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Money To Plan On

How much planning can you do with $1.7 million? And does any of it matter? The Texas Planning Assistance Grant Program is giving away that much of your money to 19 local "councils of government." What is a council of government? They allegedly exist to facilitate...

Liberal Babble Makes Us Poor

Liberals are always looking for anything they can dress up as "facts" to fit the left-wing social-engineering schemes they've been promoting for decades. No different is a "study" released by two leftist activist groups that claims Texas has one of the worst "income...

Bryan Daniel Wins In HD52

Bryan Daniel won election in House District 52, seat made vacant by the retiring Mike Krusee in Williamson County. Daniel presented a clear message and was strongly supported by a coalition of conservatives. Congratulations!

Update: Legler Carries 144

Ken Legler beat Fred Roberts in the HD 144 race. Legler ran a strong campaign based on conservative solutions to pressing policy questions. Congratulations on a well run race!

Congratulations Ralph Sheffield!

In the hotly contested race to replace retiring representative Dianne Delisi, (Representative of Bell County and H.D. 55 for 9 terms) Ralph Sheffield has emerged victorious. Mr. Sheffield captured a convincing share of the vote total to beat big taxing and spending...

Lewis Locks Up HD 81

Congratulations to Tryon Lewis -- retired state district judge -- in House District 81's primary runoff election. With all 47 precincts reporting Judge Lewis has captured 75 percent of the vote. Michael and I, having just traveled to Odessa yesterday, could not be...

Kay Cuts

So while Texas' ranking senator may have voted against earmark reform, she has been out working to make permanent the tax cuts passed by Congress several years ago. That's good news, even if it does paint a complicated picture of Kay Bailey Hutchison as taxpayers and...

Breaking Wind

A state study shows that hooking Texas' major cities up to the new "wind farms" could exceed $6 billion -- that's more than $260 for every man, woman and child. The cheapest option would set still Texans back $3 billion. While the wind blows pretty regularly, and...

Kay Marking

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has a great commentary out addressing congress' historic-low ratings. He lays the blame squarely on lawmakers' inability to control themselves fiscally. He specifically highlights the failure of the U.S. Senate to pass earmark reform legislation....