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Senators Hear From the Public on Parental Rights in Education
Senate Education Committee members considered nearly a dozen proposals designed to empower Texas parents.
Texas A&M Regents Ban On-Campus Drag Shows
The regents’ resolution acknowledged President Trump’s executive order banning the use of taxpayer dollars for the promotion of gender ideology.
‘Texas Strip’: Lone Star State Looks To Carve Out a New Name for a Classic Steak
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says the Senate will consider a resolution to give the New York Strip a more fitting name.
Senators Consider Stronger Safeguards Against Sexually Explicit Books in Schools
Similar legislation passed the Senate last session but died in the Texas House.
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Hundreds Flood Texas Capitol for Constitutional Carry Hearing
After constitutional carry languished without any action for the duration of last session and three months of the current session, advocates finally had a chance to officially make their voices heard at the Texas Capitol. On Tuesday, the House Homeland Security &...
Where is the legislature on pension reform?
Houston’s pension reform deal has been making its way through the legislature, but not without bumps along the way. Both chambers’ pension committees have heard the plan, which passed the Senate Pension Committee by 7-1 and was left pending in the House Pensions...
Senate Unanimously Passes Fiscally Responsible Budget
Coming in under available revenues, the Texas Senate passed a fiscally responsible state budget that meets needs. And in what can only be described as a repudiation to the bizarre claims of the Texas House leadership, the budget was passed unanimously. Senate Finance...
Conservatives Oppose Gutting of Sanctuary Cities Reform
A priority for Gov. Greg Abbott and the Republican Party of Texas, lawmakers quickly got to work on legislation to ban sanctuary cities and compel law enforcement officials to cooperate with federal authorities. As with all of Abbott’s other “emergency items,” the...
Abbott Calls for Statewide Pre-Emption
On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down on earlier statements calling for a “broad-based law” pre-empting local regulations. Though "local control" hasn’t received as much attention this session as observers expected, the battle is quickly bubbling to the surface as...
Texas Legislature Tries Again to End Unfair “Rolling Polling”
The Texas Legislature is making another pass at ending an unfair and confusing early voting practice that is undermining the integrity of elections across the state. The practice known as “rolling polling” – by which governmental entities, such as school districts,...
Senate Advances Conservative Budget
House leadership, with the help of the entire Democrat caucus, want Texans to believe the state economy is in such dire straits that the only remedy resides in tapping the state’s Rainy Day fund to save the state from fiscal Armageddon. This makes for a gripping...
Geren Watering Down Sanctuary Cities Legislation
A perennial enemy of conservative reform, State Rep. Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth) is diluting serious sanctuary city reforms strongly backed by both Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Authored by State Sen. Charles Perry (R–Lubbock), SB 4 would defund...
Ex-Straus Lieutenant Joins the Liberal Lobby
After leaving the legislature last year, a former lieutenant of the Texas House leadership is joining a liberal lobby organization in order to fight legislation banning men from women’s restrooms. In a press release issued today, the Texas Association of Business...