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Austin Business Forced To Pay 250K In Labor Trafficking Settlement
The company was sued by Attorney General Ken Paxton back in 2021.
School Choice Front and Center in First Senate Education Committee Hearing
State Sen. Brandon Creighton fielded questions about how families with students enrolled in co-ops, learning pods, and micro-schools would fit into the program.
Aggressive Lottery Ticket Offers Join Ongoing Texas Lottery Controversies
Questions continue to rise as more light is shone on the Texas Lottery Commission and the state lottery.
New Poll Reveals Majority of Texans Want Education Savings Accounts
Polling shows 67 percent of Texans support ESA legislation that would benefit all parents, while 72 percent said they would support it for low-income parents.
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Tinderholt to Klick: Denial of Caucus Meeting “Highly Disappointing”
After State Rep. Stephanie Klick (R–Fort Worth) denied members a meeting of the Texas House Republican Caucus, which she chairs, State Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R–Arlington) is asking her to reconsider the decision. On Friday of last week, 30 members of the Texas House...
Dems Up in Arms Over … Voter Registration & Free Speech?
Democrats have typically had the edge over their Republican counterparts at creating narratives and framing battles in the public debate at large. But as of late, it appears they could stand to do a better job of picking their battles. In today’s outrage culture and...
Abbott Endorses Lawmaker He Called “Liberal Lyle”
In February of 2018, Gov. Greg Abbott told voters in northern Bexar county to dump State Rep. Lyle Larson (R–San Antonio) in favor of challenger Chris Fails as part of his effort to replace liberal Republican legislators with more conservative opponents. “Lyle Larson...
Where’s the Disconnect?
In the decades following the “counter-cultural” social revolutions of the 1960s, the Republican Party has claimed to have cornered the market, not just on conservative political ideologies but on self-identified Christian voters as well. The peak of the...
Klick Denies Caucus Meeting Request
Leaders of the Texas House Republican Caucus have denied a request for an in-person meeting next month, despite calls from Republican lawmakers to do so. On Friday afternoon, 30 members of the caucus wrote a letter calling for a meeting to fill a vacancy in the caucus...
Forum Showcases Solutions to Illegal Immigration
It is no secret there is a crisis on the border. Due to lax asylum laws, hundreds of thousands of Central Americans cross into the country via the border every year to try and claim asylum, despite the fact that most of them will be denied. This denial is primarily...
Bonnen Losing Grip as Lawmakers Call for Caucus Meeting
House Speaker Dennis Bonnen may be losing his grip on Republican House members, as a group of 30 members have gone rogue to request a special caucus meeting. In a letter released this afternoon, 30 incumbent Texas House Republican lawmakers are calling for a meeting...
Activists Rally Against Gun Control During Abbott’s Roundtable
While Gov. Greg Abbott assembled his first “gun violence roundtable” inside the state Capitol in the wake of the El Paso shooting, gun-rights supporters gathered outside the south entrance of the pink dome to rally against increased gun-control measures currently...
Despite Texas Rangers Investigation, Abbott “Proudly” Endorses Burrows
Gov. Greg Abbott has announced his endorsement of State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R–Lubbock), despite an ongoing investigation into the lawmaker by the Texas Rangers Public Integrity Unit. In a press release Thursday morning, Abbott said he was proud to endorse Burrows and...