Tomorrow the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) will vote whether to institutionalize the biased approach it took when dealing with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. At its bi-monthly meeting, the unelected agency tasked with enforcing the state’s so-called “ethics laws”...
In a letter sent to Texas’ governor, lieutenant governor and House speaker, six of the state’s largest conservative organizations called on them to “cure a very important deficiency” at an agency setting itself up as the de facto regulator of...
While our rights to life, liberty, and property are endowed by God, securing those rights has fallen to men and women willing to battle enemy forces intent on destroying the glorious American experiment. And in those battles, a great many patriots gave that...
Harris County’s chief elected law enforcement and legal officer is now admitting that her office violated the law while prosecuting David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt in the well-reported Planned Parenthood Case. Daleiden filed a motion to quash the indictment against...
After coming up 23 votes short in Tuesday’s runoff election and conceding to his grassroots conservative opponent, fourteen year incumbent State Rep. Wayne Smith of Baytown is now asking for a recount. Smith’s A Smith lost his bid for reelection Tuesday in the runoff...
By intentionally putting the safety of minors at risk, superintendents are going to new lengths to protect teachers that engage in criminal activity. Channel 8 News recently revealed that North Texas school districts are knowingly exposing innocent children to sexual...
One prominent Texas Republican has announced she will not be supporting the Republican nominee. However, it isn’t presidential candidate Donald Trump outgoing State Rep. Debbie Riddle (R-Tomball) is referring to, but rather her former opponent, Valoree Swanson. In a...
Through a perverse tolling scheme enabled by state legislators, Denton and Collin County commuters using the Sam Rayburn Tollway are paying a regional tax disguised as a “toll.” That’s because the North Texas Toll Authority (NTTA) paid the regional government $3.2...
With the Austin crony establishment cartel reeling from the defeat of two more powerful committee chairmen at the hands of conservative voters, some lawmakers have to be questioning the extravagant spending by the cartel’s top spokesman on his own re-election....
While many of the runoff elections around the state featured establishment politicians launching false attacks on conservatives, none measured up to the race between State Rep. Wayne Smith (R-Baytown) and conservative attorney Briscoe Cain in House District 128....
Former conservative lawmaker Wayne Christian won the Republican nomination for Railroad Commissioner last night after an Election Day surge in rural Texas pushed him roughly 7,000 votes past Houston slumlord Gary Gates. The race featured massive spending by Gates,...
Despite the district’s controversial transgender guidelines not present on Tuesday’s meeting agenda, dozens of concerned parents and citizens testified against the new rules. While pro-transgender groups label opponents as “bigots,” “trans-phobes,” or worse, many who...
With all ballots counted late last night, Fredericksburg businessman Kyle Biedermann cruised to victory against Straus Committee Chairman Doug Miller. In a race defined by Miller’s repugnant mudslinging— even his own supporters openly condemned—voters soundly rejected...
Tonight’s runoff elections produced important wins around the Lone Star State for conservatives. Most significantly, three major leaders in the Democrat-enabling House Republican leadership were defeated. On the other side of the Capitol, the Texas Senate was markedly...
As Texans go to the polls today, they have an important choice to make in the race for Railroad Commissioner. On one hand, they can vote for Wayne Christian, a taxpayer champion who fought for conservative values in the Texas Legislature and is backed by the oil and...
A dozen elected officials have issued a stinging rebuke in the open-seat race for House District 33. In an open-letter to voters, Justin Holland is criticized for having “stooped” to “completely fabricating falsehoods about” conservative John...
The Fort Worth ISD board is conducting its regularly scheduled meeting tonight where concerned citizens are expected to testify again on the district’s controversial transgender guidelines. Stand with Fort Worth has organized local citizens who continue to oppose what...
When I first ran for Keller City Council in November 2014, I was motivated by what I felt was a lack of communication, transparency, and accountability from Town Hall. Effective representation at any level of government requires our elected officials to conduct...
On Wednesday, April 27, the State Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform & Relief met in Arlington to receive public testimony. During the hearing, I had the opportunity to testify. The chairman, State Sen. Chairman Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston), posed a...
Delegates to the Texas Republican Party Convention renewed their party’s commitment to limiting the growth of Texas government. Texas currently has a constitutional spending limit that limits spending growth to the growth in the state’s economy. While no exact...
