State
Texas’ Ban on Paid Vote Harvesting Remains in Effect for November Election
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a district judge’s order that had blocked enforcement of the ban.
TxTag Shifting to Harris County: Will Drivers Face Higher Costs and Tougher Penalties?
Opponents say a shift for Central Texas drivers could be disastrous for consumers.
Texas GOP Endorses Conservatives in Key Local Races
Republicans are endorsing candidates in nominally nonpartisan races on the November ballot.
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Texas A&M Offers Leftist ‘Gender & Society’ Course
Successful students will “connect gender, race, and class to societal inequalities.”
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House Leadership Violates Constitution, Empowers Democrats
On Wednesday, the Democrat coalition in the Texas House disregarded the state constitution in order to kill a conservative measure to protect the state’s savings account. After voters approved constitutional amendment SJR 1 in 2014, lawmakers were charged with setting...
Texas Senate Moves to Ban Sanctuary Cities
Though debate on the issue raged for hours, Republicans in the Texas Senate passed legislation to effectively ban sanctuary cities Wednesday morning by a party-line vote of 20 to 11. Sanctuary cities are municipal entities that refuse to cooperate with federal...
Senate Makes Genuine Ethics Reform its First Bill Passed
As expected, the Texas Senate made headlines today by passing major ethics reform legislation. Just last week, Gov. Greg Abbott made ethics reform one of his emergency items for the legislature to pass this session. “The faith that people have in their democracy is...
When Will Texas House Ban Sanctuary Cities?
Members of the Texas Senate have heeded the call of citizens to ban “sanctuary city” policies that protect illegal aliens and harbor criminals. Now the question is: Will the Texas House answer the call? The liberal Democrat coalition controlling the Republican House...
Mr. Smith Goes Back to Austin
For years conservatives across Texas and the nation have bemoaned the revolving door in politics that allows lawmakers to become lobbyists and lobbyists to become lawmakers. Texas’ latest example? Ex-State Rep. Wayne Smith (R–Baytown). After lobbying for his own civil...
Texas House in Operation Slowdown
Despite being sworn in over three weeks ago, lawmakers in the Texas House can’t begin work due to a failure by leadership to release committee assignments. In the Texas House as with other legislative bodies, lawmakers are assigned to committees where the majority of...
Sanctuary Cities, Ethics Reform Legislation Pass to Senate Floor
Shortly before Gov. Greg Abbott’s State of the State address, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told a San Antonio radio station that the Texas Senate would act very quickly on issues he deemed a priority. “If it’s an emergency item on Tuesday in the governor’s State of the State,...
Rein In Spending
February 1, 2017 [Download the letter] The Honorable Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas The Honorable Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas The Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the Texas House Dear Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick, and Speaker Straus: The...
Abbott Promotes Conservative Reforms in State of the State Address
On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott addressed a joint session of the Texas Legislature and put forward four conservative legislative priorities as emergency items for the upcoming legislation. Abbott identified four emergency items for the legislature to consider: reforming...