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Attorney General Ken Paxton Targets Chinese Companies Over Privacy Violations
Paxton issued formal warnings to Chinese companies he said are violating Texas’ privacy laws.
Tinderholt Confronts King Over E-Verify, Lobbying, and Privacy Bills
Priority legislation that has already passed the Senate is up against the clock in the House.
Texas Rangers Arrest Bosque County Tax Assessor-Collector
The assessor allegedly targeted someone who “campaigned against” her.
Houston ISD Seeks $120M Maintenance Loan After Failed Bond Vote
Maintenance tax notes are used to cover essential expenses but do not require voter approval.
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Activists Double Down on Fight for Medical Freedom
Every two years, thousands of delegates gather at the Republican Party of Texas Convention to determine the party’s legislative priorities for the upcoming legislative session. The legislative priorities committee compiles a list of 15 possible priorities, which the...
Texas GOP Priority: Defend Our Gun Rights
Following the Republican Party of Texas Convention, the Texas GOP officially announced the legislative priorities for 2023. One priority is specifically meant to defend gun rights, as delegates to the convention reacted negatively to public servants like U.S. Rep. Dan...
Texas Student Honors Faith in God and Country
When Travis Gant graduates from high school next year, he’ll leave behind a lasting reminder of the nation’s foundation in faith. As part of his senior project, Travis is gifting Lovejoy Independent School District with posters depicting the national motto “In God We...
Texas Supreme Court Says State’s Abortion Ban Can Continue
After the U.S. Supreme Court overruled the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade last week, multiple abortion clinics asked the courts to put a temporary pause on a pre-Roe Texas law that outlaws abortion in the state. While Harris County Judge Christine Weems issued a...
Delayed STAAR Results for Grades 3-8 Show ‘Significant Gains’ in Reading
After a week-long delay “to accommodate additional analyses on the data,” the Texas Education Agency released student performance assessment results for grades 3-8 that show “across-the-board improvements in all grades and subjects from 2021, with significant gains in...
Home of the Free – Really?
Liberty bells are ringing on the Fourth of July, but only with a dull thud. We love to brag with pride that America is the land of the free, but the reality is we are undoubtedly far from free. American citizens are beset from every angle by increasing,...
Being Independent
Despite the name, the document really was not so much a “declaration” of independence as it was a recognition of independence. Our Founding Fathers were merely expressing in the legal and moral language of the day what was the current reality in the world around them....
Protesters Hope ‘Heads Will Roll’ at Tarrant Appraisal District
UPDATED July 1. A huge crowd of protesters lined up outside the Tarrant Appraisal District office on Thursday morning, but they weren’t waiting to protest their property tax appraisals. They were standing in line to speak against what they call corruption within the...
Texas GOP Priority: Secure the Border and Protect Texans
As a humanitarian and national security crisis continues at the southern border, the Republican Party of Texas has officially made securing the border and protecting Texans a top priority for the upcoming state legislative session. A record number of illegal aliens...