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Burrows Hemorrhages Support as Harless Backs Cook
With Harless’ announcement today, only one of Harris County’s nine Republican House members—Lacey Hull—remains aligned with Burrows.
County GOP Chairs Urge Unity, Support State Rep. David Cook for House Speaker
The chairs wrote that any Republican House member who fails to support Cook will be held accountable.
Investigations, Longhorn Scorecard, State
UT-Austin Course Promotes ‘LGBT’ Agenda
One of the textbooks encourages the sexualization of minors.
Dustin Burrows Faces Scrutiny Over ‘Speaker-Elect’ Designation
Burrows began using the title in invitations to a series of fundraising events scheduled for this week.
State Archive
House Tax Talk
It may no longer be a question of if the leadership team surrounding House Speaker Joe Straus will move to raise taxes, but when and how much. Just this weekend another Straus lieutenant announced his openness to hiking taxes this year. Hopefully Gov. Rick Perry has a...
Wentworth’s Land Grab
Legislation being offered by Republican State Sen. Jeff Wentworth would create a massive land-grab for schools, forcing developers to sell property at or below market value. Sen. Wentworth's legislation would require private residential land developers to offer up at...
Speaker Vote Will Be On Index
The vote for House Speaker will be included on the Fiscal Responsibility Index, announced the president of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility today. “Joe Straus’ record as the state’s third-ranking constitutional officer leaves much to be desired for fiscal...
Straus Supporters Are Wrong… Statistically
It seems Speaker Joe Straus’ supporters need a refresher on Statistics. Many of those supporters cite historic GOP gains in Texas’ House as evidence of political effectiveness. That means Mr. Straus should remain Speaker, doesn’t it? Hardly. To jump to that conclusion...
Deleting DIR
It’s a safe bet most Texans haven’t heard of the Department of Information Resources. It’s hummed along under the radar for years, generating revenue by selling services to other state agencies. After a scathing Sunset Commission report, State Rep. Byron Cook is ready...
Again Lefties Lead with Tax-Hikes
It seems time after time, the left’s go-to solution for budgetary issues is to “increase revenue streams” (ahem) raise taxes. More curious is that these “solutions” keep coming from the leadership team assembled by House Speaker Joe Straus. The latest in the litany of...
Fiscal Index 2011
Preparing for the start of the legislative session, we last week sent lawmakers a letter outlining our priorities and reminding them how our scorecard, the Fiscal Responsibility Index, works. Of more immediate significance, we noted that House members' first vote...
Cutting Corporate Welfare
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has it exactly right: "The Texas economy will grow, with or without incentives." The ‘incentives,’ of course, are government giveaway programs that cost taxpayers a lot without providing much return. It's time for them to go. They never...
Yoo-hoo, Beverly Woolley…
Endorsing Straus doesn’t make Straus a conservative. It makes you a liberal. The man you endorsed: Was brought to power by the Democrats Only has unanimous pledges for Speaker from one party in the House of Representatives: The Democrats. Straus is the Democrats...