One prominent Austin lobby group has been in the tank for bigger government for a long time, but their vanity is now taking them even deeper down the drain. In a recent lobbying push, the stateâs ostensibly pro-business lobby group, the Texas Association of Business,...
As an overzealous judiciary continues to override the will of the people, defending religious liberty has become a necessary battle for conservatives nationwide. With a devout and pro-liberty population, Texas seemed poised to protect the right of citizens to freely...
In the Republican primary for House District 92, amnesty supporters are lining up to oppose State Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R-Bedford). The Business and Commerce Political Action Committee (BACPAC) has endorsed Scott Fisher, a liberal Republican who is challenging...
Certain perks are supposed to come with being one of the most powerful members of the Texas House â most notably, passing your districtâs legislative priorities. Yet on that count, State Rep. Byron Cook of Corsicana failed his constituents miserably. Only one measure...
Saying he is âre-examiningâ his religious liberty amendment to the Texas State Constitution (HJR 55), State Rep. Jason Villalba (R-Dallas) is taking down the proposal just two days before Friday’s filing deadline after facing opposition from the Texas...
Despite a more conservative Senate and statewide victories of reform-minded leaders like Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton, a crony lobbyist for corporate welfare interests says that with Joe Straus as Speaker of the Texas House it will be âbusiness as usual.â Good luck....
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus has a simple plan for the coming legislative session: spend more, on a lot. Tax relief? Nowhere in his plans. WOAI radio reported that House Speaker Joe Straus told the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce that the legislature should spend...
Watch out, the Texas Association of Business wants to build a fast-lane into your wallet. These are the same folks who were last heard pushing higher gas taxes. Coming into 2013, they want to jack up your vehicle registration fees. TAB president Bill Hammond was...
For more than a year weâve been calling for a moratorium on the statewide testing system on the basis that those dollars could be better spent educating kids. Now we found out that the test may be “virtually useless.” It’s time to seriously re-think...
