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For Straus, Desperate Times Call for Desperate Lies

With illegal immigration and border security regularly polling – by a wide margin – as the top issues of concern for Texas Republican primary voters, liberal House Speaker Joe Straus is desperately...

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When House Republicans Chose Diversity Training Over Border Security

Did you hear the one about how Texas House Republicans chose to fund diversity training over border security? No, it’s a true story – not a bad joke.During the debate on the budget in the Texas House,...

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Abbott Unloads on Straus and other Legislators over Ethics Obstruction

In an interview with KVUE News looking back on his first year as Governor, Greg Abbott unloaded on the legislators who killed his ethics reform agenda, calling their obstruction “reprehensible” and...

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Stickland Fought Obamacare, Fisher Pushed It

Even as Jonathan Stickland was fighting against liberal efforts to bring Obamacare to Texas, his opponent was working to bring Obama’s big government program to the Lone Star State.While Scott Fisher...

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A Clear Picture in District 58 Re-match

Many Texans have experienced the disappointment of electing a candidate who campaigns as a conservative, only to have that candidate fail to live up to their promises. State Rep. DeWayne Burns...

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Amnesty Supporters Take Aim at Stickland

In the Republican primary for House District 92, amnesty supporters are lining up to oppose State Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R-Bedford).The Business and Commerce Political Action Committee (BACPAC) has...

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Burkett Draws Conservative Challenger

Despite running for office claiming to be a conservative, State Rep. Cindy Burkett (R–Sunnyvale) has quickly taken a turn to the left. During the most recent legislative session, Burkett scored in the...

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Liberal “Establishment” Mayor Seeks Promotion

In East Texas, a liberal Mayor who boasts of being part of the “establishment” is seeking a promotion to the House of Representatives.Mayor Jay Dean is running for HD 7, a seat left open when David...

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Texas Medical Schools Purchased Aborted Fetal Tissue from Planned Parenthood

A conservative attorney is out with bombshell evidence showing that Texas medical schools have been purchasing organs taken from aborted babies by Planned Parenthood. Briscoe Cain, the Texas legal...

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Police Lobby: Gun Owners are “Potential Criminals”

In its zeal to mislead voters in one North Texas House district, Texas’ largest police lobby association is calling law-abiding gun owners “potential criminals” and labeling all Republican state...

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Yes, Scott Fisher Really Did Push ObamaCare

A Republican running for the Texas House has tried feverishly to deny he pushed for ObamaCare while serving on the board of a public hospital. Yet documents released late Friday reveal Scott Fisher not...

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Scott Fisher Touts Endorsement from Bernie Sanders Supporter

After taking fire for receiving an endorsement from Texas Parent PAC, a liberal school administrator special interest group, Scott Fisher defended the support he’s received from liberal activists. On...

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Establishment’s All-New Low

This week the tactics of the Austin political class reached an all-new low. On Thursday, WFAA broke news that police are investigating violent threats that were made against conservative Rep. Tony...

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“He’s a senator and he wants to kill me!”

“He’s a senator and he wants to kill me!” Those are the chilling words of the ex-wife of Texas Sen. Carlos Uresti calling 9-1-1 to report an episode of domestic violence. The audio of the 9-1-1 call...

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Attacks on Massengale Assume Ignorance of Voters

A discredited Houston political slate is attacking Michael Massengale, a conservative justice on the Houston Court of Appeals who is running for Texas Supreme Court. The attacks – leveled on behalf of...

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Wayne Smith’s Lobbyist Ties

Because he is so inactive, Rep. Wayne Smith of Baytown doesn’t draw as much attention as some of his other liberal Republican colleagues. But that doesn’t mean the seven-term legislator isn’t...

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Patrick Fights to Keep Tuition Affordable

On Monday, just before the primary election, the University of Texas Board of Regents voted to increase student tuition for the first time in several years. Now Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is fighting back in...

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Beware of Efforts to Curtail Requests

Last week was ‘Sunshine Week’ – an initiative to remind Americans of the importance of government transparency. To ensure greater control of government by the people, we need to ensure that measures to...

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Gary Gates Comes Out

Voters already had plenty of reasons to oppose Gary Gates in his vanity campaign for Railroad Commissioner. He’s a six-time loser in various races for public office and he lacks any experience or...

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No Denying TEC Extremism

With its most recent advisory opinion, the full extent of the Texas Ethics Commission’s (TEC) extremism on Texas’ lobby law is on public display, and even its defenders must confess the regulator’s...

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