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Attorney General Paxton Sues El Paso Doctor for Prescribing Chemical Castration Drugs to Minors
Texas law bars medical professionals from performing “gender transition” procedures on children.
Three Suspects Accused of Capital Murder Linked to Venezuelan Gang
The Farmers Branch Police Department is currently looking for a fourth suspect.
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Texas A&M Class Promotes Woke, LGBT Ideology
The syllabus revealed this course pushes transgenderism and criticizes the free market.
The Time for Half-Measures is Over: End Property Taxes Now!
Property taxes are the very antithesis of free market capitalism, pitting property owners against non-property owners.
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Spring Brings New Debt Props in DFW
Last fall, Texans were faced with billions of local debt propositions on their November 5th ballot. In total, more than $7 billion of additional debt was requested from voters across the state, including Prop 6 which would remove $2 billion from the State’s Emergency...
Vigilance At Every Level
There are compelling reasons why Texans need to be vigilant in holding their local officials accountable. Thanks to Congresswoman Kay Granger and F-rated Charlie Geren (Fort Worth), the Tarrant Regional Water District can now legally bully private landowners using...
Quacks Call Ratliff Conservative
Voters in House District 115 last Thursday were greeted at their mailbox with a piece oddly adorned with pictures of little rubber duckies proclaiming F-rated Representative Bennett Ratliff to be a “conservative leader.” To call Bennett Ratliff a “conservative,” the...
TV Ad Jim Keffer Doesn’t Want Voters To See
-- NEW INFORMATION ADDED AT END -- AUSTIN, Texas [Empower Texans PAC] -- A member of the Texas House is trying to stop voters from learning about his record in the state legislature. State Rep. Jim Keffer of Eastland this week demanded that local cable companies...
Judge Sanctions Murphy Turner For Misleading Testimony
A Bexar County judge today awarded sanctions to Empower Texans against Murphy Turner and Associates "in light of the collective testimony given by the company's principals regarding lack of knowledge of mail pieces." MTA was sanctioned because principals Wayne...
Landgraf Endorsed For HD81
In advance of the 2014 elections, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has endorsed Brooks Landgraf in the election to fill the open HD81 seat. “Brooks Landgraf is a strong conservative with the energy and skills necessary to represent the Permian Basin in the Texas...
The Incentive-Industrial Complex
While most Texans put in a hard day’s work to support their families, there are some among us who are content to live off the labor of others. Sadly, this is a truism in our current political sphere. And no, I am not talking about many of our political figures; though...
Cruz Leads Where TXLege Fails
Ted Cruz recently spoke at a school choice rally in Houston, celebrating the kickoff of National School Choice Week. Thousands of similar rallies all over the country are scheduled, as school choice initiatives in over 23 states are growing in both success and...
Davis Democrats for Massengale
Battleground Texas might field a candidate for State Representative in House District 83 after all. Lubbock ISD School Board President Steve Massengale will likely tout his new endorsement from the Lubbock Educators Association. But, he will fail to mention this group...