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Texas May Soon ID Noncitizens as Ineligible to Vote
A GOP-priority measure would require state-issued licenses to identify noncitizens as “not eligible to vote.”
Texas House to Vote on Mexican Guest Worker Plan While Immigration Priorities Sit Idle
The Texas GOP platform explicitly calls for prioritizing American workers.
AG Paxton Nabs Frio County Officials & Election Workers in Vote-Harvest Ring
The individuals are accused of manipulating senior citizens to harvest their votes.
House Finally Hears Senate Priority To Protect Students From Sexual Content
Legislation passed last session failed to keep sexually explicit books out of kids’ school libraries.
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Bonnen Walks out on GOP Dinner
On Tuesday night, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen was scheduled to speak along with Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and other Republican statewide elected officials. He never delivered his remarks. Bonnen was seen at a reception preceding the Texas Republican...
Patrick Signals He’s Had Enough of Seliger Stalling Property Tax Vote
Legislation to protect taxpayers from skyrocketing property tax bills is currently being stalled by Senate Democrats and a lone Republican, State Sen. Kel Seliger (R–Amarillo), but Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is signaling he’s had enough obstruction and will soon move to...
Grassroots Call on Abbott to Provide Permanent Property Tax Relief
In a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott, almost 200 grassroots Texans are calling on him and the Texas Legislature to deliver on property tax reform and relief."With billions in excess revenue flowing into state coffers over the next two years, Texas lawmakers...
Senate Strikes Against Job-Killing Sick Leave Mandates
Legislation to prohibit local governments from imposing job-killing mandates has passed the Texas Senate and is on its way to the Texas House. Senate Bills 2486 and 2487 by State Sen. Brandon Creighton (R–Conroe) fight to rein in out-of-control local governments by...
Texas House Delays Property Tax Reform Bill
Texans who eagerly awaited consideration of the omnibus property tax reform bill in the House will have to wait a few more days, as the bill’s author State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R–Lubbock) has postponed consideration of the legislation to Monday, April 15th. As...
Commentary: Why I Won’t Be Attacking Jeff Leach
Chairman Jeff Leach, a Republican with a pro-life record, has come out in opposition to HB 896, my legislation that ends abortion and brings equal treatment under the law to all unborn human beings. I truly believe this is the right legislation to pass and right...
Tinderholt: HB 896 is About Equal Treatment
Throughout this legislative session there has been intense debate among Republicans over legislation to abolish abortion in the Lone Star State. Recently, a bill to accomplish that task, House Bill 896, was heard in the House Committee on Judiciary & Civil...
Texas House Goes Halfway on Bond Transparency
One hundred forty-eight members of the Texas House passed a handicapped bill that won’t easily provide Texas taxpayers information on how new bonds will affect their tax bills. According to the Texas Public Policy Foundation, local debt is an already large and...
Leach: Women Who Have An Abortion Shouldn’t Be Criminalized
While there has been intense interest in legislation designed to abolish abortion, the chairman of the committee overseeing the legislation said he could not support it because it criminalized women who have an abortion. Plano Republican Jeff Leach, who chairs the...