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Attorney General Paxton Seeks Injunction Against NCAA To Protect Women’s Sports
Paxton said the NCAA’s policy “treats sex as a changeable characteristic determined by a birth certificate instead of biology.”
State Sen. Middleton Files Measure to Ban Taxpayer-funded Lobbying
Ending the practice is one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s top priorities for the 89th legislative session.
Houston NGOs Layoff Workers as White House Halts Funding To Illegal Aliens
Both Catholic Charities and YMCA have laid off hundreds of Houston employees who provided services to illegal aliens.
Analysis: Texas Lottery Vendor IGT Sued Alongside Lottery.com and Former Director
Meanwhile Gov. Greg Abbott passes the money-laundering buck.
The Archive
Leonard: Bad for Taxpayers
Voters in State House District 97 probably don't need the reminder, but candidate Bob Leonard -- the former rep-turned-lobbyist supported by the grow-government crowd -- has an abysmal record on taxpayer issues. The Texas Legislature has too many faux fiscal...
“School-ed” in Deception?
Isn't odd that the one area in which most politicians and taxpayers get weak-kneed is that same place that seems to practice the most deception; Education. To me education has become the new golden calf of American worship. I dare you to say in a public setting...
Not Taking The Government’s Medicine
The government-first crowd constantly tells us poor children need the tender-loving mercies only big-government can provide. Well, apparently those parents don't agree. The Dallas Morning News is reporting that a coalition of mostly tax-funded organizations is out...
State Auditor Blasts Bureaucrats for Sitting on Hurricane Relief Money from Feds
A eye-opening new report from the State Auditor flogs the Department of Housing and Community Affairs and Office of Rural Community Affairs for receiving $97 million in federal money in the springs of 2006 for Hurricane Rita relief and recovery, but having...
Corpus Right
I’m really excited about two incredible individuals who will be challenging incumbent Democrats in the 2008 general election. The first is Connie Scott, who will challenge Abel Herrero in HD 34. She is a proven leader, having been engaged in the tort reform movement...
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...