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Texas Officials Criticize Proposed $500 Million in Corporate Welfare to Movie Industry
The pushback follows the release of a commercial featuring Matthew McConaughey and other actors advocating more funding for the industry.
Texas Joins Fight Against Taxpayer-funded Gender Mutilation Surgeries for Criminals
Alongside 23 other states, Texas is attempting to prevent a mandate forcing taxpayers to fund the surgeries.
New Order From Abbott Seeks to End DEI in State Agencies
Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest directive mirrors a similar order by President Donald Trump issued last week.
Abbott Bans Chinese AI and Social Media Apps on Texas Government Devices
RedNote and DeepSeek are among the targets of the latest ban.
The Archive
Tom Leppert wants D.C. to “get things done”
At the time of filing to run for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator this week, Tom Leppert said: “Texans are tired of watching the dysfunction in Washington and hearing the same old excuses from politicians for failing to get things done.” And with that...
Don’t Follow Sacramento
Earlier this fall, Texas’ Republican House Speaker told newspapers he wants the legislature to focus on revenues, not spending corrections. This week, California’s Democratic governor is asking his state to approve increases in their sales and income taxes. Both CA’s...
The “Caucus of One” Seeks a Return
I will admit, this news this morning about former state rep. Tommy Merritt announcing his intention to run against Rep. David Simpson in HD 7 is just about the best thing St. Nicholas could have put in this aspiring pundit’s shoe. Or inbox. Whatever. Let’s take a trip...
Cost of Occupy Austin begins to take a toll
Austin has been relatively fortunate throughout the so-called Occupy Wall Street protests. We have not witnessed the violence that some cities have, we have had no bodies found in tents. Some arrests have taken place, but generally, the crowd at City Hall has been...
How is “more expensive” a competitive edge?
University administrators baffle me. Every time they want to raise tuition, they justify it by saying they wish to be more "competitive" as a school. That's exactly what the Tuition Policy Advisory Committee at the University of Texas stated about their proposed...
UPDATED: Primary filing begins, SCOTUS receives stay requests
With so many moving parts, it may seem as though nothing is yet certain for our election season in Texas. Today marked the beginning of candidate filing for the primary, though at least a handful of candidates have stated publicly that they will wait to see what the...
The Very Definition of Modern Judicial Activism
We hear that term, "judicial activism," quite often. It is meant to refer to actions by a judge or panel of judges that create law, instead of doing what the courts are meant for, interpretation of the law. Almost from the very moment of creation, American courts...
Three things to be thankful for in Texas
There are a lot of reasons to be thankful to live in Texas today. The wide open spaces, Friday night football, the lack of bitter cold. I could go on and make a whole huge list, but I'll leave that to Gary P. Nunn. After all, this is a political space, and I'm a...
Texas election law on churches & petitions challenged
On Pratt on Texas, I’ve covered the ongoing story in El Paso in which the mayor and council members are facing recall. It stems from El Pasoans overwhelmingly voting against their city providing spousal benefits to homosexual partners of city employees. The mayor and...