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Texas May Soon ID Noncitizens as Ineligible to Vote
A GOP-priority measure would require state-issued licenses to identify noncitizens as “not eligible to vote.”
Texas House to Vote on Mexican Guest Worker Plan While Immigration Priorities Sit Idle
The Texas GOP platform explicitly calls for prioritizing American workers.
AG Paxton Nabs Frio County Officials & Election Workers in Vote-Harvest Ring
The individuals are accused of manipulating senior citizens to harvest their votes.
House Finally Hears Senate Priority To Protect Students From Sexual Content
Legislation passed last session failed to keep sexually explicit books out of kids’ school libraries.
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Lawmaker Charters Bus to Austin for Constituents Seeking Property Tax Reform
Collin County taxpayers who want to testify on behalf of property tax relief proposals are getting a free ride to the Capitol, courtesy of a state lawmaker. State Sen. Van Taylor (R-Plano) has chartered a bus to take constituents to Austin for a Senate Finance...
Keough Suffering The Retribution He Earlier Claimed Never Happens
After claiming that the House leadership doesn’t engage in retribution for members taking policy stances, a Republican state representative has been stripped of his chairmanship for taking a position at odds with the speaker’s Democrat base. During debate on HB 4 last...
House Rushes to Hear School Finance Bill on Less Than 24-Hours Notice
In a stunning move, House Speaker Joe Straus is trying to change the school finance system without input from educators or citizens. Just before the Texas House adjourned on Monday, Public Education Committee Chairman Dan Huberty (R–Kingwood) moved to suspend the...
Patrick Pushes Texas Privacy Act
In a press conference yesterday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced his latest efforts to pass legislation to keep men out of women’s showers, locker rooms, and bathrooms in advance of the legislation’s first hearing in the Texas Senate. SB 6 by State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst...
Will Paxton Prosecutor Defend the Bandidos for Murder?
After four of the “highest ranking” members of the Bandidos Motorcycle Gang were arrested in Austin and charged with murder, many are wondering if Paxton special prosecutor Kent Schaffer will defend them in court. Last week, four members of the motorcycle gang were...
Senate Seeks to Crack Down on Sexual Predator Educators
Many Texans parents and constituents believe that the corridors of our school’s hallways are basically completely safe from the sexual predators that plague our great state and prey on our children. However, this is not always the case. Over the course of the...
Texas Senate Shows Support for Abbott, House Shows Contempt
So far this session, one chamber of the Texas Legislature has moved in support of the governor while another has moved to oppose him. In his State of the State address earlier this year, Gov. Greg Abbott announced four items as “emergency priorities” for lawmakers to...
Straus and Zerwas Propose Raiding Rainy Day Fund
Just as conservatives feared, the Democrat coalition in the Texas House is now openly campaigning to loot the state’s savings in order to fund bigger spending. In a budget released today, Texas House Appropriations Chairman John Zerwas (R–Richmond) is proposing to...
How Much Dust…
No one has mastered the art of using the calendar to stall important reforms like House Speaker Joe Straus. Check back here to see how long he and the Texas House tarry before passing the key reforms demanded by conservatives, GOP primary voters, and the the governor....