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Report: Public Utility Commission Releases Plan Outlining Future of Nuclear Power in Texas
The Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group was tasked by Gov. Abbott to research the prospect of expanding nuclear energy in the state.
Y’All Answered: Still with Cornyn?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Texas State Board of Education to Consider New Educational Materials This Week
The new materials are being praised by conservative groups for including Bible stories.
Measure to Create Texas Border Law Enforcement Agency Filed in Texas Senate
The Texas Division of Homeland Security would be empowered to oversee law enforcement operations at the border.
The Archive
Hobby Resigns as Straus Media Coordination Comes to Light
A Democrat appointed to a state board by House Speaker Joe Straus has resigned following the release of documents showing him coordinating media statements with Straus’s top advisors. Paul Hobby ended his controversial tenure on the Texas Ethics Commisison (TEC) on...
Dallas GOP Deception
After the chairman of the Dallas County Republican Party recently resigned, one North Texas Republican is colluding with the liberal media to place unwarranted blame on a local Republican state senator, as opposed to helping his own party. Within hours of Mark...
Forbes: Austin’s Commuter Line Is A Monument To Government Waste
Last week, Forbes published a scathing rebuke of rail-transit systems for their waste, inefficiency, and ineffectiveness — pointing to Austin’s MetroRail as, “perhaps America’s leading rail transit failure.” In the piece, aptly titled, “Austin’s Commuter Rail Is A...
Abbott’s Renegade Regents
Now that a year has passed since they were appointed to the University of Texas System board of regents, Gov. Abbott’s appointees to the board are seen to be working against him, and against state law. During the last legislative session, conservatives opposed the...
Mayor Requests New Location For Affordable Housing
After a lengthy battle over the location of Houston Housing Authority’s (HHA) planned affordable housing project just outside of Tanglewood, Mayor Sylvester Turner has announced he will not bring the plan before council. Before obtaining federal funding for the...
Wasteful Victory?
Every election cycle, the Texas GOP gears up to push the party ticket in what’s known as “Texas Victory.” But the door-hanger push cards for 2016 are prominently promoting people who aren’t on the ballot, while leaving the actual 2016 candidates relegated to the...
In University Free Speech Controversy, Where are the Adults?
Free speech is under attack on college campuses across the nation, with the latest casualty having occurred right here in Texas. A student government leader at the University of Houston has been disciplined for criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement online, and...
Campus Carry: Effective Today
Today, public university students in Texas may now legally exercise their Second Amendment rights while attending classes — to a limited extent, in some cases — as “campus carry” goes into effect statewide. Passed at the end of the 84th Texas Legislature despite...
Texas AG Sues to Protect Gun Rights
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the City of Austin earlier today for violation of state law (SB 273) passed last session — which prevents municipalities from banning lawfully carried firearms in government buildings. The City of Austin had...