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Woman Sues Doctors Who ‘Pushed’ Her Gender Mutilation Procedures and Treatments
The lawsuit alleges nine clinics and doctors participated in advising and coercing her into receiving a double mastectomy and cross-sex hormone treatments.
Abbott Tells Biden ‘See You in Court’ Over Buoy Border Barrier
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Texas over the marine barrier deployed in the Rio Grande.
Rep. Ronny Jackson Calls Paxton Impeachment a ‘Witch Hunt’
Jackson joins U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, former president Donald Trump, and the Texas GOP in condemning the impeachment.
Paxton Lawyers Say 3 Democrats Should Be Disqualified From Impeachment Trial for Bias
Sixty-one Democrats and 60 House Republicans voted to impeach Paxton in May.
The Archive
A Clear Vision For Texas
One of the worst Republicans in the Texas Legislature is Fort Worth’s Charlie Geren. He scored an abysmal 45% on the TFR Index. He consistently votes against taxpayers, and in opposition to conservative principles, every chance he gets. Taxpayers in House District...
Scouting Principles
Last night I attended a dinner benefiting the Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. As an Eagle Scout, I’ll be forever in scouting’s debt for the values, principles and skills they tried to instill me – how successfully it took is perhaps a...
Flag This Play
No issue is too small, apparently, for legislative intervention. That's about the only conclusion you can draw from lawmakers wanting to insert themselves' in the dust-up between the NFL and the cable industry. One thing's is for sure, if the Legislature does get...
Maybe We Can Just Walk To Work?
A friend of Empower Texans and TFR today passed along the "newsletter" that accompanies his water bill in the City of Taylor. The newsletter brags about a $574,000 grant from the Texas Transportation Commission to the Taylor Independent School District for the...
Harris County Republicans Oppose De Facto City of Houston Tax Increase
Houston Mayor Bill White has proposed a mere 1/8 of one percent tax rate decrease, but this would actually result in a large tax increase due to rising appraisal vaues, leading Harris County Republican leaders and activists to demand real relief. Harris County Tax...
TPPF Commentary – Schools Can’t Break Addiction to Higher Taxes
Remember the big school property tax cut you were supposed to get? Your local school district might be about to take it away. Last year, the Legislature passed a plan that used the state’s new business tax and part of the state’s $14 billion budget surplus to buy...
Constitutional Propositions
My friends at the Plano-based Free Market Foundation have produced a fantastic summary of the statewide constitutional ballot, with "pro" and "con" arguments for each. (You can view their work here.) Remember, your local ballot will probably have additional questions...
The Right Man
One of the taxpayers’ best friends in the Texas Legislature is Bill Zedler, R-Arlington. And that means the grow-government crowd has painted a target on his forehead. Zedler is a staunch defender of conservative ideals, but especially prudent fiscal policy,...
Republicans In Name
House Speaker Tom Craddick put voice this week to what conservative voters have been depressed about for several years: there are some Republican legislators who work against the conservative agenda. Here's what Speaker Craddick said in the Midland Reporter-Telegram:...