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State Sen. Kolkhorst Files Legislation Safeguarding Texas Land From Foreign Threats
The measure would allow the attorney general’s office to step in if they suspect that a certain foreign purchase would create a national security risk.
Senators on Texas Education Committee Advance Teacher Pay Raises
The measure would also expand teachers’ opportunities to receive performance-based bonuses and provide them with free pre-kindergarten.
House Chairman Blocks Resolution Honoring Late Conservative Activist Jill Glover
Shelley Luther says Jared Patterson also disallowed her resolution honoring the hospital that saved her life.
Texas Lawmakers React To Explosive Allegations in Lottery Scandal
A shocking report on children working as part of a $95 million lottery scheme is drawing scrutiny from members of both chambers.
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Lawsuit Looms Over Funding of Paxton Prosecution
After being warned that their preliminary budget violated state law, Collin County Commissioners acted quickly on Tuesday to reduce their proposed expenditures for a prosecution of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The commissioners court had initially been asked to...
Flynn Writes Houstonians About Public Pensions, But Not His Own
Why is a North Texas state representative focusing on public employee pensions in Houston, and why is he ignoring his own outlandish public pension? Yesterday, State Rep. Dan Flynn (R–Van) took to the pages of the Houston Chronicle to discuss the nuances of Houston’s...
Lame Duck Defends Rogue Agency
As a lame duck legislator who chose to retire, rather than be retired by his citizens, Austin lobby-lackey John Otto (R-Dayton) is ignobly leaving office by advocating for a rogue state agency. As Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, State Rep. Otto has...
Byron Cook’s Illegal Immigration Interference: Part Two
State Rep. Byron Cook (R-Corsicana) has previously been exposed for killing meaningful illegal immigration reforms while simultaneously allowing himself and his allies to escape the responsibility. However, as chairman of the powerful House State Affairs committee,...
Byron Cook’s Illegal Immigration Interference: Part One
Texas reforms designed to strengthen border security and curb illegal immigration have been harder to pass than they should have been because of one state legislator: State Rep. Byron Cook (R-Corsicana). As chairman of the powerful State Affairs Committee, Cook is...
Anti-Constitutional Gamblers Attack Sen. Jane Nelson
Last year crony investors connected with the Texas horse-racing industry sought to undermine Texas’ constitution in an effort to line their own pockets. Now, this same group is working to criminalize the leadership of State Sen. Jane Nelson (R–Flower Mound) and her...
Abbott’s Education Reform Killed By Texas House Leadership
Legislation designed to let parents get their children out of failing schools, promoted as a top reform by Gov. Greg Abbott, passed the Texas Senate with bipartisan support – only to be killed in the Texas House by the coalition of Democrats and liberal Republicans...
Straus Leadership Team Behind Paxton Indictments
There is now little doubt that the coalition government of liberal Republicans and Democrats who control the Texas House are responsible for the politically motivated indictments against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The leadership of that coalition, headed by...
Paxton Indictment is an Embarrassment to the Texas Criminal Justice System
Over the weekend, Kent Schaffer, one of the special prosecutors tasked with investigating Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, leaked the news that he had secured three felony indictments against Paxton to the press. The New York Times quoted Schaffer defending his...