by Owen Stroud | Jul. 2, 2019 | Sports
Jacob Nesbit’s season of college baseball ended with him playing in its pinnacle event.Nesbit, a Coppell High School alum and redshirt freshman for Arkansas, started at third base in the Razorbacks’ two games at the College World Series on June 15 and 17...
by Owen Stroud | Jul. 2, 2019 | Sports
Zack Gregory, who starred on the baseball diamond for Timber Creek, has gone from the Southeastern Conference to the Northwoods League this summer.After completing his redshirt freshman season with the Arkansas Razorbacks, who finished second in the SEC West and made...
by Owen Stroud | Jul. 2, 2019 | Sports
Former Flower Mound softball star Sydney Springfield recorded some big hits down the stretch for Oklahoma State this spring as part of her first season in the program.Springfield, who transferred to OSU after spending the 2017 and 2018 seasons at Louisiana State, had...
by Owen Stroud | Jul. 2, 2019 | Sports
Madi Sue Montgomery, a Burleson Centennial High School alum, has received All-American honors as she has completed her Oklahoma State softball career.Montgomery was named a third-team All-American by Softball America after hitting .353 with a .442 on-base percentage....
by Owen Stroud | Jul. 2, 2019 | Sports
Timber Creek High School alumna Mady Lohman wrapped up her freshman season at Oklahoma State by playing in the Women’s College World Series.Lohman, an infielder from Keller, struck out in one at-bat against Oklahoma in the Cowgirls’ 6-1 loss on May 31 in...
by Matt Stringer | Jul. 1, 2019 | Local
Former senior pastor for Stonegate Fellowship Church, Rev. Patrick Payton, announced in an email Monday his intended candidacy to serve as the next mayor of Midland. “After weeks and months of careful consideration, prayer and wonderful, sincere counsel I have decided...
by Robert Montoya | Jul. 1, 2019 | Local
Dallas’ City Council clasped hands last week with the Tarrant Regional Water District to spend millions of tax dollars to encourage people to use less water, and are hoping to get the North Texas Municipal Water District to join. Approved at a previous council...
by Brandon Waltens | Jul. 1, 2019 | Federal
After conservative journalist Andy Ngo was violently attacked by liberal protestors, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is speaking out and demanding those involved be held accountable. On Saturday as Ngo was covering a protest in Portland, Oregon, by the far left-wing ANTIFA group,...
by Owen Stroud | Jul. 1, 2019 | Sports
Guyer High hoops star Jalen Wilson has settled on Kansas after decommiting from Michigan in the wake of former coach John Beilien’s NBA exit to the Cleveland Cavaliers.“I think Kansas’ winning tradition, the basketball there, made the difference,” Guyer coach Grant...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Jun. 28, 2019 | Commentary, Life
John Adams famously described facts as “pesky things,” going on to say “whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” For years a common attack on the veracity of the Bible has been a...
by Owen Stroud | Jun. 28, 2019 | Sports
Football is arguably Texas’s state sport, yet two Austin area high school students — Emilio Cohen-Hadria and Makayla Keating — are making names for themselves in water polo.They are integral parts of their respective schools’ teams, as well as Zilla Water Polo, a...
by Erin Anderson | Jun. 27, 2019 | Local
A new law to eliminate conflicts of interest between county appraisal districts and the local taxing entities they serve is forcing one city official to make a choice: step down from his position as mayor of a large North Texas suburb or leave his job as chief...
by Brandon Waltens | Jun. 27, 2019 | State
In the final days of the recent Texas legislative session, a compromise was reached on legislation designed to provide “school finance reform” and property tax relief. But with explanations of the bill’s contents varying between lawmakers and media reports, Texas...
by Matt Stringer | Jun. 27, 2019 | Local
While lawmakers congratulate themselves on the passage of “school finance reform” House Bill 3, lauding the accomplishment of allegedly reducing Chapter 41 school finance recapture payments (known as “Robin Hood”) by 47 percent, Midland Independent School District is...
by Tony McDonald | Jun. 27, 2019 | State
Texas district attorneys are saying a new law legalizing hemp could have the effect of derailing all marijuana prosecutions for the next year. House Bill 1325 by State Rep. Tracy King (D–Batesville), a bill legalizing low-THC hemp products, passed the legislature by a...
by Brandon Waltens | Jun. 27, 2019 | State, Uncategorized
A leading Second Amendment advocacy group is expanding in Texas, as Gun Owners of America announces the hiring of Teresa Beckmeyer as the organization’s Texas Operations Director. A lifelong West Texan, Beckmeyer is well-known by grassroots across the Lone Star State...
by 1836 Studios | Jun. 27, 2019 | Texas Scorecard Video
Retiring State Rep. Jonathan Stickland joined Michael Quinn Sullivan and Tony McDonald to discuss his time in the Texas House, why now was the right time to step away, and what is next for the Taxpayer Champion.
by 1836 Studios | Jun. 27, 2019 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
Episode 91: Brandon Waltens, Destin Sensky, and Cary Cheshire join the show to discuss the latest news from around the state. Arif Panju from Institute for Justice discusses Gov. Abbott’s recent order restoring the state plumbing board. Michael Quinn Sullivan...
by Grant Hillman | Jun. 26, 2019 | Commentary
Recent weeks have seen several victories for religious freedom not just in Texas, but in the greater United States. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Bladensburg Peace Cross, and Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 1978, the “Save Chick-fil-A...
by Brandon Waltens | Jun. 26, 2019 | State, Uncategorized
Former Speaker of the Texas House Joe Straus is back and aiming to influence upcoming elections in Texas with the creation of his new Texas Forever Forward PAC. Seeding the effort with an initial $2.5 million investment left over from his campaign coffers, Straus said...
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