by Jacob Asmussen | Nov. 13, 2018 | Local
Would the Austin City Council ever consider giving special taxpayer-funded perks to a local animal clinic that kills dogs? Probably not. And if they did, many residents would be up in arms; but the council is currently giving special perks to an organization that...
by Saurabh Sharma | Nov. 13, 2018 | Commentary
The liberty movement in Texas sustained difficult losses on Election Night. Senators Konni Burton and Don Huffines and Rep. Matt Rinaldi were tireless warriors for a limited government that allows the people to prosper, fighting crony corporatist and government...
by Brandon Waltens | Nov. 13, 2018 | State
In a Facebook post Monday night, State Rep. Matt Krause (R–Fort Worth) listed for his constituents and followers his reasons for signing on to support State Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R–Angleton) in his bid for speaker of the Texas House. In his post, Krause explains that...
by Erin Anderson | Nov. 12, 2018 | Local
Citizens in six Texas counties accomplished on Election Day what the Texas Legislature has repeatedly failed to do: protect local property owners from forced annexation. Voters in Parker, Wise, Johnson, Freestone, Palo Pinto, and Atascosa overwhelmingly approved...
by Brandon Waltens | Nov. 12, 2018 | State, Uncategorized
State Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R–Angleton) told attendees at a press conference today that he had the votes to become the next Speaker of the House, having garnered 109 supporters in the Texas House, well past the 76 needed to take the gavel. “The speaker race is over,”...
by Charles Blain | Nov. 12, 2018 | Local, Uncategorized
Democratic Socialists of America, the self-described largest socialist group in the United States, saw four of their candidates elected to office in Texas last week as well as the passage of a DSA-backed referendum. In a release applauding the campaign wins of...
by Cary Cheshire | Nov. 12, 2018 | State
AUSTIN, Texas — According to sources in the Texas Capitol, State Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R–Angleton) will claim this afternoon that he has the votes necessary to win election as speaker of the Texas House. A legislator for more than two decades, Bonnen officially entered...
by Owen Stroud | Nov. 11, 2018 | Sports
The unspoken bond between Montgomery High football seniors Nate Colborn, Luke Loera and Tyler Holliday serves as a bedrock for the team.All three have been in the program’s pipeline since the seventh grade, never starring but always exceling and serving as true...
by Owen Stroud | Nov. 10, 2018 | Sports
J.P. Urquidez is still hoping the best is yet to come in his Texas Longhorns career.Since signing with Texas out of Copperas Cove High as a top-rated prospect in 2016, Urquidez has played in just two games for the currently No. 19 ranked Longhorns.Urquidez’s plan for...
by Owen Stroud | Nov. 10, 2018 | Sports
To say that Landon Irving has the respect of his teammates would be a huge understatement.“As a junior, he was voted Battling Badger team MVP,” Lampasas County coach Troy Rogers told Empower Texans. “I graduated from Lampasas and have now coached here for three years...
by Owen Stroud | Nov. 10, 2018 | Sports
Nelson Mbanasor’s progress with the Texas Tech football program has been slow but steady.After redshirting his freshman season, the 6-foot-3, 280-pound defensive linemen ranks 21st on the team this season in tackles with seven and a fumble recovery. The former...
by Owen Stroud | Nov. 10, 2018 | Sports
Hayden Doggett, a redshirted sophomore running back, joined the North Texas Mean Green after playing baseball in junior college, according to Meangreensports.com.A 2014 graduate of Hutto High School in Hutto, Texas, Doggett played football, earning a No. 470 rank in...
by James Barnes | Nov. 9, 2018 | Commentary
In August of 2018 a grassroots coalition headed up by Direct Action Texas, Grassroots America, and We the People released shocking information about Texas’ voter rolls. Out of the 14.1 million registered voters in Texas, 280,000 noncitizens (holding Green Cards) are...
by Matt Stringer | Nov. 9, 2018 | Local
The race to serve as the next councilman for Odessa City Council Place 4 failed to see a clear victory with the November 6 general election results. The race originally held three contenders for the position: Tom Sprawls, Richard Pierce, and David Malliat. Sprawls...
by Charles Blain | Nov. 9, 2018 | Commentary
There are hundreds, soon to be thousands, of takes on why down-ballot Republicans in urban areas around the country performed so poorly during Tuesday’s midterm elections. People will blame: President Trump, the partisan divide of D.C., the long coattails of popular...
by Miriam Cepeda | Nov. 9, 2018 | Local
Democratic candidates in the Rio Grande Valley swept on Election Night, but it wasn’t because of intense campaigning or exciting new ideas. Indeed, Democrats need only thank two causes: Robert Francis O’Rourke and straight-ticket voting, also known as the “palanca”...
by Erin Anderson | Nov. 9, 2018 | Local
UPDATED November 9 at 5:00 p.m. Nine Hidalgo County residents were arrested Thursday and accused of participating in an organized illegal voting scheme in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. A tenth suspect was arrested Friday. A total of 15 people have now been charged...
by Brandon Waltens | Nov. 9, 2018 | Local
After easily winning the race to succeed outgoing U.S. Congressman Gene Green, State Sen. Sylvia Garcia (D–Houston) officially submitted her letter of resignation to Gov. Greg Abbott. With the resignation effective this afternoon, Texas Election Code requires an...
by Erin Anderson | Nov. 8, 2018 | Local
Six more Hidalgo County voters were arrested today in connection with an illegal voting scheme in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. A total of 11 people have now been charged in the ongoing investigation of voter fraud in the city of Edinburg’s November 2017 municipal...
by Erin Anderson | Nov. 8, 2018 | Local
Granbury High School senior Chris Willis is now also Granbury ISD school board trustee Chris Willis. The 18-year-old student and Chick-fil-A marketing assistant won 41 percent of the vote on Tuesday, besting two other candidates for the Place 3 seat. “I’m excited to...
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