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With Dade Phelan Out, Eyes Turn to Day One Speaker Vote
Just a day before the Republican caucus was set to meet to nominate a Speaker candidate, Phelan announced he would no longer be seeking the position.
Will Lawmakers Provide Property Tax Relief in 2025?
Fiscal responsibility advocates are urging the legislature to return surplus tax dollars to Texans and put Texas on a path to eliminate property taxes.
Texas Medical Board Employee Works for Planned Parenthood
New documents show that TMB Medical Director Robert Bredt has worked for a Planned Parenthood lab since 2011.
Mexico to Launch Phone App for Illegal Aliens to Alert Relatives Before Deportation
The app is reportedly being launched ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20.
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Seliger Pushes Bureaucrat, D.C. Staffer for TEC
A West Texas state senator with a track record of hostility towards the First Amendment is asking the governor to appoint either an education bureaucrat or a former Washington D.C. staffer to the Texas Ethics Commission. In 2013, State Sen. Kel Seliger (R–Amarillo)...
TEC Lawyer: Ethics Commission is Like Grand Jury
At a hearing before the 3rd Court of Appeals on Wednesday, a lawyer defending the Texas Ethics Commission compared the agency to a permanent grand jury handing down indictments. In response to questions about the amount of evidence that is required before the...
Paxton Sues to Protect Taxpayers
Though property taxes in Texas are already out of control, some local school districts are seeking to use the state’s 2015 property tax cuts as an opportunity to collect even more taxes. Fortunately, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is going to court to fight them....
Commissioner Defiant as Patrick Signals “New Direction” for TEC
Hearing the call of conservative grassroots demanding reform, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is calling for a “new direction” at the Texas Ethics Commission. According to a statement released Wednesday, Patrick said it was his goal to "make sure the Commission operates with the...
Patrick: COS is a Legislative Priority
With the governor making it central to his 2017 legislative priorities, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he made it clear he supports the national movement of state legislatures to limit the power of the federal government. Gov. Greg Abbott has made the Convention of...
Criminally Unethical
For more than a decade, an appointed member of the Texas Ethics Commission issued fines and promulgated rules designed to silence citizens while lavishing legislative offices with gifts on behalf of his “day job.” That’s illegal, on multiple fronts, and for it Tom...
Federal Court Suspicious of SEC Claims In Paxton Case
A woefully unprepared prosecutor for the Obama Administration’s Securities and Exchange Commission exposed in federal court the frailty of the politically driven charges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Following a complaint mirroring the trumped up...
Conservatives Call For Reform or Abolition of the Texas Ethics Commission
A coalition of conservative grassroots organizations are calling on state leaders to reform or abolish the Texas Ethics Commission and hold accountable the six remaining commissioners for targeting churches and lying in federal and state court. The call came in a...
More Evidence: Taxes, Regulations Hurt Minorities Most
Providing even more evidence that big government hurts minorities the most, a new study has revealed that the liberal state of Illinois has the highest black unemployment in the nation while the State of Texas has the lowest. According a study by the Illinois Policy...