State
David Cook Gets Speakership Nod From GOP Reformers
A meeting of reform-minded members and members-elect of the House GOP caucus reached their consensus on Friday afternoon.
Students Unite in Prayer: ‘See You at the Pole’ Events Set for Wednesday
See You at the Pole’s national student prayer day is September 25.
Citizens Tell Senators School Districts Are Failing to Implement Law Barring Explicit Books
Problems with inappropriate materials persist in school districts across the state.
Texas Settles With AI Company Accused of Overpromising on its Healthcare Technologies
The state had accused Pieces Technology of misrepresenting the accuracy of its AI healthcare tool intended to help hospitals recommend treatments based on patient data.
State Archive
Open Schools
How does your school district spend your money? Betcha you can't find out... That's why taxpayers should be contacting their lawmakers in support of legislation filed State Rep. Mark Strama (D-Austin), H.B. 1314, and State Rep. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe), H.B. 1307....
Bulked Up
A high school athlete steroid testing program cost taxpayers $6 million, but found the purported problem wasn't all it was cracked up to be. In fact, only four athletics tested positive out of more than 10,000 tested. State Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston has called it a...
Drinkin’ For Dollars
A San Antonio lawmaker wants to ditch the ban on Sunday liquor sales so the state can grab the extra tax money as the legislature grapples with a $9 billion revenue shortfall. He's not the only one looking to balance the books with booze; the Association Press reports...
Committee Communiqué
Setting aside the Select Committee on Federal Pork, the tax-and-spending committee chairmanships granted by Speaker Joe Straus offer little comfort for taxpayers, but there are some bright spots among the appointments. First, it's good to see that State Rep. Rob...
Big Pork, Meet Big Spender
While Texans are overwhelmingly opposed to the pork-fest activities in Washington, our new House Speaker has set the stage for amassing major debt in the Lone Star State by appointing government-grower extraordinaire Jim Dunnam (D-Waco) to chair a select committee...
Blueprint For An Effective Budget
We were one of several research, business, and taxpayer groups holding a press conference at the Capitol today, establishing a set of guidelines for the Legislature in drafting an effective, fiscally responsible state budget. Watch the press conference below. While a...
What If They Threw A Session…
The 81st Session of the Texas Legislature started four weeks ago, but you wouldn't know it from the lack of activity on the House side the Capitol. Committees have not yet been assigned, which means no legislation, no debates, no hearings, no votes. But is that such a...
Right Economic Stimulus
A coalition of conservative Texas legislators today announced their fiscal priorities for the session "to help keep our economy strong and growing" by noting that the economic climate has been caused by "poor decision-making in Washington D.C. and lack of...
Red State or State in the Red?
Texas is historically a “red state” but we’re in danger of becoming a state in the red if Republicans don’t govern with the conservative principles on which they were elected. Representative Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie has co-authored a H.C.R 29 with two Democrats from El...