someone who had been completely radio-silent suddenly expects a last-minute endorsement because an opponent is "so bad." Sorry, but we don't endorse against people. Heck, we don't even endorse in...
J.D. Sheffield is Flat-Out Lying to Voters
J.D. Sheffield, the most liberal Republican in the Texas House, is flat out lying to his constituents in House District 59. Faced with actual conservative opposition, Sheffield is trying to whitewash his abhorred voting record by simply lying about it on his campaign...