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Senators Consider Measures Placing Prayer, Ten Commandments in Schools
Both proposals are priority legislation for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
Texas Lottery Commissioners Keep Executive Director, Move Forward Courier Ban
Lottery commissioners did not provide a reason for their decision to keep Ryan Mindell in the executive director role.
Taxpayer-funded Lobbying Org Pays Massive Salaries
Many employees of the Texas Association of School Boards are earning more than the governor of Texas.
Texas Senators Consider Measure to Ban All THC Products
The proposal aims to close loopholes permitting consumable THC products created by a 2019 law legalizing industrial hemp.
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Who will Lawmakers Listen to on Property Tax Reform?
The Senate Property Tax Committee will hold its first meeting this week, and lawmakers will be presented with an abundance of public testimony regarding Senate Bill 2, the Senate version of the newly-announced property tax reform proposal. In...
Property Tax Committee Hearing Set in the Senate
The fight for property tax reform in the Texas Legislature has officially begun, with a hearing scheduled for the Senate Committee on Property Tax scheduled for Wednesday, February 6. After identical property tax reform legislation was filed in...
A Big Step in the Right Direction: Examining the Big 3’s Property Tax Reform Plan
Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen have announced the long-anticipated “big bill” on property tax reform for legislators to consider during the 86th Texas Legislative Session. In an unprecedented move,...
Landgraf Leads The Fight Against Child Trafficking
While Democrats and the liberal media continue to deny a crisis exists at the southern border, Texans come face to face with atrocities in our border region on a daily basis. Now, one West Texas lawmaker has introduced legislation to equip state law enforcement to...
Governor, House, and Senate Leaders Unite on Property Tax Reform Plan
At a jointly held press conference Thursday morning, Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the filing of HB2 and SB2, their consensus property tax reform plan.“One thing that we know is that people in the...
Democrats Target Due Process, Gun Rights
Despite having received widespread condemnation last year by state leaders, Democrats in the Texas Legislature continue to march forward in their attempts to strip law-abiding gun owners of their Second Amendment rights by filing “Red Flag” legislation in the Texas...
Texas Democrat Wants to Abolish Immigration Enforcement Agency
A Democrat lawmaker in Texas is playing right out of the Washington D.C. liberals’ playbook, filing a bill calling for the end of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, commonly known as ICE. Calling it a “bloated agency tainted by controversy,” Democrat...
Testimony Reveals Transparency Issue in State Contracts
On Tuesday, members of the Texas House Appropriations Committee asked a series of questions to the Legislative Budget Board, revealing some $179 billion dollars in state government contracts are out of compliance with a state transparency law. The law requires vendors...
Democrats, Liberal Media Downplay Noncitizen Voting
After a shocking report from the Texas Secretary of State last week revealed 95,000 individuals identified in the Texas Department of Public Safety database as non-U.S. citizens have registered to vote in Texas — and 58,000 of those have voted in one or more Texas...