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Biden Administration Attempts to Assert Control Over Texas Border Island
Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham says she has no plans to hand over ownership of the island.
Runoff Preview: Schoolcraft and Kuempel Face Off for House District 44
The seat encompasses both Gonzales County and Guadalupe County.
Galveston Voting Rights Case Could Cost Texas Democrats Seats
The full Fifth Circuit heard Galveston County’s redistricting case challenging misuse of the Voting Rights Act for political advantage.
Texas Asks Court to Halt Biden’s Title IX Rewrite
Unless the court blocks the rule, it is set to take effect on August 1, 2024.
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Texas’ Primary Elections Provide Bold School Choice Opportunity
Texas can pass bold school choice legislation when the next legislative session starts in January 2025. This could finally happen because of the recent election wins in the House primaries, efforts led by Gov. Greg Abbott. The election wins include pro-school choice...
May God Save Texas
Soon-to-be former State Rep. Glenn Rogers is not happy. And you can’t really blame him. He lost his re-election bid to the Texas House of Representatives, something he felt was important for himself and his state. However, in a recent article about his defeat, he...
Illegal Alien Encounters in February Soar Past Previous Month
Illegal alien encounters at the southwest border are on the rise according to the February numbers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. At ports of entry, the CBP reported 140,644 encounters. This increased by more than 16,000 from the previous month....
University Staff Promote New Pro-Free Speech Institutions at UT Austin, West Texas A&M
Two university faculty members paraded their new pro-free speech and classical education institutions at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s annual summit. Dr. Justin Buckley Dyer, a political science professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and Dr. Walter V....
Denton DA Fails to Respond to Voters’ School Electioneering Allegations
Four weeks ago, Denton County voters submitted criminal complaints alleging local school district officials illegally electioneered during the March primaries, using taxpayer-funded resources to promote political candidates. Denton County District Attorney Paul...
I Took a DNA Test and My Race is Human
Texas State Senator and former candidate for U.S. Senate Roland Guiterrez’s off-the-cuff comments to an attendee at a campaign event in Houston drew back the drapes to let the sun rays shine in on what not enough Americans care to comprehend: that identity politics is...
McKinney Puts Multiple Multi-Million Dollar Bonds on May Ballot
As May local elections near, the City of McKinney has proposed multiple bonds that will cost local property taxpayers more than $700 million with interest. The bonds include using taxpayer funds for city park improvements, designing and constructing a new municipal...
Tax Hikes and New Fees for Houston
“Houston is broke,” Mayor John Whitmire explained when laying out the state of the city’s finances at last week’s Houston City Council meeting. The city has run an annual budget deficit nearly every year in recent history. While this year is no different, how the...
Prosecutors Agree to Drop Charges Against Ken Paxton in 9-Year Long Political Prosecution
After nearly a decade, a deal has finally been reached to dismiss state securities fraud charges against Attorney General Ken Paxton that have amounted to what some have called a political prosecution. The charges stem back to 2015, shortly after Paxton took office...