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Senators Consider Measures Placing Prayer, Ten Commandments in Schools
Both proposals are priority legislation for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
Texas Lottery Commissioners Keep Executive Director, Move Forward Courier Ban
Lottery commissioners did not provide a reason for their decision to keep Ryan Mindell in the executive director role.
Houston Mayor Completes Overhaul of Montrose TIRZ Board
Mayor John Whitmire has replaced members of city boards as their terms expired.
Y’All Answered: Money for Drag Show Libraries
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
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Texas Medical Schools Purchased Aborted Fetal Tissue from Planned Parenthood
A conservative attorney is out with bombshell evidence showing that Texas medical schools have been purchasing organs taken from aborted babies by Planned Parenthood. Briscoe Cain, the Texas legal counsel to the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, revealed invoices...
Liberal “Establishment” Mayor Seeks Promotion
In East Texas, a liberal Mayor who boasts of being part of the “establishment” is seeking a promotion to the House of Representatives. Mayor Jay Dean is running for HD 7, a seat left open when David Simpson announced for Senate. Dean is facing David Watts, a local...
Straus Facts #8: Joe Straus Enables Democrats
In 2009, a coalition of Democrats and liberal Republicans empowered Joe Straus to become Speaker of the House. In exchange for their continued support, Straus empowers Democrats and liberal Republicans to chair important House committees, while relegating...
Amnesty Supporters Take Aim at Stickland
In the Republican primary for House District 92, amnesty supporters are lining up to oppose State Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R-Bedford). The Business and Commerce Political Action Committee (BACPAC) has endorsed Scott Fisher, a liberal Republican who is challenging...
Politicians And Their Records
We’ve become accustomed to politicians running from their records, but sometimes they do so in new and unexpected ways. Liberal State Reps. Charlie Geren of Fort Worth and John Raney of College Station are employing the “don’t confuse a good story with facts” tactic....
Cook’s Austin Campaign
Residents of House District 8 have long been annoyed that their representative, State Rep. Byron Cook (R-Corsicana), flat out refuses to open a district office — despite the fact the state allocates funds specifically for that purpose. The argument against...
Straus Facts #7: Joe Straus Attacks Whistleblower
When a whistleblower uncovered and exposed an admissions scandal at the University of Texas at Austin, Joe Straus attacked him. UT Regent Wallace Hall discovered that legislators had been abusing the admissions system at UT Austin to get under-qualified children of...
Stickland Fought Obamacare, Fisher Pushed It
Even as Jonathan Stickland was fighting against liberal efforts to bring Obamacare to Texas, his opponent was working to bring Obama’s big government program to the Lone Star State. While Scott Fisher was serving as “Past Board Chair” of Tarrant County’s...
Abbott Unloads on Straus and other Legislators over Ethics Obstruction
In an interview with KVUE News looking back on his first year as Governor, Greg Abbott unloaded on the legislators who killed his ethics reform agenda, calling their obstruction “reprehensible” and “shameful.” The chief obstructions were House Speaker Joe Straus...