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University of Texas Bans Drag Shows on Campus
Just last month, the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents passed a similar ban.
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.
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PGA Receives $160 Million in Incentive Handouts
Last week’s announcement that the Professional Golf Association would be relocating its headquarters from Florida and to Texas should give taxpayers serious cause for concern, as details on the incentive package come to light. Shortly after the deal was struck, Gov....
Stickland Aims to Pass Constitutional Carry with HB 357
Ardent supporters of the Second Amendment will be able to easily follow the progress of constitutional carry legislation in the 86th session of the Texas Legislature. Recently, State Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R–Bedford) filed a bill to allow permitless carry of a...
Bonnen Appoints Two Parliamentarians
Just weeks before the new legislature is scheduled to convene in Austin, the presumptive next Speaker of the Texas House has named two parliamentarians to serve jointly during the next legislative session. However, political affiliations and past statements raise...
Shaheen Seeks to Abolish Corporate Handouts for Hollywood
State Rep. Matt Shaheen (R–Plano) has again filed legislation to abolish the Office of the Governor's Music, Film, Television, and Multimedia Office and to end the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program. The TMIIIP has been the target of fiscal conservatives...
Texas Taxpayers Deserve Uniform Elections
Everyone agrees voter participation in Texas could, and should, be better. So why does the Texas Legislature allow taxing entities to hold “special” elections on irregular dates that depress voter participation? Holding elections at times other than a uniform election...
Leach Leaves Freedom Caucus
One member of the Texas Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative lawmakers who made waves during the recent session, will not be rejoining the group when the legislature reconvenes in January. Before the House Republican Caucus met this weekend to officially nominate...
Leading the Fight for a Stronger Texas
At the Conservative Leaders Gala on Saturday we honored more than a dozen activists from around the state who are leading the fight for a stronger Texas. These men and women were nominated by their fellow citizens, the people who had seen them in action. Jim Barnes of...
House Republican Caucus Unanimously Endorses Bonnen for Speaker
During a brief meeting of the House Republican Caucus, members of the GOP unanimously nominated Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R–Angleton) as their unified choice for Speaker of the Texas House. After the meeting, State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R–Lubbock), who chairs the caucus,...
AG Paxton Files Lawsuit Against Sanctuary City San Antonio
On Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in Travis County district court against the City of San Antonio for failing to comply with the state’s law against sanctuary cities, the first of its kind since the law’s passage....