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Texas Senators Approve $3 Billion Dementia Research Institute
One senator voted against the creation of the institute, citing fiscal concerns.
Senators Advance Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Texas Children From Sexual Predators
The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice approved measures to curtail AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
Texas’ Most Wanted Illegal Alien Captured in San Antonio
This comes as illegal border crossings around the state continue to drop.
Responding to Parents’ Concerns, Senators Tackle ‘Obscenity Exemptions’
The Senate Criminal Justice Committee approved eliminating “loopholes” that let Texas schools expose students to harmful material.
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Grassroots Coalition Demands Policy Action
More than 50 leaders of Texas’ grassroots conservative movement have signed a letter calling on Gov. Greg Abbott and the legislature to deliver on substantive policy reforms before the session concludes on Monday. The letter convers a range of issues, including...
House Continues its Tirade Against Privacy Act, Similar Legislation
The liberal leadership of the Texas House has again sought to water down and defeat priority conservative legislation that has already passed in the Senate, this time by completely moving the goalposts on a legislative priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Facing the...
Sandra Bland Bill changes focus and form in the State Senate
The Texas Senate took steps and added amendments to the so-called “Sandra Bland Act," to change much of the way it approaches criminal justice reform in Texas. The bill is named after Sandra Bland, a woman involved in a nationally publicized police stop in 2015 in...
Field Narrows in RPT Chairman Race
The race for chairman of the Republican Party of Texas is now down to only two after another potential candidate announced he would not run for the position. Late last night, Mark Ramsey announced that he would be declining to run for the position, leaving only two...
Texas House Passes Voter ID Fix with Revisions
With the clock ticking and an important deadline looming, House lawmakers passed a fix to the state’s voter ID bill with only a few hours to spare. Responding to a last-minute push by Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas House moved yesterday to give preliminary approval to...
JD Sheffield Draws Conservative Challenger
As the legislative session comes to a close, conservatives across the Lone Star State are making ready their plans to retire Republican lawmakers who failed to deliver on the conservative promises they made during their campaigns. On Monday, Dublin businessman Chris...
Abbott Declares Voter ID Fix an Emergency Priority
With only seven days left for the Texas Legislature to complete its work, Gov. Greg Abbott is demanding that the Texas House pass legislation to fix the state’s embattled voter ID law. On Sunday, Abbott sent an urgent message to House Speaker Joe Straus declaring...
Hosed by the House
Over the weekend, the leadership of the Texas House of Representatives once again thumbed their noses at taxpayers. No issue unifies Texans like frustration with our burdensome – almost confiscatory – property tax system. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and the Texas Senate...
Straus Bets on Weakness from Abbott and Patrick
In a brazen act of contempt and arrogance, House Speaker Joe Straus is refusing to pass serious, conservative reforms Texans demand and is choosing to engage in a high stakes game of political chicken with the state’s highest elected leaders. This weekend, Straus...