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Holding Republicans Accountable: New $20 Million PAC Seeks to Strengthen Conservative Majority
The Texas Republican Leadership Fund is being established “to elect ‘true’ conservatives to crucial leadership roles.”
Texas Casts 40 Electoral College Ballots for Trump
The chamber broke out into cheers as the votes were cast for Trump and Vance.
Tarrant Commissioners Accept Grant for Human Trafficking Unit
The state grant will fund the Human Trafficking Unit in the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office.
Former Lewisville ISD Teacher Arrested for Sexual Assault of a Child
Alainee Simonson is also accused of having an improper relationship with the student while she was a teacher at Lewisville High School-Killough.
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TXGOP Lists Legislative Priorities for 2017
Roughly 94 percent of delegates to Texas’ 2016 Republican Party Convention approved five legislative priorities for the 85th Legislative Session in 2017. First on this list of priorities was a call for the “constitutional carry” of firearms. The 84th Texas Legislature...
Unions Rally Behind Wayne Smith
In the Republican primary runoff in Harris County, unions are rallying to defend State Rep. Wayne Smith (R–Baytown). Voters have been receiving calls from the Harris County AFL–CIO asking them to vote for Wayne Smith and identifying him as “labor’s endorsed...
Justin Holland: Rockwall Roots and Austin Suits
In his campaign for state representative, Justin Holland may have Rockwall roots, but he’s relying on Austin suits with big lobby dollars. Throughout his campaign against Frisco City Councilman John Keating, Holland has sought to make the race for House District 33...
Big Win for Free Speech, Big Loss for Wayne Smith
Conservative candidate Briscoe Cain is hoping to win the Republican Party primary runoff for House District 128 next Tuesday, but for Cain, one big victory came a week early. On Tuesday Houston District Judge Brent Gamble issued a temporary injunction barring the...
GOP Delegates Oppose Taxpayer Handouts to Corporations
Over 94 percent of delegates at the Texas Republican Party’s Convention oppose local governments giving taxpayer handouts to private corporations. The language adopted in the GOP platform plank also calls for government at all levels to end taxpayer bailouts of any...
Runoff Roundup
With the shortened time period for the Republican primary runoff elections, many haven’t had time to follow the elections closely. To bring everyone up to speed we’ve compiled summaries of each race. Railroad Commission: Wayne Christian, a former conservative...
Texas GOP Calls for an End to Government Buyouts
As the GOP convened in Dallas last week, delegates from across the state voted on over 200 individual planks for the Republican Party of Texas platform. With an 88 percent approval, the party passed a plank that confirmed what conservative legislators have been trying...
Stark Contrast in Runoff for Denton County Voters
As with each of the runoff elections for the Texas House, HD 64 in Denton County features a choice between a grassroots conservative and an establishment candidate. In this arena, that fight is between small businessmen Read King and veterinarian Lynn Stucky, two...
GOP: Abolish the Property & Business Franchise Tax
More than 93 percent of the delegates to the Texas Republican Party’s 2016 Convention approved platform language calling for property taxes to be abolished, among other reforms. It's no surprise, considering the party's voters overwhelming supported a similar,...