Looking at the new statewide issues polling from Texas Tribune, I am struck again by just how out of touch Joe Straus and his "leadership" team really are from the mainstream of Texas. Let's step back. The closest thing to "Joe Straus on the Texas Ballot" was in the...
Texans wanting to see a change in House leadership can only hope Straus keeps Villalba on the speaking circuit…
Spring means it’s bond season in Texas. May brings warmer weather and the opportunity to further indenture our posterity with wasteful school debt. For advocates of responsible financial stewardship by school districts, it is frustrating to see measures increasing...
Establishment incumbents wildly out-spent their conservative challengers, with lobbyists putting in tens of thousands of dollars. Yet when the votes were counted in race after race, those dollars meant less than the hard work, shoe-leather and convictions of the new...
Tuesday night's results made for a very good morning for conservatives in Texas. A few fast facts about last-night’s Republican primary: The most liberal Republican in the Texas Senate lost. Conservative ranks in the Senate are swelling. Every House conservative won...
In advance of the 2014 elections, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility today endorsed Rodney Anderson in his bid to replace Linda Harper-Brown in House District 105. “Rodney Anderson is a strong conservative with a proven record as a citizen-leader, activist and...
Mr. Geren is proudly launching a re-vamp of his campaign site today, declaring himself to be HD 99’s “conservative voice in Austin.”
It seems as though significant transportation financing reform won’t happen this session.
State Rep. Linda Harper-Brown underperformed and underwhelmed this session.
The deadline for bills in the Texas House to be read on 2nd Reading is quickly approaching. To no one’s surprise, many conservative bills will be laid to rest, barring a sudden and drastic change of heart by House leadership. Per Texas House Rules, a bill must be...