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Houston Man Indicted for Attempting to Aid ISIS
Anas Said was arrested and indicted for attempting to provide material support to foreign terrorist group ISIS.
Gov. Abbott Targets Chinese Communist Party Harassment With New Executive Order
The order focuses on China’s “Operation Fox Hunt,” part of a broader CCP effort to forcibly repatriate Chinese dissidents living abroad.
TAMU Faculty Senators Defiant After Regents End “Low Performing” Programs
Woke professors want “shared governance.”
Proposal Would Require Federal Government to Pay Texas for Educating Illegal Aliens
The legislation restricts the admission eligibility of students who are illegally in the United States.
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Abbott Appoints “Reformer” as Education Commissioner
Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday appointed Dallas Independent School District Trustee Mike Morath to be the next Education Commissioner of Texas. Referring to Morath as a “proven educational reformer,” Abbott applauded the progress DISD has made in large part to Morath’s...
Midland City Council to Vote on $22.4 MM Debt Proposal
The Midland City Council will be voting Tuesday on whether to take the first step in authorizing roughly $22.4 million in new city debt via Certificates of Obligation (CO), which do not require voter approval, and should typically be used in emergency circumstances...
San Antonio Using Annexation To Hide Problems
Boasting the 10th highest per-capita tax burden in the nation, San Antonio also has nearly $1.5 billion in hidden retirement obligation. Unsurprisingly, instead of addressing the obvious spending problems within their administration, officials are attempting to pass...
Houstonians Go To The Polls
Houston’s quarrelsome municipal election came to an end last night following a spar-filled campaign season. After coming in first in November’s runoff, former State Rep. Sylvester Turner edged out Bill King earning 51 percent of the vote becoming Houston’s next mayor....
Obama Endorses Sylvester Turner
Today, President Obama endorsed Houston mayoral candidate State Rep. Sylvester Turner. If Conservatives didn't have a reason to get out and vote before – now they do. Obama’s endorsement, much like the NY Times and Hillary Clinton's HERO endorsement, shows the...
Sanctuary Cities Hearing Turned into Attack on Conservatives
When House Speaker Joe Straus (R–San Antonio) and State Affairs Chairman Byron Cook (R–Corsicana) called a committee hearing on Thursday to discuss sanctuary cities and “undocumented immigrants,” conservatives knew to expect inaction. Indeed, Cook has repeatedly...
Oops! Straus Political-Cover Operation Brands Democrats “Effective Conservatives”
At the start of the 84th legislative session, liberal Republican House Speaker Joe Straus engaged in a lame attack on Empower Texans, decrying organizations that produce “scorecards” as a mechanism of informing voters about the difference between politicians’ campaign...
Stickland Endorses Landtroop, Details Frullo’s “Crony” Record
State Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R-Bedford) called in to Lubbock’s Chad Hasty Show Tuesday and explained why he’s backing District 84 candidate and former State Rep. Jim Landtroop over incumbent State Rep. John Frullo. Although Frullo describes himself as a limited...
Democrat Praises Straus for Hiring Democrats
The liberal Republican speaker of the Texas House is hiring more democrats, prompting praise from the political left. Last week, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus promoted Patricia Shipton, his “strategic legal advisor” and a former lobbyist, to Chief of Staff after...