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State Rep. Leach Refiles Mail Ballot Measure Gov. Abbott Vetoed in 2023
Gov. Abbott argued that the measure would make the election system more susceptible to malfeasance.
A&M Geography Course Teaches Gender Is “Social Construct”
An Intro to Human Geography course teaches gender identity, intersectionality, and sexuality.
Texas Senators Consider MAHA Measures in Committee
Health and industry professionals voiced concerns about the burden on food suppliers and the already complicated nutritional process for school lunches.
Chief Justice Blacklock Calls for Judicial Reform, Accountability
The Texas Supreme Court justice called on lawmakers to protect family rights, raise judicial salaries, and help hold judges accountable.
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Patrick Identifies Additional Legislative Priorities
Today, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick identified five more legislative priorities for the upcoming 85th Legislative Session in addition to the twenty he has previously announced in two parts, seen here and here. “These 5 pieces of legislation, along with the 20 bills previously...
Property Tax Reform and Relief Committee Proposes Changes
After crisscrossing the state throughout the interim holding property tax hearings in city halls and college auditoriums, the Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Relief & Reform released their report of recommendations for this upcoming session. The...
Will Texas Republicans Finally Fix Medicaid?
Accounting for nearly a third of Texas’ budget, Medicaid is a federally mandated program that is a fiscal time-bomb threatening the state’s budget. For more than a decade, state lawmakers have known that the liabilities could be off-set but have hid behind the specter...
TEC Signs its Death Warrant
According to attorneys involved in litigation against the agency, the Texas Ethics Commission agreed to an order today that will soon result in the commission being stripped of nearly all of its statutory authority. “The TEC signed its own death warrant today,” said...
Sunset Review Calls for Major Change Within TxDOT
You’ll often hear local elected officials blaming Austin for its transportation woes. And with the Texas Department of Transportation's plagued history of over-spending and under-performing, that's no surprise. Yet over the next decade, the agency is likely to double...
Bettencourt Wants To Stop “Passing The Trash”
The practice of “passing the trash,” or allowing teachers who may have engaged in sexual misconduct with a student to resign and teach in another district, has grown to be a major problem in Texas. When Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick released his top ten priority issues for...
Democrat Admits Straus Will Stymie Conservative Reforms
Last week, an Austin-area Democrat admitted that House Speaker Straus and his coalition of Democrats and liberal Republicans which control the chamber will be on “Operation Slowdown” to prevent conservative reforms from happening. In a downtown Austin speech to a tech...
Burton Files Major Bond Transparency Legislation
Though lawmakers have filed over six-hundred items of legislation since pre-filing began this week, few measures would be as impactful as State Sen. Konni Burton’s landmark debt transparency bill. Texans are currently saddled with the second highest local debt per...
Stickland First to File Priority Legislation
Though lawmakers began filing legislation early Monday morning, it took until lunchtime Wednesday for one to file a bill concerning any of the five legislative priorities of the Republican Party of Texas. State Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R–Bedford) filed “constitutional...