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Allegation: House Stalling Ban on Social Transitioning
Activists worry Speaker Burrows’ referral to the House’s “catch-all” committee will harm children.
Texas Senators Consider Requiring Some Local Law Enforcement To Assist in Deportations
State Sen. Charles Schwertner’s measure would mandate over 40 Texas counties join an ICE program.
AG Paxton: District Courts Cannot Order Changes of Biological Sex on Driver’s Licenses
Attorney General Paxton’s order says that state agencies should correct driver’s licenses or birth certificates “unlawfully” altered to conform with a person’s self-identified gender.
Exclusive: Club for Growth Launches Six-Figure Ad Buy in Texas To Promote School Choice
The effort is part of a nearly $1 million push from Club for Growth to advance educational savings accounts.
State Archive
Middleton Files Bill to End Tax-Funded Lobbying
Just a few days before the Texas Legislature is set to gavel in, State Rep.-elect Mayes Middleton has filed priority legislation, House Bill 281, to end tax-funded lobbying.A long-standing practice in the halls of the Texas Capitol, tax-funded lobbying...
It’s Time to End the Corporate Welfare Arms Race
Large corporations are scrambling to get special perks and cash handouts — paid for by you, the hardworking taxpayer. The problem shows no signs of slowing, which reinforces the need for the legislature to allow the enabling law to expire this coming session. Chapter...
Straus Pledges Remaining $8.5 Million to Influence Legislature
In his last days as Texas House Speaker, Joe Straus told reporters from his office in the Texas Capitol that he will commit his remaining campaign dollars accumulated at the helm of the lower chamber to forming an “advocacy group,” pledging to influence the Texas...
UT Tops Rankings of Craziest College Campuses in 2018
The University of Texas is once again one of the highest ranked universities in the nation, but Longhorns might not be bragging about their most recent accolade any time soon. The ranking stems from Campus Reform, a journalistic project of the Leadership Institute...
Abbott’s Property Tax ‘Trigger’ Under Attack
Democrats and other big-government apologists are ending 2018 by attacking a key plank of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's 2019 property tax reform plan. Abbott's plan would require school districts to get voter approval if property tax burdens are to rise more than 2.5...
Conservative Coalition Urges Abbott to Stop Voter Fraud
After Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos stepped down and Gov. Greg Abbott appointed David Whitley, his former Deputy Chief of Staff, to the position, grassroots leaders are imploring Abbott and Whitley to enforce election law and tamp down on voter fraud. As...
Free Speech Group Sues University of Texas Over Unconstitutional Code of Conduct
Letting leftist bureaucrats write the rules may finally be coming back to haunt The University of Texas. A recently formed free speech advocacy organization, Speech First, has sued UT Austin on behalf of three anonymous students for multiple violations of students’...
Abbott, Patrick Applaud School Finance Commission Report
After the Texas Commission on Public School Finance met to finalize its report to the legislature this week, two of Texas’ statewide leaders are applauding the commission’s work. The report, which is set to be officially published later this month, offers over 30...
Senate Holds Hearing on Property Tax Reform in Montgomery County
Members of the Texas Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform recently traveled to Montgomery County for a hearing to discuss solutions to the ever-growing tax burden placed on homeowners by local governments. The committee heard hours of testimony...