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Illegal Aliens Cost Texas Hospitals $121.8 Million in Just One Month
Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order mandates that hospitals report quarterly on the costs of providing care to individuals in the country illegally.
House Committee Considers Legislation Creating Penalties for Distributing Abortion Pills
Texas Right to Life estimates that abortion pills are being used to end thousands of pregnancies each year.
Lawmakers Consider Measures to Ensure Only US Citizens Vote in Texas Elections
Proposed proof-of-citizenship requirements align with provisions of the federal SAVE Act, which awaits Senate approval.
Jilted Lottery Ticket Reseller Sues the Texas Lottery Over Ban
Claims leveled in the suit burn former directors Gary Grief and Ryan Mindell, validating watchdog claims.
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Abbott Campaign Treasurer Found Supporting Far-Left Politicians
As Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign treasurer, one would assume that Houston businessman John Nau III would provide backing to candidates seeking to implement the priorities Abbott laid out during the legislative session. However, it appears more and more often that Nau...
Straus Tasks Democrat with Gun Confiscation Bill
As part of his proposal to promote safety in schools in the wake of the Santa Fe High School shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott encouraged the legislature to study a few areas during the interim for potential policy changes for the upcoming legislature. Just hours after...
House Democrats: Abbott Backs Our Gun Confiscation Bill
Texas House Democrats are claiming that Gov. Abbott is backing a radical gun control bill they supported in 2017. At a press conference in Dallas on Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott outlined several proposals for new gun safety measures in the wake of the Santa Fe shooting...
Abbott Announces School Safety Proposals
In response to the recent school shooting at Santa Fe High School, Gov. Greg Abbott announced this morning a slew of proposals designed to increase safety in Texas schools. In a press conference at Dallas ISD, Abbott laid out his proposals, including increasing the...
Texas Democrats: “The Pot-Smoking Lesbian Coalition”
While most Texans spent the Memorial Day weekend enjoying activities with family and friends and remembering the sacrifice members of our military have made on behalf of our country, the Texas Democrat Party was busy embarrassing itself again, promoting t-shirts and...
2018 Texas GOP Chairman Candidates in Their Own Words
Last year, incumbent Republican Party of Texas Chairman Tom Mechler resigned abruptly, triggering a special election by the State Republican Executive Committee that featured two candidates: former Travis County GOP Chairman James Dickey and Houston...
New Property Tax? A Warning to Texas Over Pensions and Benefits
At an April pension event cosponsored by The Civic Federation and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, a speaker from the Chicago Fed drew audible gasps from the audience. He did so after proposing a special property tax, levied on top of the existing Illinois...
Announcing the 2018 RPT and SREC Questionnaires
At this year's Texas GOP Convention in San Antonio, delegates will not only vote on the party platform but the leadership of the state party itself. Every two years delegates must elect (or re-elect) a party chairman and vice chairman to represent the entire party as...
Patrick Calls Out Straus for Supporting “Liberal Republicans”
After retiring Texas House Speaker Joe Straus announced yesterday he spent $1 million to support “responsible Republicans” in their elections, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick fired back with a statement accusing Straus of supporting liberals. In the statement, Patrick spokesman...