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Texas House Weakens Transactional Gold Bill Before Passage
An amendment requires federal court approval before the legislation can take effect.
Analysis: Was the Rigging of a $95M Jackpot Legal? No.
Here are the laws that were likely broken in April 2023.
House Leadership Blocking Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying, Says Texas Lawmaker
State Rep. Brent Money says State Affairs Committee Chair Ken King won’t give the legislation a hearing.
Texas Senators Consider Measure To Regulate Artificial Intelligence
The measure, which passed the Texas House, would create new privacy standards for artificial intelligence systems and establish a new program for AI developers.
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Attorney General Paxton Launches Investigation Into Twitter Bots
Over the past few weeks, Elon Musk has been expressing his displeasure over Twitter giving him misinformation about the amount of bots on the site. Now Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is joining him in pushing back against the tech giant. A bot is defined as a...
Texas GOP Vice Chair Candidates Interviewed at Grassroots Forum
Grassroots America – We the People exists to “advance the Cause of Liberty as rooted in limited government, personal responsibility, good citizenship, defense of traditional family values and the free market system, and a return to the U. S. Constitution and the Bill...
Matthew McConaughey Blasted Over Gun Control Proposal
Actor and Texas native Matthew McConaughey’s calls for gun control are being greeted with derision by gun rights activists in Texas. On Tuesday, McConaughey spoke to the press at the White House about the recent shooting at a Uvalde elementary school and his opinions...
The Costs of Texas’ Porous Southern Border
Under President Donald Trump, the country saw illegal immigration fall and border security increase by building the wall and implementing policies that would deter immigrants from crossing illegally. However, when President Joe Biden was elected into office, he soon...
Will Texas Follow Florida’s Lead Against Grooming?
"Grooming" is a term that has been used to describe when a sexual predator attempts to establish a relationship with a child in order to take advantage of them. There is usually a point in the grooming process when the predator provides explicit or age-inappropriate...
Gov. Abbott and Speaker Phelan Silent Following Drag Show for Children
After a “Drag the Kids to Pride” drag show at a Dallas gay bar over the weekend, where children were subjected to nearly naked drag queens dancing up the aisle and were even invited to join them, Texans have expressed outrage that the event was allowed to take place....
Data Undermines Democrat Push for Gun Control Measures
With the Uvalde school shooting at Robb Elementary School in late May and last week’s shooting in a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, recent pushes by Democrats to ban certain types of guns or enact other forms of gun control laws have become rampant across Texas and the...
Texans for Vaccine Choice Calls for GOP Priority on Banning Vaccine Mandates
With the Republican Party of Texas state convention only one week away, Texans for Vaccine Choice (TFVC) is calling for a new GOP priority focused on protecting Texans from vaccine mandates. TFVC was created in 2015 to protest a Texas House bill proposing to eliminate...
California Lawmaker Proposes Mandatory Drag Queen Shows for Children
Over the weekend, a Dallas gay bar hosted a “Drag the Kids to Pride” event, where children were subjected to scantily clad drag queens dancing up the aisle and even invited to join them. State Rep. Bryan Slaton (R-Royse City) responded to the event, stating, “Drag...