State
Candidates Compete for State Board of Education District 12 Spot
Four Republican candidates are facing off in the State Board of Education election to represent a vast area of northeast Texas.
Jill Dutton Wins Special Election for Vacant House Seat
Both candidates will be on the Republican primary ballot in March.
Report: Texas Property Tax Revenue Increased in 2023
A report from the Huffines Liberty Foundation shows that the property tax cut passed by the Texas Legislature was not $18 billion.
Gender Mutilation Ban Makes Its Way to Texas Supreme Court
Oral arguments on Senate Bill 14 were heard in the Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday.
State Archive
Rep Blames Cook for Failure of Illegal Immigrant Tuition Bill
Rep. Byron Cook (R–Corsicana) has long been responsible for killing legislation aimed at addressing illegal immigration. Now one of Cook’s colleagues in the House is blaming Cook for the death of a bill designed to stop Texas public universities from giving in-state...
Justice Massengale Earns Endorsement of Texas’ Largest Taxpayer Group
While many voters focus on legislative and executive races, the judiciary — particularly the Supreme Court of Texas — wields profound influence over the state’s economy and the lives of all Texans. For that reason, Texas’ largest taxpayer group today endorsed Michael...
National Spotlight on Texas Ethics Commission
The misdeeds of the speech regulators at the Texas Ethics Commission are beginning to draw the attention of national media. J. Christian Adams is out today at PJ Media with a story exposing how bureaucrats at the TEC are working with speech regulators from a list of...
Abbott Acts to Rein-in Bureaucrats on Gambling
After another state agency tried to abuse their legislative authority, Gov. Greg Abbott is reminding the state’s lottery commission to not to exceed their authority and illegally expand gambling in Texas. The state constitution forbids the expansion of gambling...
Funding Pravda
Conservatives sometimes joke that major media outlets are as biased as Pravda, the infamous state-run newspaper of the Soviet Union. But in Texas, we literally have taxpayer-funded media outlets. A search of state records show that taxpayers paid $111,195.85 and...
Rampant Misconduct by Judge Alleged in Paxton Case
A stunning pattern of misconduct by Collin County Judge Chris Oldner gives further weight to allegations that indictments against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are politically motivated. Earlier this year, a Collin County Grand Jury picked by Oldner indicted...
Some TCC Members Skip on Abbott Sanctuary City Praise
A group of self-described conservative Republicans are praising Gov. Abbott for his recent statements about sanctuary cities, but some Republican members are conspicuously missing. The Texas Conservative Coalition (“TCC”) – a caucus including many but not all...
Caught on Tape: Intoxicated Legislator Restrained by DPS and Staff
A new video presents a question for voters in Humble and Kingwood: How much dishonor can your representative bring to his office and be reelected? Already drunk and disorderly, Rep. Dan Huberty (R–Houston) is shown just minutes after coming off the House floor trying...
Texans Ready For Results
In a wide ranging poll of Texas voters, 96 percent of the Republican Party’s most likely voters consider legislation banning “sanctuary cities” to be “very important" to them. They are similarly anxious to see the Texas legislature address real ethics reform,...