There are just some lists conservatives don’t want Texas to make. As the clock counted down on 2015, the conservative national news group Watchdog.org listed the 25 scariest people of the year. At the top of that list was none other than the Republican Speaker of the...
Fighting to preserve conservative principles has long been a way of life for Permian Basin-native Nelson Spear. As a lawyer and passionate conservative, Spear has utilized his educational background, assertiveness, and drive to advocate for liberty-minded reforms and...
An overzealous groundwater regulation in Montgomery County, at the behest of bureaucrats, is costing taxpayers millions, killing lakeside business, and driving property values down. Last year, the Lone Star Groundwater Conservative District (LSGCD) placed a mandate on...
Texas Scorecard Ballot Transparency (Texas Minute) Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed During a recent Senate hearing, government-interest groups were at it...
Texas Scorecard Scariest Man (Texas Minute) Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed There are just some lists conservatives don’t want Texas to make. As the clock...
When running for office, one should surround themselves with winners, not losers. And if running as a conservative, one should tout endorsements from conservatives. But don’t tell Texas House District 33 candidate Lorne Liechty, who is touting an endorsement...
Texas Scorecard Capitals of Texas (Texas Minute) Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Some people refer to the famously liberal city of Austin as the People’s...
A bronze star winner for his heroism in the military, Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R–Arlington) earned accolades as well for his service this session in the legislature. Tinderholt was ranked as one of the five most conservative representatives, and earned the taxpayer...
Houston ISD’s newly reshaped Board of Trustees is already off to a questionable start. This Thursday will be their first meeting since the election where the board will consider a laundry list of items. Most importantly, they will vote on a policy change that would...
There are more than 12 months until the next legislative session convenes, but Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick are wisely laying out a governing agenda ahead of the 2016 primaries. If your state legislators (and their chamber leadership) aren’t signed on,...
As voters head to the polls in February, they should beware of an unethical judge who is running away from his local voters by “falling upward.” Collin County District Judge Chris Oldner, who appears to have violated numerous ethics rules in orchestrating the...
Earlier today, State Sen. Charles Perry (R-Lubbock) endorsed conservative Mike Lang in his bid for Texas House District 60, further establishing Lang’s conservative bona fides and setting an optimistic precedent of cooperation between the two chambers for the two...
For those interested in fixing the public education system in Texas, they now have their number one target. According to sources, Gordon Johnson, the top political advisor to liberal House Speaker Joe Straus, has informed Straus’s vendors that Georgetown Republican...
Desperate consultants can get their desperate candidates to say the craziest things. That’s certainly the case in the race for the Texas Supreme Court, where Michael Massengale is challenging incumbent Debra Lerhmann. Lehrmann is raising money on the basis of being...
Texas Scorecard More Local Debt Than California (Texas Minute) Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Texas has the second-highest per-capita debt in the nation: we...
Texas Scorecard Spending On School Board Egos (Texas Minute) Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed A Texas School district is spending big on travel for the elected...
A politician fighting for his political life and a duplicitous Austin blogger who has been cozying up to the Houston Chronicle have been caught in blatant lies thanks to video footage received by Empower Texans. On October 30th, State Rep. Byron Cook (R–Corsicana)...
Texas Scorecard Leading The Nation... In Debt? (Texas Minute) Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Texas leads the nation is many categories…but perhaps the most...
