by Brandon Waltens | Jan. 13, 2020 | State
In a ceremony on the front lawn of the Governor’s Mansion in Austin on Monday morning, Gov. Greg Abbott bestowed the Medal of Courage to Jack Wilson, the hero who stopped the shooting at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement last month. After a gunman...
by Robert Montoya | Jan. 13, 2020 | Local
Last year, the grassroots fought to elect three new members to the board of the appraisal district in Tarrant County. One of those newcomers is now calling on the grassroots, asking them to help continue the fight to reform the organization that sets the taxable value...
by Robert Montoya | Jan. 13, 2020 | Local
Last Wednesday, a billion-dollar redevelopment scheme overseen by the son of a congresswoman revealed that its design phase is not yet complete. This runs counter to findings published last year by a third-party review, which claimed that the design phase was finished...
by Brandon Waltens | Jan. 10, 2020 | State
While a state commission appears poised to recommend the end of partisan judicial election in the state of Texas, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is pushing back. The Judicial Selection Commission was created during the recent legislative session to “study and review the method...
by Matt Stringer | Jan. 10, 2020 | Local
Midland’s ballot box “mystery” is about to be solved. Attorneys representing members of both political action committees involved in the controversial Midland school bond election appeared before a visiting state district judge this morning, for a hearing on petitions...
by Cary Cheshire | Jan. 10, 2020 | State
Despite record illegal immigration continuing to hamper and constrain many states across the nation, Republican governors have continued to ask the federal government to continue or enhance refugee resettlement in their states. Earlier this year, Conservative Review...
by Erin Anderson | Jan. 9, 2020 | Local
McKinney voters moved closer to removing a city council member they say is hurting the city with divisive rhetoric and unethical behavior, but the councilman is promising he’ll take the matter to court. Following two hours of contentious public comments at Tuesday...
by 1836 Studios | Jan. 9, 2020 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
Episode 119: Brandon Waltens and Jacob Asmussen catch us up on a few stories making news around the state. Joe Nixon, lead counsel in the Tinslee Lewis case, brings us up-to-date on where the case is now and how it got to this point. Michael Quinn Sullivan has this...
by Erin Anderson | Jan. 8, 2020 | Local
A North Texas local official is suing a federal bureaucracy for stifling faith-based free speech. Susan Fletcher, a graphic designer from Frisco who also serves as Collin County’s Precinct 1 commissioner, is challenging a United States Postal Service regulation that...
by Jacob Asmussen | Jan. 7, 2020 | Local
AUSTIN — “The City’s top job is public safety, and they are failing. Yesterday’s tragic murder is the most recent example.” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was blunt in his remarks on Twitter over the weekend after a homeless man with a violent criminal history killed a...
by Robert Montoya | Jan. 7, 2020 | Local
At a press conference Monday morning, the mother of an 11-month-old baby decried an unjust Texas law that has put her child’s life at risk. Gov. Greg Abbott has offered public support but refused to call a special legislative session to repeal this law. Baby Tinslee...
by Brandon Waltens | Jan. 7, 2020 | State
Young Conservatives of Texas—a nonpartisan, conservative youth organization known well for making waves on college campuses throughout the Lone Star State—released its legislative rankings for the 86th legislative session, continuing its tradition of publishing one of...
by Erin Anderson | Jan. 7, 2020 | Local
In a huge victory for taxpayers, a North Texas resident has won a three-year fight to hold her local school district accountable for unlawfully using tax dollars to promote a school tax increase. Brenda Rizos, a longtime school accountability advocate, filed an ethics...
by Jacob Asmussen | Jan. 6, 2020 | Local
AUSTIN — While violent homelessness chaos unravels in the streets and working families’ wallets are getting plundered by city hall, the mayor is busy relaxing in a mountain-view infinity pool. Amid startling citywide crises that he helped create, Mayor Steve...
by Brandon Waltens | Jan. 6, 2020 | Federal
Just days after ending his sputtering candidacy for the presidential nomination, Texas Democrat Julián Castro has endorsed U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren for the position, triggering speculation that he has his eyes on the vice presidency. In a video posted on Monday...
by Thomas Warren | Jan. 3, 2020 | Local
One of the candidates running to replace U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) received some encouragement this week from one of President Donald Trump’s sons. On Monday, Eric Trump tweeted his support for Republican congressional hopeful Ronny Jackson, telling...
by Robert Montoya | Jan. 3, 2020 | Local
Are Fort Worth officials about to hit citizens with stricter government regulations and higher taxes? According to a recent city survey—unauthorized and removed from their website after just four days—the answer might be yes. Last week, the City of Fort Worth posted a...
by Dana Harris | Jan. 3, 2020 | Commentary, State
The West Freeway Church of Christ shooting was the very thing I had hoped would never happen but knew that—in the current cultural climate—it was only a matter of time. This is why I worked so diligently, alongside former State Rep. Matt Rinaldi, to see the Church...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Jan. 3, 2020 | Commentary, Life
It doesn’t look like much today, but the archeological site Tel Sheva was kind of a big deal. It was at the center of much of the narrative in the Bible’s Book of Genesis. Its name then was Be’er Sheva. Most translations render the name as “Beer-sheba.” It’s in the...
by Robert Montoya | Jan. 2, 2020 | Local
Shortly after a judge decided to enforce a North Texas hospital’s death sentence on an 11-month-old baby, Texas’ governor released a statement but refused to call a special session to repeal the law that has caused such chaos for the baby and her family. Baby Tinslee...
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