by Tony McDonald | May. 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
On the eve of the runoff elections, a Republican candidate for state representative is coming out against state spending limits, one of Gov. Abbott’s top legislative priorities. In his answers submitted to www.ivoterguide.com, Steve Allison distanced himself from...
by Charles Blain | May. 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
A race for a city council seat in Pearland is heating up as two candidates are in the midst of a runoff, and the local Republican party has decided to weigh in. Harris County Republican Party’s executive committee passed a resolution supporting Adrian Hernandez for...
by Brandon Waltens | May. 16, 2018 | State, Uncategorized
After retiring Texas House Speaker Joe Straus announced yesterday he spent $1 million to support “responsible Republicans” in their elections, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick fired back with a statement accusing Straus of supporting liberals. In the statement, Patrick spokesman...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | May. 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Remember La Joya ISD, the “poor” school district that built itself a waterpark? Turns out they get a lot of your money; their budget is anything but “local.” The waterpark built by La Joya ISD with local dollars opened at about the same time as...
by Zach Maxwell | May. 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
For decades, under Democrat, Republican, and split control, the federal government has made consistent efforts, even inadvertently at times, to take power away from the states to then put in the hands of Congress and unelected bureaucrats in Washington D.C. Citizens...
by Salvador Ayala | May. 15, 2018 | State, Uncategorized
The Arizona city of Sedona is blazing a trail, but not one for which they should be proud. O.H. Skinner, the state’s Government Accountability and Special Litigation Chief, is warning Sedona that failure to stop licensing short-term vacation rentals will result in a...
by Erin Anderson | May. 15, 2018 | Local
A non-citizen accused of illegally registering to vote in Harris County and voting in multiple Texas elections will be prosecuted by the state for voter fraud, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office announced Monday. A Montgomery County grand jury indicted Laura...
by Austin Goss | May. 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
People seeking information directly from Texas gubernatorial candidate Lupe Valdez at LupeValdez.org are in for a surprise… In a bit of savvy campaigning, Greg Abbott’s reelection campaign bought the domain name last November and now using to draw attention to...
by Salvador Ayala | May. 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” George Bernard Shaw Over the history of the great experiment in human freedom, one can find many exhortations on the necessity of personal responsibility as a requisite to maintenance of a free society....
by Brandon Waltens | May. 15, 2018 | State
One university in Texas is using tax dollars to teach men how to sound more like women, in just the latest example of leftist social engineering on campus. The workshop, held at Texas Tech University, pairs biologically male students with speech language pathologists...
by Jacob Asmussen | May. 15, 2018 | Local
Austin is known for iconic events. South by Southwest, Austin City Limits, Austin Marathon, and countless smaller festivals and gatherings have made the city a vibrant and active community. Many of those, however, are in jeopardy because of costly government...
by Lauren Melear | May. 14, 2018 | Local
Two votes have tipped the scale in a $149 million bond for San Angelo Independent School District. Unofficial voting results from the May 5 election showed the bond passing by a narrow three-vote margin—a margin officials said was too close to call. It appears they...
by Miriam Cepeda | May. 14, 2018 | Local
The City of Mission’s May 5th municipal election failed to acquire a victory in two of their contested races for mayoral and place 4 on city council. Both of which are heading into a runoff on June 9. According to Hidalgo County Elections Department, only 16.17...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | May. 14, 2018 | Federal, Local
Disgraced former congressman Blake Farenthold has a new job at the taxpayers’ expense: he’s the new “legislative liaison” for the Calhoun Port Authority in Port Lavaca. Farenthold resigned from Congress in disgrace in April, following...
by Cary Cheshire | May. 13, 2018 | Commentary
On Thursday, the Houston Chronicle published an op-ed titled “I’m a Texan. Ken Paxton wants to deport me,” written by illegal immigrant and “DREAMer” activist Damaris Gonzalez. In response, I tweeted the following: You aren’t a Texan and you aren’t a...
by Reagan Reed | May. 11, 2018 | Local
San Jacinto County has been thrown into an upheaval after the indictment and arrest of County Judge John Lovett. A grand jury indicted Lovett on three counts, two of which are felonies, in connection with an alleged burglary he committed in July of 2017. Lovett was...
by Reagan Reed | May. 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
A large group of Montgomery County Republican Precinct Chairs from Magnolia and other parts of Precinct 2 have issued a joint letter expressing their support for county commissioner candidate Greg Parker. Parker is challenging incumbent commissioner Charlie Riley in...
by Charles Blain | May. 11, 2018 | Local
During the first public board meeting since a school board president ordered police to clear the room and arrest two parents, the public showed that they would not be intimidated. One after another, parents and enraged taxpayers took to the microphone to voice their...
by Erin Anderson | May. 11, 2018 | Local
A former member of the Texas Legislature points to the voting record of his former colleague as evidence that the congressional hopeful is “not a conservative.” In an open letter to Republicans in Texas’ 5th Congressional District, former State Rep. Steve Toth warns...
by Charles Blain | May. 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
In a unanimous vote, a Houston-area school board of trustees voted to retain private counsel and seek a defamation lawsuit against critics of the district’s superintendent. Katy Independent School District trustees voted 7–0 tonight to pursue a defamation lawsuit...
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