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Texas Supreme Court Rules State Abortion Ban Is Constitutional
The Court unanimously agreed to vacate the trial court’s injunction of the law.
Houston ISD to Call for $4.4 Billion Bond
Houston Independent School District last passed a bond in 2012.
Senate Takes Up Issue of Election Security During Interim Hearing
Testimony from former big tech employees suggests social media giants are manipulating would-be voters.
Texans React to Trump Verdict
New York jury found the former president guilty on all counts.
The Archive
Abbott’s Education Reform Killed By Texas House Leadership
Legislation designed to let parents get their children out of failing schools, promoted as a top reform by Gov. Greg Abbott, passed the Texas Senate with bipartisan support – only to be killed in the Texas House by the coalition of Democrats and liberal Republicans...
Houston Churches Under Attack
There’s a battle brewing in Houston’s Fifth Ward between the Houston Housing Authority (HHA) and two local churches, yet another instance of Mayor Annise Parker’s administration abusing religious members of the community. The churches, Christian Fellowship Missionary...
Straus Leadership Team Behind Paxton Indictments
There is now little doubt that the coalition government of liberal Republicans and Democrats who control the Texas House are responsible for the politically motivated indictments against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The leadership of that coalition, headed by...
Tarrant Taxpayers Win
In the face of public opposition and an inability to sufficiently answer questions during town hall meetings, the Tarrant County Commissioner’s Court indicated they would not be placing the JPS hospital network’s $809 million bond on November’s ballot. The debt deal...
Paxton Indictment is an Embarrassment to the Texas Criminal Justice System
Over the weekend, Kent Schaffer, one of the special prosecutors tasked with investigating Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, leaked the news that he had secured three felony indictments against Paxton to the press. The New York Times quoted Schaffer defending his...
Religious Leaders Challenge Parker
On Monday, a group of Houston-area pastors held a press conference announcing their intention to file suit against the City of Houston and Mayor Annise Parker, citing a violation of their religious freedoms and civil rights. The alleged violation in the suit refers to...
JPS: The $258 Million Discrepancy
John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS) and the Tarrant County Commissioner’s Court have overlooked yet another obvious problem with the faulty financial forecasts underlying their $809 million debt proposal—hundreds of millions of dollars in ambiguous “operational...
Going Down
There is a common question being fearfully contemplated by establishment Republicans in these early days of the 2016 accountability season: “Do I want to go down fighting?” But make no mistake: they know they are going down. Some prefer retirement to an out-right...
Josh Murray: Small-Town Hero
Josh Murray is an Army veteran and activist whose current fight shows us that even in a small town elected officials who aren’t held accountable, will use their power to take advantage of taxpayers. Born in Germany but raised in Garland, Texas, Murray comes from a...