Grassroots Republicans made their voices heard: they want school choice for all Texas students and parents. By an overwhelming vote of 93% of the body, delegates to the Texas Republican State Convention affirmed they want to expand educational opportunities to improve...
No industry is more vital to the Texas economy than oil and gas; bad regulatory decisions there ripple outward, affecting the state’s 27 million citizens. This makes it imperative that Texans elect a right-thinking commissioner to the agency overseeing the industry....
Ninety-six percent of delegates to the state Republican convention want zero-based budgeting at all levels of government. Such statement of support came from the first-ever use of plank-by-plank voting on the Republican Party of Texas platform. One of the most...
An already ugly Republican primary season became even uglier last week when State Rep. Doug Miller (R-New Braunfels) began a massive media campaign personally attacking his opponent, Fredericksburg small businessman Kyle Biedermann. At issue are fifteen year old court...
Sanger veterinarian Lynn Stucky is asking voters to elect him as the successor to outgoing State Rep. Myra Crownover (R-Lake Dallas), but many Denton County voters are calling into question not just Stucky’s political record, but also his professional record. Stucky’s...
On Monday Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in a Fort Worth lawsuit in order to defend free speech rights, and he is already seeing some success. The suit was originally filed by ExxonMobil in Tarrant County against Claude Earl Walker, the Attorney General...
At a time when judges at all levels are radically reinterpreting existing law, citizens are increasingly wary of any judicial candidate who may disregard the will of the people. In his bid for a seat on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, one candidate is making...
The long-awaited decision from the Texas Supreme Court in the school finance case, Morath v. Texas Taxpayer and Student Fairness Coalition, was issued on May 13, 2016. (The case was argued over eight months earlier.) The court’s jargon-laden 100-page (!) decision can...
A second round of complaints have been filed against Collin County District Judge Chris Oldner related to comments Oldner made about Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal case. He is already being investigated by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct due to...
High expectations for performance were set for Texas lawmakers this week by Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick in their speeches at the state’s Republican Convention. To thunderous applause, Lt. Gov. Patrick called for legislators to do more to rein in, and lower, property...
In a speech before a crowd of conservatives at the Texas Republican State Convention Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott addressed the delegation to take a quick victory lap on his first year as governor. In his remarks, Abbott spoke to the state’s increased funding for...
This morning saw the latest chapter of the prosecution against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, with oral arguments taking place before the 5th Court of Appeals in Dallas. At the hearing, Paxton’s attorneys sought to dismiss several of the charges brought against...
At the second largest political gathering on the planet (second only to the meeting of the Communist Party in China) delegates to the Republican Party of Texas’ 2016 Convention will be making decisions that echo beyond the state’s borders. Yet no decision so directly...
In the race for Court of Criminal Appeals Place 5, Brent Webster has been working hard to earn votes for the state’s top appellate court for criminal cases. Supported by conservative organizations such as Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, Texas Right to Life, and...
In the midst of his seventh run for public office – this time for the Texas Railroad Commission – new documents are coming to light showing that Houston real estate investor Gary Gates defaulted on a loan of over $1 million from Bayou City taxpayers. On April 29,...
The results of Katy ISD’s recent school board elections could lead to a major shift in the way the district operates. By 7 votes, education activist and blogger George Scott unofficially beat out 27-year incumbent, Joe Adams, for Place 1 on the Board of Trustees....
By nearly a 2-1 margin, record voter turnout in May’s local election has retired three incumbents on the Colleyville City Council. Challengers endorsed by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility—Tammy Nakamura, Bobby Lindamood, and Richard Newton—ran an issue-focused...
On Saturday, Austin voters went to the polls and voted to take away both the livelihood and preferred method of transportation of thousands of their fellow citizens by voting against Proposition 1. The ridesharing regulation repeal was supported by an $8 million...
As delegates begin arriving in Dallas for the 2016 Texas Republican Party State Convention, many are focused on the work of the temporary platform committee, which begins its meetings on Monday. The committee is responsible for crafting an initial draft of the party’s...
Unlike most runoff elections this cycle in which conservatives were on offense, in House District 33 they’re playing defense against an encroaching establishment challenger. After State Rep. Scott Turner (R-Frisco) declined to run for re-election, the election became...
