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Coalition Urges Hearing on Retail Decency Act to Shield Children from Explicit Products
Activists warn that some stores have begun openly displaying adult-themed items near products intended for children.
How a Perennial Playoff Failure Is Profiting off the Texas Lottery
Are the Cowboys more focused on winning tax-funded contracts than football games?
Dallas ISD Agrees To Enforce Ban on Boys in Girls’ Sports
Attorney General Ken Paxton said biological males have no place in girls’ sports.
Texas Senator’s Measure Creates State Watchdog for Foreign Land Purchases
The proposal seeks to accommodate potential federal and state jurisdictional concerns over limitations on foreign land purchases.
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Bonnen: The Speaker Race is Over
State Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R–Angleton) told attendees at a press conference today that he had the votes to become the next Speaker of the House, having garnered 109 supporters in the Texas House, well past the 76 needed to take the gavel. “The speaker race is over,”...
Bonnen Expected to Claim Caucus Nomination Clinched
AUSTIN, Texas — According to sources in the Texas Capitol, State Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R–Angleton) will claim this afternoon that he has the votes necessary to win election as speaker of the Texas House. A legislator for more than two decades, Bonnen officially entered...
Dan Patrick Re-Elected as Lieutenant Governor
Voters across Texas are celebrating tonight after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was re-elected by an impressive margin. Patrick, a former talk radio host turned Republican politician, centered his re-election campaign on an aggressive agenda of increasing teacher pay and...
Paxton Victorious in the Face of Political Prosecution
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is celebrating a victory as voters re-elected him to serve a second term as the state’s top lawyer. His victory seemed anything but certain to many political observers a couple of years ago. After Paxton upset the political...
Abbott Campaign Crushes Democrat Opponent
In an election in which Democrats predicted a “blue wave” of liberal victories, Gov. Greg Abbott has defeated Sheriff Lupe Valdez, his Democrat opponent, to win re-election to Texas’ highest office. Since winning the governor’s office four years ago, Abbott has been...
Texas Poll Worker on Illegal Immigrants Voting: “We Got Tons of Them”
A bombshell report by investigative journalists appears to show Texas poll workers enabling and encouraging non-citizens to vote in the current election. A breaking report released by James O'Keefe's Project Veritas a few hours before polls closed purportedly shows...
Foreign Corporation Bribed With Millions of Texas Taxpayer Dollars
Officials in San Antonio are celebrating the decision by a Czech company to establish its U.S. headquarters in San Antonio, after promises of millions in incentives and grants paid for by Texas taxpayers and businesses. The announcement came in late October, with the...
Abbott Campaigning for Down-Ballot Republicans
Despite his own opponent doing little in regard to campaigning, Texas’ highest-ranking Republican official has been running an aggressive campaign to shore up support for GOP candidates statewide. While Gov. Greg Abbott has spent more than $20 million campaigning...
Bonnen Commits to GOP Speaker Selection Process
After announcing his campaign for speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, State Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R–Angleton) has formally committed to voting for the eventual Republican speaker nominated by the House Republican caucus. When Bonnen made his original announcement,...