State
Trump Endorses David Covey: It’s Time to Fire Dade Phelan
A poll released Tuesday morning showed Covey leading Phelan by 7 percent.
Texas Attorney General Refuses to Surrender Shelby Park
This follows a Supreme Court order giving permission to federal agents to destroy Texas’ razor wire fence barricades at the border.
School Choice Advocate Corey DeAngelis Targets Anti-Choice Republicans
As the primary election nears, school choice is a top focus.
School Principal Cuts Campaign Ad in Her Office
The Texas Election Code prohibits public employees from using public resources to electioneer.
State Archive
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,...
Using Cruz for Cover
Are some incumbent Republicans pretending to support Ted Cruz for President in order to appear conservative to their voters? For three Texas state representatives, that seems to be the only logical explanation for the endorsements they have made. Cruz recently...
Senate Interim Charges Holding Local Government Accountable
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, in his third set of Interim Studies released yesterday, is asking the Senate to focus on local governments. In particular, he’s charged the Inter-Governmental Relations Committee chaired by State Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville), to examine...
Dan Patrick Charges Senate to Study Border Security Solutions
Members of the Texas Senate are being charged by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to study a series of issues surrounding illegal immigration in preparation for the next legislative session. Specifically, he has directed the subcommittee on Border Security to study cooperation...
Patrick Continues Leadership on Ethics Reform
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is signaling that he will not let House leadership’s end-of-session sabotage of a major ethics reform package stand in the way of reform efforts in 2017. Patrick today released an interim charge calling on the Senate Committee on State Affairs to...