Conservative Firebrand Steve Hotze Sues Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Again
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo isn’t the only local elected official to obligate businesses to require their customers and staff to wear masks, but...
Hegar Highlights Priorities For Texas’ $194.6 Billion Budget
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has projected that the state will have $194.6 billion available for the 2026-27 biennium, including a $23.76 billion surplus. In...
UT Poll Shows Vouchers Not A Priority For Texans, Despite Abbott’s Push
Despite Texas Governor Greg Abbott's focus on promoting vouchers as a top priority for education reform, a new poll from UT/Texas Politics Project Poll...
Texas Lawmakers Approve Major Property Tax Cuts, Sending Proposal to Voters
A sweeping package aimed at reducing property taxes for Texas homeowners is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk — and to voters in November...
Gov. Abbott Calls Immediate Special Session
Following the conclusion of the regular legislative session in Texas, Governor Greg Abbott has called for an immediate special session to address important unresolved...
First Look at the Texas GOP’s Legislature Scorecard
Back in May, the Republican Party of Texas announced that it would be issuing a “scorecard” to rate how the legislature had achieved the top conservative...
Are Texas’ Lawmakers Color Blind?: Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Off On Texas’ New Political...
On Monday Gov. Greg Abbott signed a fair amount of Texas Legislature Bills, including:- HB1, Texas House map, relating to the composition of districts...
New Bill To Give Ken Paxton Authority To Prosecute Abuse-of-office Charges, A Crime He’s...
GOP Sen. Paul Bettencourt recently filed a bill to give the Attorney General’s office the power to prosecute abuse of office charges without having...
86th #Txlege Report Card: Minimum Wage
Proposed minimum wage increases received minimal effort in Texas’ 86th Legislative Session.
For more than a decade, the Texas minimum wage hasn’t budged from the...
Jeffries Slams Texas GOP Redistricting Plan, Calls It a Power Grab
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Thursday condemned a Republican-backed redistricting proposal that would eliminate five...
