by Tony McDonald | Aug. 14, 2017 | State, Uncategorized
One of the top priorities of the Republican Party in Texas was killed over the weekend when a minority of Republicans joined with Democrats to send the bill back to committee with scarce time for the issue to be revived. House Bill 208 by House GOP Caucus Chairman Tan...
by Cary Cheshire | Aug. 14, 2017 | State
Educrats and lobbyists are celebrating a victory after liberal Republicans partnered with Democrats to kill a proposal that would have laid the groundwork for conservative reform. On Monday, just over thirty Republicans sabotaged attempts by State Rep. Bill Zedler...
by Tony McDonald | Aug. 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
In a surprise move, Texas House Republicans have voted to stall a property tax reform bill, with the author citing “negotiations with the Senate” as the reason for the delay. The House was expected Sunday evening to finally approve SB 1, a property tax...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Aug. 14, 2017 | Local
With the Fort Worth City Council poised to consider joining a lawsuit protecting sanctuary cities, the area’s state senator is defending the “commonsense policy” adopted by lawmakers earlier this year. City council members are expected to consider a...
by Miriam Cepeda | Aug. 13, 2017 | Local
Dr. Lawrence Richard Gelman wears many hats in the Rio Grande Valley, including anesthesiologist, hospital administrator, author, film producer, media personality, and conservative activist. A distinguished physician, Dr. Gelman is a second-generation Polish-American...
by Salvador Ayala | Aug. 12, 2017 | State
A valiant attempt by the Texas Freedom Caucus to fix a watered-down property tax reform measure failed on the house floor tonight. A minority of House Republicans joined Democrats to prevent lawmakers from strengthening a key provision of the bill. Conservatives want...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Aug. 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
With nowhere to hide, the Texas House leadership on Saturday evening stabbed one of their own in the back while trying to slow down the move for stronger limits on government spending. More than 90 percent of Republican primary voters want to strengthen Texas’ limit...
by Salvador Ayala | Aug. 12, 2017 | State
Texas taxpayers should celebrate the fact that an important property tax reform bill will reach the House floor on Saturday. But if it’s going to be meaningful, conservatives will have to fix the heavily watered-down bill. The Texas Senate weakened Senate Bill 1 prior...
by Ross Kecseg | Aug. 11, 2017 | State
The Texas House Speaker’s top lieutenant – and killer of all things conservative – joined three Democrats to block the House from even considering a dramatically watered-down property tax reform bill. Fortunately, the effort failed. Outside the Capitol, the only...
by Reagan Reed | Aug. 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
Republicans in Montgomery County are looking to add their county to the growing list of local Republican Parties that have passed resolutions condemning Speaker Joe Straus at their executive committee meeting next Tuesday. Straus has become increasingly more unpopular...
by Tony McDonald | Aug. 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
House Speaker Joe Straus’ refusal to answer questions during the special session continued on Friday with Lewisville Republican Ron Simmons, the latest member of the Texas House to be frustrated in his pursuit of straight answers to simple questions. Simmons went to...
by Lauren Melear | Aug. 11, 2017 | Local
A road bond proposal led by Midland City Councilmember J. Ross Lacy is set to be voted on by city council Tuesday with a substantially smaller price tag than initially proposed. Due to concerns raised by residents and council members over the hike in property tax...
by Cary Cheshire | Aug. 11, 2017 | State
A senior state lawmaker cried foul after a news organization – the Texas Monitor – turned a spotlight on her spending habits, alleging that the revelations are untrue. Texas Scorecard’s investigations reveal what is, as Nelson says, “fake news,” and what is fact. In...
by Austin Goss | Aug. 11, 2017 | State
The same morning hundreds of people from across the state gathered in support of common sense reform in front of the capitol steps, a Dallas lawmaker was busy ridiculing them. This time, he found his spotlight in the form of bashing the same conservative movement he...
by George Rodriguez | Aug. 10, 2017 | Commentary
There should be a notice to all state and local Republican Party leaders, that GOP Party supporters do not exist to serve the will of the Party, but rather the Party should reflect their politics. If it doesn’t then the Party must change or fail. For example, Texas...
by Austin Goss | Aug. 10, 2017 | State, Uncategorized
The Texas House has finally passed a pro-life bill straight from the governor’s list of 20 agenda items. HB 214, authored by State Rep. John Smithee (R-Amarillo) removes the packaging of elective abortion into health insurance plans provided both by private companies...
by Austin Goss | Aug. 10, 2017 | State
Just a few days after the Texas House passed legislation proposing to throw another $1.8 billion at a Texas’ public school system while doing nothing to address serious structural issues, their colleagues in the Texas Senate called a press conference demanding serious...
by Erin Anderson | Aug. 10, 2017 | Local
How do you stop your city government from wasting taxpayers’ money? Show up and ask. That’s what Coppell resident Joe Shirley did when he saw that his city council was planning to approve an expensive contract for a wasteful project that would ultimately cost...
by Greg Harrison | Aug. 10, 2017 | State
A critical bill that would considerably strengthen Texans’ property rights will soon be up for a vote in the Texas House – but if history is any indicator, the liberal governing structure in the lower chamber is already prepared to kill it. Municipal annexation isn’t...
by Greg Harrison | Aug. 10, 2017 | Local
In the midst of a special session aimed at providing property tax relief to Texans, one municipality is responding to the immediate political landscape with an unprecedented tax increase in hopes of ramming it through before protections kick in. Wednesday, the city of...
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