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Ted Cruz Endorses Don Huffines for Texas Comptroller
The endorsement comes as the comptroller’s office prepares for a change in leadership.
Harrison Criticizes Lack of Public Testimony on House Budget
State Rep. Brian Harrison says keeping taxpayers out of the room is indefensible.
Interim UT Austin President Sides With ‘Shared Governance’
Jim Davis indicated his support for the status quo, which has empowered leftist agitators on campus.
Texas Senators Consider Empowering Residents to Sue Entities Pushing Abortion Pills
The measure would allow private citizens to file lawsuits against internet companies advertising abortion pills.
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Texas Senate Moves to Ban Sanctuary Cities
Though debate on the issue raged for hours, Republicans in the Texas Senate passed legislation to effectively ban sanctuary cities Wednesday morning by a party-line vote of 20 to 11. Sanctuary cities are municipal entities that refuse to cooperate with federal...
Senate Makes Genuine Ethics Reform its First Bill Passed
As expected, the Texas Senate made headlines today by passing major ethics reform legislation. Just last week, Gov. Greg Abbott made ethics reform one of his emergency items for the legislature to pass this session. “The faith that people have in their democracy is...
When Will Texas House Ban Sanctuary Cities?
Members of the Texas Senate have heeded the call of citizens to ban “sanctuary city” policies that protect illegal aliens and harbor criminals. Now the question is: Will the Texas House answer the call? The liberal Democrat coalition controlling the Republican House...
Mr. Smith Goes Back to Austin
For years conservatives across Texas and the nation have bemoaned the revolving door in politics that allows lawmakers to become lobbyists and lobbyists to become lawmakers. Texas’ latest example? Ex-State Rep. Wayne Smith (R–Baytown). After lobbying for his own civil...
Texas House in Operation Slowdown
Despite being sworn in over three weeks ago, lawmakers in the Texas House can’t begin work due to a failure by leadership to release committee assignments. In the Texas House as with other legislative bodies, lawmakers are assigned to committees where the majority of...
Sanctuary Cities, Ethics Reform Legislation Pass to Senate Floor
Shortly before Gov. Greg Abbott’s State of the State address, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told a San Antonio radio station that the Texas Senate would act very quickly on issues he deemed a priority. “If it’s an emergency item on Tuesday in the governor’s State of the State,...
Rein In Spending
February 1, 2017 [Download the letter] The Honorable Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas The Honorable Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas The Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the Texas House Dear Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick, and Speaker Straus: The...
Abbott Promotes Conservative Reforms in State of the State Address
On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott addressed a joint session of the Texas Legislature and put forward four conservative legislative priorities as emergency items for the upcoming legislation. Abbott identified four emergency items for the legislature to consider: reforming...
Texas Supreme Court Stonewalls Hall’s Investigation
Despite being repeatedly vindicated in his campaign to expose corruption at the University of Texas, Regent Wallace Hall was defeated Friday when the Texas Supreme Court sided against him and in favor of the university. Appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to the University...