State
Anti-climb Fence Installed Near El Paso Following Border Rush
This comes as Texas continues its efforts to curb illegal border crossings despite the Biden administration’s open border policies.
In Their Own Words: Runoff Candidates on Gambling Expansion
With gambling expansion being a popular debate topic, runoff election candidates voiced their opinions on how much expansion Texas should allow.
House Lawmakers Propose ‘Contract with Texas’ to End ‘Liberal Dysfunction’
The group is calling on the next Speaker of the House to implement a series of 12 reforms.
Texas Prepares for Solar Eclipse
Approximately 12.8 million Texans live in the path of the eclipse.
State Archive
Are Republicans Wasting Their Votes?
I have had a couple of conversations since early voting began yesterday with long-time Republican voters who are chosing to vote in the Democrat Primary. These Republicans are attempting to chose the candidate that they perceive is easier for Republicans to defeat in...
Texas GOP Primary Ballot to Include Spending Limitation Resolution
Texas Republican primary voters will weigh in on a non-binding resolution that asks whether state and local governments should be required to limit annual budget increases to the sum of the population growth and inflation rate. The measure is likely to pass...
Illegal Costs
Yes, immigration is a federal issue. Yes, the appropriate policy solutions will be complex and precarious. But, often overlooked, is the simple fact that illegal immigration presents a tremendous cost on state and local taxpayers. The state’s biggest budget driver...
Young Conservatives of Texas Release Primary Endorsements
Along with staying busy here at TFR as "The Intern," I also moonlight as a State Vice Chairman for Young Conservatives of Texas. I'm very proud to announce that YCT has released our endorsements for the 2008 primary. The full page of...
Taxes Do Matter
People and jobs are fleeing high-tax states and states with income taxes. Where are they going? States with lower taxes and no income taxes. This is a trend that started in the 1990s, and is reflected yet again in 2007, as 20,000 per day shifted around the country....
Can’t Read? Then Teach
Time was when you could graduate from a Texas college and get a job teaching in El Paso, all without being able to read. That's the story John Corcoran is telling, and he should know. He was the illiterate teacher who sat in front of a high school classroom for 17...
Vote Down the Ballot
Early voting for the March primary begins next week in Texas. While many believe the top of the ticket is already decided and is uninspiring towards fiscal conservatives, the Republican base still needs to turn out in support of our down ballot conservatives in...
New Property Tax Could Go on the Books
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has submitted a formal request to Attorney General Abbott for an opinion on whether library districts can levy a property tax. The request notes that legislation was passed in the 79th Legislature (SB1205) to allow...
Just When You Thought Gas Prices Couldn’t Be Higher…
...Along comes State Sen. John "Let Them Be Taxed" Carona. The senator from Dallas is, seriously, going to introduce legislation next Session to raise the state's gasoline tax by 10 cents per gallon. This would take even more of your money and shovel it to the state's...