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Burrows Promises Trump: Texas House Will Pass School Choice
Both the House and Senate budget proposals currently allocate $1 billion for education savings accounts.
Report: How to ‘Make Texas Housing Affordable Again’
According to the Huffines Liberty Foundation, it will involve taming “the bureaucracy of the deep state local governments.”
Donald Trump Warns Texas House on School Choice: ‘I Will Be Watching Them Closely’
The president offers strong praise for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and the Texas Senate.
State Rep. Harrison Calls Out House Leadership for ‘Protecting’ DEI in Universities
New legislation by State Rep. Cody Harris would allow for DEI courses in degree programs that focus on “racial, ethnic, or gender studies.”
The Archive
The Importance of Redistricting
As we all know, the next legislative session will be consumed by redistricting, along with the biennial budget, a voter ID bill, a sonogram bill, a possible immigration debate, and a potential challenge to Joe Straus for the Speaker's gavel. However, redistricting is...
Jason Isaac BBQs some liberal
Since I commented on Speaker Straus' headlining of a fundraiser for State Representative Patrick Rose, I have gotten to know his opponent, Jason Isaac, and the people of HD 45. Many people had told me that Jason was "the real deal," someone who stands by his...
Transparency in Government Victory
This week transparency in government won a major victory when a judge ruled Grapevine’s City Council violated the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA) by hiring Fred Hill in a secret meeting. The Star-Telegram filed the lawsuit after they were denied a copy of the meeting...
HD84’s Carol Morgan: The Perfect Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrat Carol Morgan is that Leftwing Party’s nominee for the House District 84 seat. She will face conservative Republican John Frullo on the November Ballot. Democrat Morgan is another of these candidates who has made her income from taxpayer pockets and...
Birdwell’s Win And Averitt’s Duplicity
Talk about a case of elitist conceit. Outgoing State Sen. Kip Averitt (R-Waco) managed to badly mangle his transition into political retirement, with a ham-handed withdrawal, forcing a series of very costly elections. Now, because a conservative has won the seat to...
Obama….Strama….2010
Doesn't that thought just make you....gag? Apparently it was quite the "gag" for Rep. Mark Strama's reelection bid in 2008. In fact, Strama was so enamored with the idea of a rhyming ticket that he made sure to link the names in people's minds - in fact, in...
Sibley Keeping Liberal Company
I was taught growing up that "bad company corrupts good character," and that a man can be defined by his friends. Kind of makes you wonder, then, what David Sibley is doing hanging around with the likes of leftist Bernard Rappoport. This is the same Bernard Rappoport...
¡Yo Soy El Futuro!
I am the future! Well, not necessarily me personally, but people like me certainly are. The future of the Republican Party lies in the hands of my generation and of my ethnicity. The primary objective of a political party is to elect candidates who will enact...
Pork U.
In a blistering letter to the chairman of the Texas State University System (TSUS), state Sen. Jeff Wentworth (R-San Antonio) trashed the character and qualifications of former state Rep. Brian McCall (R-Plano) to serve as the system's chancellor. Sent on official...