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A Declining Church in America
America watched as church leaders in 2020 put the gathering of the saints on par with the meeting of the Rotary Club. Today, those churches are experiencing the results.
Gov. Greg Abbott Announces Third Special Session Agenda
The agenda includes school choice, border security, ending COVID-19 vaccine mandates, and public safety regarding Colony Ridge.
Biden Administration Waives Laws to Resume Border Wall Construction
Former President Trump says he is anticipating an apology.
Baylor College of Medicine to Require COVID-19 Shots
An email sent last week states that the school will now require students, faculty, and staff to receive the COVID shot.
The Archive
House GOP Caucus Fails to Adopt Majority-Vote Policy
In a stunning failure Friday, the Texas House GOP Caucus adopted a process for selecting a speaker candidate that is out of step with the Republican platform. In recent months, GOP activists have urged House Republicans to adopt a process whereby they would unite...
Republican Party Censures Travis Clardy
On Thursday evening the Cherokee County Republican Party voted to officially censure State Rep. Travis Clardy (R-Nacogdoches) for failing to uphold the core principles of the Texas GOP. Initially brought forward a number of weeks ago, the resolution was tabled in...
Barton Retirement Creates Opening In CD6
Veteran Texas Rep. Joe Barton (R-Ennis), a former Energy & Commerce Committee chairman, has apparently taken the advice he was reportedly receiving from many local Republican leaders and activists advising him not to seek re-election. Mr. Barton, recently coming...
Is Abbott Burning Credibility with Grassroots Texans?
After a failed session of the Texas Legislature in which most pro-taxpayer reforms were left to die, conservatives were frustrated with the state’s top political leader—a man who had promised to fight for them on the campaign trail—for appearing to stay on the...
House Republicans Expected to Vote on Speaker Selection
Grassroots Texans across the state will be keeping a close eye on the results of a House Republican Caucus meeting Friday that could decide how the next Speaker of the Texas House is selected. The issue before members is a proposal and recommendation from a working...
Joe Barton (Finally) Calls It Quits
Disgraced US Rep. Joe Barton, finally succumbed to mounting pressure from conservatives, will not seek reelection in 2018. According to the news site Axios, Barton made his decision on Thursday. "I've always listened to people in Texas and worked for them in...
Another Big Win for Residents Fighting Mesquite’s Land Grab
Residents of two North Texas counties who vowed to fight a city’s land grab “until the end” are almost there – and they’re winning. Landowners in unincorporated parts of Kaufman and Dallas counties, who have been fighting forced annexation by the City of Mesquite for...
Texas House District 41, Silent in the Battlefield?
On November 13, Hidalgo County GOP met for its final executive committee meeting of the year. They signed up precinct chairs, discussed the budget, filing deadlines for candidates, and lastly the future of Hidalgo County GOP. Within discussion at the meeting, HCGOP...
O’Hare to Barton: ‘Retire from Congress’
In a strongly worded statement posted to his Facebook page, Tarrant County's Republican Party chairman has called on US Rep. Joe Barton to retire by the end of the year. The statement comes after lurid revelations of Barton's sexual activities were revealed in the...