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Paxton Weighs In on BBQ Battle

In an opinion released Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is weighing in on Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller’s interpretation of recently passed legislation, saying his department’s authority over weights and measures does not extend to barbecue restaurants....

Straus Questions Corporate Handouts He Approved

Last week, outgoing House Speaker Joe Straus reportedly sent a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott to express “concern” over the use of one of the state’s prominent corporate handouts known as the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF). Created in 2003, the TEF exists “to help attract...

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Texas Democrats: Criticize Trump, Go to Jail

Texas Democrats—traditionally big proponents of onerous campaign finance regulations—may be rethinking their position in light of recent Federal Election Commission rulings that could see them jailed for criticizing President Trump or other federal candidates. Eric...

Cook’s Kangaroo Committee Contradicts Conservative Voters

Today, the House Committee on Economic Competitiveness released an interim report deriding legislative efforts to keep men out of women’s bathrooms and locker rooms. The committee, chaired by departing State Rep. Byron Cook (R–Corsicana), was formed by retiring House...

Texas GOP Affirms Support for Second Amendment

At the State Republican Executive Committee held in Austin this past weekend, the governing body of the Republican Party of Texas unanimously passed a resolution affirming the party’s support for the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. The resolution notably...

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Swamp Spending

Congressional Republicans and Democrats actively colluded last week to spend even more of your money in Washington, D.C. in the omnibus funding bill. The swamp has declared war on taxpayers. It is sickening to think that the Democrats got more spending out of a...

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Abbott Treasurer Endorses Liberal Democrat

When Gov. Greg Abbott took the extraordinary step of endorsing conservative challengers to establishment lawmakers, John Nau III, Abbott’s campaign treasurer, undermined those efforts by sending campaign contributions to the liberal Republican lawmakers Abbott had...