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Speaker Burrows Fires Senior Staffer
Sources say General Counsel Jimmy Skipton IV was directing bills be moved or killed to aid his wife’s lobby clients.
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.
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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...
Will Texas Follow Florida’s Stance Against COVID Jabs for Babies?
As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) authorized the first round of Pfizer and Moderna shots for children as young as 6 months old, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the State of Florida will take no part in...
Texas AG Ken Paxton: Pre-Roe Abortion Laws ‘100 Percent in Effect’
After Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court, different abortion clinics asked the courts to put a temporary pause on the pre-Roe law that would essentially make abortion illegal in Texas. A Harris County judge granted the temporary pause on Tuesday, leading...
Denton City Council Votes to ‘Deprioritize’ Protecting Children From Abortion
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week—allowing states to outlaw the practice of dismembering, poisoning, or using any other means to kill a baby in the womb—a North Texas local government is one of the first to officially “retaliate.” On...
Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller Pushes for Security Officers in All School Cafeterias
In the wake of the recent shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced a plan to put security officers in every Texas school cafeteria. According to Miller, when the modern phenomenon of school shootings began, the...
School Board Approves Plan to Eject ‘Unruly’ Parents ‘Without Warning’
NORTH TEXAS — In an apparent continuation of policies designed to squelch citizens’ free speech, McKinney Independent School District passed a measure allowing school staff to eject parents from district property for any behavior “deemed inappropriate,” without due...
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Targeted Citizen Responds to Bureaucrat’s Allegations
After helping tens of thousands of homeowners fight their rising property taxes—for free—a North Texas realtor finds himself and his freedom of speech the target of apparent revenge by Randall Armstrong, a local government employee. Texas Scorecard made multiple...
Bexar County Sheriff Says He’ll Refuse to Enforce Abortion Law
Following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade last week, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, a Democrat, wrote on Facebook that he will not investigate those who choose to get an abortion. “As their Sheriff, it is absolutely none of my business. I will not...