State
Texas Supreme Court Rejects Effort to Remove Justice Devine from Ballot
Justice John Devine’s opponent alleged that he is deficient in the signatures required to qualify for the ballot.
Gov. Abbott Secures Border Park; Accessible Only to State Officials
Illegal crossers are expected to be arrested for criminal trespass, although some warn without returning them to Mexico this new move by Abbott will accomplish little.
Texas School Boards Must Vote on Chaplain Policy by March 1
Each school district must take a record vote on whether to allow chaplains on campuses as employees or volunteers.
Senior Immigration Researcher Rips Biden Administration For Asylum Crisis
This comes as the state of Texas fights back against President Joe Biden’s open border policies.
State Archive
Protect Power or Serve the People
Close allies of Texas House Speaker Joe Straus were rejected by Republican primary voters last March, and his Democratic allies were routed in their efforts to “turn Texas purple” in November. Yet Straus refuses to relinquish power and give the people of Texas the...
Dead Money
The Texas Capitol can often be the scene of strange phenomena. Enter funds consolidation—this government accounting gimmick actually allows liberal-leaning legislators to spend more of your money by first hoarding it. First some background. The state...
Conservative Think Tank Charts a New Way Forward for Tax and Expenditure Limits
Building on their successful research of the Real Texas Budget and the Conservative Texas Budget, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a paper today detailing the need for tax and expenditure limits to secure economic freedom for the future of Texas. In a...
Straus Not Always Silent on Issue of Record Vote
Several weeks ago, Speaker candidate Rep. Scott Turner penned a letter to State Rep. Charlie Geren and House Speaker Joe Straus, calling on them to end their divisive rhetoric about a roll call vote for Speaker and join him in jointly asking the Secretary of State for...
A Progressive Agenda?
Did you vote for a “progressive” agenda in 2014? Did Texans support the progressives, like the candidates of Progress Texas and Battleground Texas? Of course not. Texans soundly rejected the progressive agenda of the Texas left. Well, not all Texas Republican...
Stage Set for School Choice
With the start of the legislative session fast approaching, advocates for school choice reform are jockeying to set forward proposals they believe will benefit all Texans. And one proposal received encouragement from Lt. Gov.-elect Dan Patrick. At the Texas Public...
Eternal Life
A belief that our state government wastes money on pet projects is a truism of modern Texas politics. Despite a displeased frustration with well-funded political favoritism, taxpayers may not know the major reason why elected officials continually defend it: organized...
Sen. Charles Perry: Protect the Rainy Day Fund
Incoming State Senator Charles Perry (R-Lubbock) has filed a constitutional amendment to protect the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF), sometimes referred to as the “rainy day fund”, by requiring a minimum balance. If passed, SJR 19 would require that the fund...
An Ideology of Elitism
The United States of America is unique in human history for its founders’ experiment in self-government – the belief that educated people did not require rulers to order their lives but were capable of ruling themselves. The framers of the Texas Constitution announced...