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Court Rules Texas Can Release School District Accountability Ratings for 2023
The A-F ratings serve as a “report card” for how well Texas schools are serving students and taxpayers.
TAMU President Vetoes LGBT Class in Core Curriculum
The faculty senate defiantly proposed including an LGBT introductory course in the core curriculum.
Exclusive: Club for Growth Launches Another Six-Figure Ad Buy Supporting School Choice
Club for Growth has spent more than $1 million supporting school choice legislation in Texas.
Exclusive: State Defense Attorney System for Illegals to End May 1
The news comes after the exposure of a state taxpayer-funded open borders group.
State Archive
Blame Texas Republicans for the National Bathroom Battle
Texas Republicans had the opportunity to shut down the political left’s assault on basic moral principles, but dodged the fight and thereby emboldened a national fight that now has parents fighting to keep boys out of their daughters’ bathrooms, locker rooms, and...
Huffman Files Bill To End Government Collection of Union Dues
Texas’ public sector unions have long fought to protect their ability to have government entities collect and remit their member’s union dues, but State Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston) has filed a bill to end that practice. While Texas is a right to work state, public...
TAB: Just Another Liberal Lobby Group
One prominent Austin lobby group has been in the tank for bigger government for a long time, but their vanity is now taking them even deeper down the drain. In a recent lobbying push, the state’s ostensibly pro-business lobby group, the Texas Association of Business,...
Senator’s Conflict of Interest Presents Hurdle for Design-Build
Taxpayer watchdog groups are urging Texas lawmakers to embrace a cost-saving method for construction projects that could lead to big savings for taxpayers. But one senator’s conflict of interest may present a major obstacle. This session the Texas Senate will take up...
Citizens Want Genuine Ethics Reform
Early in 2016, Gov. Greg Abbott declared genuine ethics reform his top legislative priority for the upcoming 85th session of the Texas Legislature. Abbott had sharp words for representatives in the House who might be plotting to kill his reform agenda, as they did in...
SREC Action Invalidates TFRW Board Resolution on Speech Regulation
A resolution passed by the State Republican Executive Committee supporting free speech has invalidated a conflicting resolution passed by the board of the Texas Federation of Republican Women, members familiar with the issue are arguing. In October, TFRW’s executive...
Texas State Bar Sued Over Racial Quotas
A group of lawyers are taking the Texas State Bar Association to court, saying the agency is violating the US constitution by allocating spots on its board according to race. Texas law requires the board of directors of the State Bar, a state agency that, under the...
Self-Serving Lawmakers Use Christmas to Celebrate Themselves
Across the Lone Star State it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and while the vast majority of Texans can be found enjoying the season and cups of good cheer everyone knows an Ebenezer Scrooge. But while “A Christmas Carol” features only one bitter old...
Texas Lawmakers Call for Article V Convention
Standing with a throng of supporters on the steps of the Texas Capitol, several prominent lawmakers filed legislation that would make Texas the ninth state to call for an Article V Convention. Written into the US Constitution by the founding fathers, Article V,...