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Pro-School Choice Groups Wade Into Texas GOP Primaries

Conservative nonprofit groups and coalitions are converging on Texas for this year’s Republican primary to push for candidates that stand for education freedom and challenge those who do not. The latest group to throw its hat in the ring is the School Freedom Fund...

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Will Democrats Vote in the Republican Primary?

With the primary elections in Texas quickly approaching, some groups are calling on Democrats to cross over and vote in Republican primaries in order to thwart conservative candidates. While establishing closed primaries—in which voters may only vote in the primary...

Report: Texas Property Tax Revenue Increased in 2023

After the Texas Legislature claimed they had passed the largest property tax cut in Texas history, a new report shows that taxpayers are paying more in taxes.  The latest report from the Huffines Liberty Foundation revealed that new numbers released by Texas...

Gender Mutilation Ban Makes Its Way to Texas Supreme Court

The fate of legislation to ban child gender mutilation in Texas is in the hands of the state’s Supreme Court. Senate Bill 14 by State Sen. Donna Campbell (R–New Braunfels) protects children from being chemically castrated by puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones and...

Texas Attorney General Refuses to Surrender Shelby Park

Amidst a military-like standoff between the Texas National Guard and U.S. Border Patrol at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is refusing to surrender control of the park to Border Patrol.  In a January 26 letter addressed to Department of...