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Trump to Cancel Student Visas of Pro-Hamas Protesters
The executive order is directed toward international students who participated in pro-Hamas protests.
Texas Republicans May Redraw Congressional Maps Thanks to Redistricting Win
Several minority “coalition” districts could be redrawn this year to help the GOP maintain a U.S. House majority in 2026.
Texas Tech Class Encourages Critical Race Theory in Human Resources Departments
The class includes assignments based on readings that peddle critical theories surrounding race, gender, disability, and religion.
Lt. Gov. Patrick Reveals His First 25 Priorities for the Senate
Patrick’s top 25 priorities include passing the biennial budget, school choice legislation, banning consumable THC, and addressing problems with the electrical grid.
State Archive
Tax ‘Swap’ Defeat Begets Spending Cuts, Greater Relief
On Tuesday, the celebration and promotion of Texas' "Big Three" raising Texans’ tax burden to help fund their bloated budget and wild-eyed spending spree came to a close with an outright rejection of their proposed “fix.” Led by State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R–Houston)...
Commentary: The Democrats Are Humanitarian Frauds on the Border
The evidence that Democrats are now an unapologetically open-borders party is piling up, and Republicans need to start calling them on it. From opposing expanded detention facilities, actively blocking legislation to fix family separation policies, and even voting...
Texas House to Vote on Constitutional Prohibition of Income Tax
The Lone Star State is just one of seven states to not impose an income tax on its residents. Despite progressive and liberal legislators attempting to put one in place in years prior, legislation scheduled for a vote on Thursday in the Texas House could make it a...
Will House Approve Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying?
As the legislature’s time in Austin draws to a close in less than three short weeks, lawmakers will have to act fast to pass a ban on taxpayer-funded lobbying. Taxpayer-funded lobbying refers to cities, counties, and other local governments or taxing entities that...
Texas House Approves Ban on Red-Light Cameras
On Tuesday night, the Texas House gave approval to legislation to end red-light cameras in the state of Texas. House Bill 1631 by State Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R–Bedford) seeks to end the practice statewide and made waves in the Texas Capitol earlier this session...
Sales Tax Increase Proposal Dies in Texas House
A proposal to raise the state’s sales tax will not be voted on in the Texas House, despite state leaders promising to deliver on the measure as recently as Friday. Though the legislation by State Rep. Dan Huberty (R–Kingwood) was scheduled for a vote today, Huberty...
POLL: Texas Voters Don’t Want A Tax Increase
State Reps. Kyle Biedermann and Tony Tinderholt released polling that revealed Republican, Democrat, and Independent voters in Texas believe they are taxed too much. These same voters preferred to use existing state revenue to reduce property taxes instead of a sales...
Texas Senate Unchains Property Tax Relief from Sales Tax Increase
Despite the “Big Three” touting their unified support for increasing sales tax to provide for property tax relief, the Texas Senate voted to strip a measure requiring such an increase from school finance legislation and voted to cut spending and dedicate existing...
Stickland Resigns from Texas Freedom Caucus
A leading conservative in the Texas House is no longer a member of the Texas Freedom Caucus. On Monday, news broke that State Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R–Bedford) would no longer serve as a member of the caucus that was founded two years ago to fight for conservative...