State news in Texas
Statewide Texas News
Texas Senate Passes Items Denying Bail to Criminal Illegals, Certain Violent Offenders
Senators approved the items on a bipartisan basis just one week after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced an agreement with the House to pass bail reform.
Lawmakers File Measures To Evaluate Higher Education Accreditation Agencies
Lawmakers proposed creating a commission to rate and review higher education accreditation agencies.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Exposes Illicit Lottery Ticket Reseller After $83M Jackpot Win
The Texas Lottery is corrupt.
‘The Man Behind the Curtain’: Democrat Obama Lawyer Retains Power in Texas House
Hugh Brady is still advising the Texas House under a new title: “parliamentary counsel.”
State Archive
Imperfect Ridesharing Legislation Passes Texas House
Ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft could be coming back to Austin and other areas of the state if a measure passed by the Texas House becomes law. Earlier this week, lawmakers debated and passed House Bill 100 by State Rep. Chris Paddie (R–Marshall), which would...
Texas House Committee Scuttles Constitutional Carry, Approves Compromise Carry
On Tuesday, Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee Chairman Phil King (R–Weatherford) chose to advance House Bill 1911 by State Rep. James White (R–Woodville), which would repeal the state licensing requirement for citizens to carry a handgun. However, the...
Huffman to Offer Step Backwards on Pension Reform
Giving her colleagues less than 24 hours to digest a 215-page floor substitute, State Sen. Joan Huffman of Houston is expected to offer a significant step backwards in the fight to reform Houston’s broken pension system. Sen. Huffman’s floor substitute to SB 2190...
Texas House Lagging on Ethics Reform
Early in the session, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick declared genuine ethics reform for lawmakers one of their top priorities. Patrick followed through and a landmark ethics reform bill passed out of the Senate unanimously in early February. But since then,...
Updates: Bad Bill of the Week with State Rep. Stickland
Throughout the course of the 85th Legislative Session, going back to the 15th of January, State Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R-Bedford) and conservative grassroots activists have helped to bring down various different pieces of big-government, freedom crippling pieces of...
Abbott Backs Weakened Version of Bathroom Bill
On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott came off the sidelines and is now openly supporting legislation to bar men from entering women’s public restrooms, showers, and locker rooms – but the bill he is supporting is markedly weaker than a related reform passed by the Texas...
Thomas McNutt Announces Campaign, Sets up Potential Rematch Against Byron Cook
In a press release this afternoon, Corsicana businessman Thomas McNutt announced his campaign for the Texas House seat currently held by House Speaker Joe Straus’ hatchet-man, State Rep. Byron Cook (R–Corsicana). “The people of House District 8 deserve a consistent,...
Texas House’s Granny Tax
Nursing home residents would face higher costs under legislation proposed by a liberal Republican and backed by a conglomerate of nursing homes eager for an excuse to raise prices and blame someone else. State Rep. J.D. Sheffield (R–Gatesville) has proposed a new...
Texas Voter ID Update Gets a Hearing in the House, Takes a Hit in the Courts
An update to Texas’ photo voter ID law passed the Senate two weeks ago, but the Texas House only took up the election integrity legislation on Monday. Rather than continue to wait, the House Elections Committee held a hearing on a companion bill to Senate-passed SB 5...