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Texas Mom Warned School District About Insecure Student Data
Lovejoy ISD parent Laura Giles has been raising alarms about the risk schools’ data collection poses to students’ privacy.
Texas Supreme Court Considers Paxton v. Annunciation House Arguments
Annunciation House is a Catholic nonprofit organization in El Paso that has been accused by the attorney general of operating as a “stash house” harboring illegal aliens.
Thousands of Texans Urge Gov. To Prioritize ‘Stop Sexualizing Texas Kids’
Activist Bonnie Wallace’s letter urging Gov. Abbott to fast-track a key Republican Party of Texas legislative priority received more than 6,200 signatures.
Medina County GOP Calls for Unity in Texas House
The local Republican party is calling upon lawmakers to unite behind State Rep. David Cook for speaker of the House.
The Archive
Speaker Race Not Over?
Despite calls from conservative activists, tea party leaders, Republican leaders and Texas voters, the House Republican caucus voted in closed session this afternoon to endorse Joe Straus for re-election as House speaker. No doubt to the chagrin of some tepid...
House Tax Talk
It may no longer be a question of if the leadership team surrounding House Speaker Joe Straus will move to raise taxes, but when and how much. Just this weekend another Straus lieutenant announced his openness to hiking taxes this year. Hopefully Gov. Rick Perry has a...
Wentworth’s Land Grab
Legislation being offered by Republican State Sen. Jeff Wentworth would create a massive land-grab for schools, forcing developers to sell property at or below market value. Sen. Wentworth's legislation would require private residential land developers to offer up at...
Dispelling Redistricting Myths
With Texas being the biggest winner of this decade’s decennial census and subsequent congressional reapportionment, many liberals are trying to find a silver lining, especially after their November beat down in which the Texas Democratic delegation shrunk from 12 to...
Speaker Vote Will Be On Index
The vote for House Speaker will be included on the Fiscal Responsibility Index, announced the president of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility today. “Joe Straus’ record as the state’s third-ranking constitutional officer leaves much to be desired for fiscal...
Straus Supporters Are Wrong… Statistically
It seems Speaker Joe Straus’ supporters need a refresher on Statistics. Many of those supporters cite historic GOP gains in Texas’ House as evidence of political effectiveness. That means Mr. Straus should remain Speaker, doesn’t it? Hardly. To jump to that conclusion...
Deleting DIR
It’s a safe bet most Texans haven’t heard of the Department of Information Resources. It’s hummed along under the radar for years, generating revenue by selling services to other state agencies. After a scathing Sunset Commission report, State Rep. Byron Cook is ready...
Again Lefties Lead with Tax-Hikes
It seems time after time, the left’s go-to solution for budgetary issues is to “increase revenue streams” (ahem) raise taxes. More curious is that these “solutions” keep coming from the leadership team assembled by House Speaker Joe Straus. The latest in the litany of...
Fiscal Index 2011
Preparing for the start of the legislative session, we last week sent lawmakers a letter outlining our priorities and reminding them how our scorecard, the Fiscal Responsibility Index, works. Of more immediate significance, we noted that House members' first vote...