State

Foreign Threats to Texas’ Power Supply
Specialists warn that Texas’ power grid is susceptible to foreign actions such as an electromagnetic pulse attack and needs hardening.

House Committee Blocks Conservative Groups From Testifying on Free Speech Protections
Instead, the Texas House committee heard from those attempting to chip away at the protections.

Meta Accused of Suppressing Voter Guide Information on Facebook
“How can providing the truth be deemed harmful to the community?” the president of iVoterGuide asked.

Ken Paxton Urges Action from Secretary of State on Non-Citizen Voter Verification as Early Voting Nears
Paxton says the Secretary of State has yet to send the necessary list of potential non-citizen voters to the federal government for verification.
State Archive
Lame Duck Defends Rogue Agency
As a lame duck legislator who chose to retire, rather than be retired by his citizens, Austin lobby-lackey John Otto (R-Dayton) is ignobly leaving office by advocating for a rogue state agency. As Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, State Rep. Otto has...
Byron Cook’s Illegal Immigration Interference: Part Two
State Rep. Byron Cook (R-Corsicana) has previously been exposed for killing meaningful illegal immigration reforms while simultaneously allowing himself and his allies to escape the responsibility. However, as chairman of the powerful House State Affairs committee,...
Byron Cook’s Illegal Immigration Interference: Part One
Texas reforms designed to strengthen border security and curb illegal immigration have been harder to pass than they should have been because of one state legislator: State Rep. Byron Cook (R-Corsicana). As chairman of the powerful State Affairs Committee, Cook is...
Anti-Constitutional Gamblers Attack Sen. Jane Nelson
Last year crony investors connected with the Texas horse-racing industry sought to undermine Texas’ constitution in an effort to line their own pockets. Now, this same group is working to criminalize the leadership of State Sen. Jane Nelson (R–Flower Mound) and her...
Abbott’s Education Reform Killed By Texas House Leadership
Legislation designed to let parents get their children out of failing schools, promoted as a top reform by Gov. Greg Abbott, passed the Texas Senate with bipartisan support – only to be killed in the Texas House by the coalition of Democrats and liberal Republicans...
Straus Leadership Team Behind Paxton Indictments
There is now little doubt that the coalition government of liberal Republicans and Democrats who control the Texas House are responsible for the politically motivated indictments against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The leadership of that coalition, headed by...
Paxton Indictment is an Embarrassment to the Texas Criminal Justice System
Over the weekend, Kent Schaffer, one of the special prosecutors tasked with investigating Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, leaked the news that he had secured three felony indictments against Paxton to the press. The New York Times quoted Schaffer defending his...
Who is Responsible for the Paxton Probe?
As special prosecutors gear up to drag Attorney General Ken Paxton through the same mud as former Gov. Rick Perry and whistleblowing UT Regent Wallace Hall, questions arise as to who exactly is responsible for the attacks. On the surface, the leftist watchdog group...
The Criminalization of Politics
There is a dangerous trend in the United States toward the criminalization of politics, and it is infecting Texas as well. It may have hit its nadir in Wisconsin, where police dispatched by a pro-union Democrat special prosecutor subjected conservative activists...