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Runoff Preview: Bius and Wharton Compete for House District 12
Ben Bius and Trey Wharton are competing to represent the district around College Station.
New Ad Calls Out Gary VanDeaver for ‘Cushy’ Consulting Gig with Lobbying Firm
Club for Growth Action is on track to spend another $4 million ahead of the runoff elections.
Fifth Klein ISD Teacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct with Students
The district is investigating Klein Forest High School teacher Isidoro Guerrero but no arrest has been made.
Identity Politics Has Destroyed the Bonds of American Society
Urgent action is necessary now!
The Archive
San Antonio Covering Up Preferential Treatment for Planned Parenthood
It appears as though City of San Antonio officials are going to great lengths to give preferential treatment to Planned Parenthood in regard to their improperly zoned $6.5 million facility located at 2140 Babcock. As we’ve previously reported, the City of San Antonio...
TML and San Antonio vs. Burton and Taxpayers
As always seems to be the case, the Texas Municipal League, the City of San Antonio, and others are once again lobbying against a common-sense taxpayer protection measure proposed by State Sen. Konni Burton (R-Colleyville). If passed SB 615 would, quite simply,...
Road Bond Rhetoric
On Saturday Montgomery County voters overwhelmingly rejected the $350 million road bond presented by the county commissioners. Opposing residents warned for months leading up to the election that if the county did not listen to the residents and remove unwanted...
Byron Cook Attacks Abbott’s Agenda
Gov. Abbott’s legislative priorities are yet again under assault by Republicans in the Texas House. The newest target? Ethics reform. Wednesday morning, State Affairs Chairman Byron Cook (R-Coriscana) fired a broadside at the measure, calling it “one of the most...
Half of Austin Lobbyists Represent Governments
Over half of registered lobbyists in Texas are hired to defend the power of local governments, paid for with taxpayer money. It makes perfect sense then, that State Sen. Konni Burton’s (R-Colleyville) effort (SB 1862) to reform the government lobbying structure was...
Lawmakers Reinforce State Sovereignty
With the recent technological advancements in hydraulic fracturing (i.e. ‘fracking’), additional oil and gas activities have led some cities, such as Denton, to approve bans on the activity within city limits. Such bans however, run afoul of state law, which dictates...
False Accusations
The battle between the two chambers of the Texas Legislature escalated late last week when State Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton) launched yet another attack on Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. The two have been publicly trading barbs over tax relief policy in a dispute that has...
Home School Students Score in Texas Senate
Home school students may soon be able to play football and other sports alongside public school students in the Lone Star State. On Monday, the Texas Senate advanced Senate Bill 2046, the “Tim Tebow bill.” Named after the homeschooled and Heisman winning Florida...
Straus’ Union Dues
[Updated 5/23.] Big business is very publicly wondering if Texas House Speaker Joe Straus will help them out, or side with big labor. As the Wall Street Journal put it on Saturday, “Straus will decide the fate of a bill on coerced dues payments.” Texans tend to forget...