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San Antonio Sued for Funding Out-of-State Abortion Travel
Attorney General Paxton asserted that the city is blatantly defying Texas law.
Ahead of Budget Debate, House Members Move To Slash Lottery Spending
As the Lottery Commission faces Sunset review, lawmakers are targeting its budget for cuts and redirection.
Texas Taxpayers Funded Anti-Border Security, Pro-Islam Show
A state grant gave $1.2 million in taxpayer monies to a Netflix show.
Court Rules Texas Can Release School District Accountability Ratings for 2023
The A-F ratings serve as a “report card” for how well Texas schools are serving students and taxpayers.
State Archive
Freshman State Rep. Files Pro-Transparency Legislation
Freshman State Rep. Mark Keough has filed legislation to force counties to be more transparent to taxpayers. HB 317 would require counties in Texas with populations higher than 45,000 to create and maintain an online searchable database of all county expenditures. “HB...
Toll Free Texas
Collin County State Reps. Scott Sanford (R-McKinney), Matt Shaheen (R-Plano) and Jeff Leach (R -Allen) recently filed a ten-item legislative agenda under the banner “Toll Free Texas,” which aims to more effectively prioritize non-tolled roads. Reforms include greater...
Transportation Funding a Top Priority
Transportation has become a major issue in the state of Texas with rising population and business growth placing greater strain on the existing infrastructure. The issue was even highlighted in a campaign advertisement by Governor Abbott where he claimed “a guy in a...
Hey Media, Be Happy We Won!
Lost in the coverage of Michael Quinn Sullivan and Empower Texans' historic win against the Texas Ethics Commission last week was one terrifying argument put forward by lawyers for the Commission. It's an argument over the scope of the TEC's power to regulate speech...
Senate Stands for Tax Relief
On Tuesday Senate leaders alongside Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced the specifics of their tax relief proposals. State Sen. Jane Nelson (R-Denton), the Chair of the Finance Committee, unveiled the specific details of what had previously been a blanket line item of...
The Limiting Metric
Analysts at the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) have compared Texas spending limit methods over recent biennia and found that application of the population-plus-inflation metric to each budget since 2006 results in a trend of relatively constant spending limits....
Troubling Ties Between Two Tuckers
New information is coming to light about the troubling relationship between Sara Martinez Tucker, a proponent of common core who has been nominated by Governor Abbott to be a regent for the University of Texas System, and a liberal education reform advocate named Marc...
The Unacceptable David Beck
Later this week the Texas Senate’s Nominations Committee will consider the appointment of David J. Beck to the University of Texas Board of Regents. He should not be confirmed without undergoing some very strict – and uncomfortable – scrutiny. For the most part,...
The Conservative Approach to Limiting Government Growth
While the grassroots may disagree on the means from time to time, the end goal of the conservative movement remains the same: put government in its proper size and role in order to ensure that individual liberty is maximized. That includes our state government, where...