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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.
Texas Senators Consider Reforms to the Impeachment Process
State Sen. Birdwell’s proposed impeachment reforms come roughly two years after the failed impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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Republicans Reject Radical Speech Regulations
Republican legislators who have been pushing for radical new speech regulations have a new foe: the Texas GOP. Over the weekend, the State Republican Executive Committee voted 58-1 to pass a resolution calling on the Texas Legislature to “uphold the Republican...
Cain Wins Lawsuit Striking Down Unconstitutional Law
One conservative lawmaker won’t be sworn in until January, but he has already been successful in defeating an unconstitutional state law. Though the process has taken more than seven months, State Rep-Elect Briscoe Cain (R–Deer Park) secured victory in his lawsuit...
Leach Calls CPS Reform an Emergency
In the wake of stunning tragedies that revealed systemic problems in the state’s Child Protective Services and foster care systems, conservatives have been calling for major reform. Today, State Rep. Jeff Leach (R-Plano) issued a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott and members...
Hobby Pushes Texas Monthly Even Further Left
Under new ownership from a prominent and liberal Texas family, Texas Monthly Magazine appears poised to push its editorial bent even further to the left and farther out of touch with Texans. On Monday, the Texas-themed travel and barbecue magazine announced it had...
New Protections For Taxpayers
Four members of the Texas Senate want to protect taxpayers by making it harder for lawmakers to grow government. A constitutional amendment filed by Republican State Sens. Van Taylor (Plano), Konni Burton (Colleyville), Brandon Creighton (Conroe), and Bob Hall...
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...