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Speaker Burrows Fires Senior Staffer
Sources say General Counsel Jimmy Skipton IV was directing bills be moved or killed to aid his wife’s lobby clients.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Targets Chinese Companies Over Privacy Violations
Paxton issued formal warnings to Chinese companies he said are violating Texas’ privacy laws.
Tinderholt Confronts King Over E-Verify, Lobbying, and Privacy Bills
Priority legislation that has already passed the Senate is up against the clock in the House.
State Senator’s Proposal Would Abolish the Texas Lottery
State Sen. Bob Hall argued before his colleagues that the Texas Lottery’s string of controversies appears to show criminality.
State Archive
SREC Members Sign Letter Calling for Bonnen’s Resignation
In September, the State Republican Executive Committee (SREC), the delegate-elected committee overseeing the Republican Party of Texas, passed, nearly unanimously, a "Resolution on Maintaining Trust and Integrity in Our Texas House," "demanding truth and full...
Investigating Committee Members to Skip GOP Caucus Meeting
Three Republican Texas House members aren’t playing hooky but are rather recusing themselves from an important meeting in Austin this weekend. State Rep. Matt Krause (Fort Worth), a Republican member of the Texas House Investigating Committee, released a statement on...
Commentary: Is the Bribery Provision of the Texas Constitution the Biggest Legal Threat to Bonnen?
The audio recording of Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen’s infamous meeting with Empower Texans CEO Michael Quinn Sullivan may have established that Bonnen acted illegally. It all depends on which laws you consider. While the Texas Rangers are conducting an...
Commentary: Auditable Paper Trails for Electronic Voting Machines Secure Our Votes
Without election integrity and ballot security, our Republic and liberty are in jeopardy. For years, voters have questioned the security of electronic voting machines, and for several legislative sessions, auditable paper trail bills were filed but never passed. As...
Republicans React to Bonnen Audio, Call for Resignation
This article is being updated as Republican responses come in. After Tuesday’s public release of audio that shows Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen engaging in a backroom, quid pro quo offer of media credentials to Empower Texans CEO Michael Quinn Sullivan in...
Exclusive: Levitt Breaks Silence on Possible Challenge to Klick
Silence has been broken in what may shape into one of Texas' most interesting campaign contests this election cycle. Charlie Levitt, a North Texas conservative activist and board member for the True Texas Project, has made his first public statement, a Texas Scorecard...
Commentary: Klick Calls for Help
Stephanie Klick stymied key election integrity efforts during the 2019 legislative session. Recently, the frazzled four-term lawmaker has struck out to defend herself for killing one bill in particular: Senate Bill 9. Since this is an impossible task and misery loves...
Lang Flip Flops on Local Election, Seeks Return to Texas House Instead
After announcing just last week that he would retire from the Texas Legislature and seek a local office, State Rep. Mike Lang (R-Granbury) has reneged on that retirement announcement and says he will seek re-election instead. In an initial email last Thursday, Lang...
Commentary: No Compromising on Liberty
The unwarranted attack on Texan’s inalienable right to self-defense is intensifying. There is no question, Texans' GOD-GIVEN RIGHT to self-defense is under attack. The battle lines have been drawn and it is crystal clear that the socialist Democrat politicians on the...