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Meet the Freshmen: Katrina Pierson
When it comes to accountability, Pierson emphasized her open-door policy and commitment to communication.
The Hidden Costs of Property Taxes: Lawmakers Call for Transparency and Reform
State Reps. Mark Dorazio and Pat Curry explain their issues with the current system and plans for reform.
4 Tren de Aragua Gang Members Arrested in Val Verde County
Gov. Greg Abbott designated the violent Venezuelan gang as a foreign terrorist organization last year.
Report: Thousands From Hostile Nations Detained in Texas
Illegal aliens from China, Russia, and Iran have been caught in the Lone Star State.
State Archive
Patrick Fights for Tuition Reform
In early March, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick harshly scolded the University of Texas Board of Regents for voting to raise tuition for the first time in several years. At the time, he pledged that the exponentially rising cost of tuition at Texas’ public universities was...
Texas’ 1st Amendment Opponents See Future Failure Foreshadowed
As free speech opponents in the Lone Star State push forward in efforts to impose new restrictions on outspoken conservative groups, their liberal allies in California are being rolled back. Last week California Secretary of State Kamala Harris lost her fight in a...
Straus Calls for More Spending
While the Texas Senate is taking strides toward greater fiscal responsibility, the other half of the state’s legislature is moving in the other direction. According to the Dallas Morning News, liberal House Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) is directing lawmakers to...
Obamacare Backers Support Susan King
In the state of Texas there are few things more toxic to Republican voters than Obamacare, yet one candidate for public office is touting the endorsement of an organization that would seek to impose the burdensome law on the Lone Star State, all while campaigning...
Texas Senate Leads on Fiscal Responsibility
A recent announcement, issued by Senate Finance Chairman Jane Nelson (R–Flower Mound) and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick encourages state agencies to review and scrutinize every expenditure using a zero-based budget approach. In addition, the Senate Finance Committee will...
No Denying TEC Extremism
With its most recent advisory opinion, the full extent of the Texas Ethics Commission’s (TEC) extremism on Texas’ lobby law is on public display, and even its defenders must confess the regulator’s draconian positions far exceed common sense or conventional wisdom....
Susan King’s Royal Treatment
In the United States, citizens and elected officials are supposed to be equal under the law. The U.S. Constitution bans titles of nobility, and demands no special treatment for any citizen over another. However, one Texas lawmaker believes she deserves an exception....
Endorsements: Gates Left, Christian Right
In his seventh bid for public office, having not yet been elected, perennial candidate Gary Gates is now trumpeting endorsements by liberal Republicans as he runs for the state's Railroad Commission. The Railroad Commission oversees the state's oil and gas industry....
A Failure to Lead
As an overzealous judiciary continues to override the will of the people, defending religious liberty has become a necessary battle for conservatives nationwide. With a devout and pro-liberty population, Texas seemed poised to protect the right of citizens to freely...