Oil Billionaires Ride to Rescue Impeached AG Paxton
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton may be impeached, but he has friends in high places. Like, Spindletop high. The two oil billionaires funding Texas’s...
Texas Democrats Attempt To Break Property Tax Stalemate With New Proposal
For four months, Texas Republican legislators have been locked in a brutal trench war on property tax reform. Both the House and the Senate...
Countdown Begins: Senators Meet Behind Closed Doors To Discuss Paxton’s Impeachment Trial
Texas Senators held a discreet meeting in the state Capitol exactly one week before the high-stakes impeachment trial of Ken Paxton. Their closed-door session...
Despite Pushback, House Education Committee Passes School Voucher Bill
After hours of heated debate surrounding House Bill 1, the school finance and voucher bill, the Texas House Public Education Committee voted 10-4 to...
Steve Allison doesn’t believe hard-working Texans deserve a better life
Hard-working Texans are struggling to find stability, but the stagnant minimum wage is hindering their efforts to earn a decent living.
Gary Elkins endangers Texas women with his votes
Women make up slightly more than half of the population in the United States and in Texas, but whether it’s in Washington D.C. or...
With major policy differences emerging, state leaders continue to project unity
The three Republicans who lead Texas state government have made it clear: They know what the state’s top problems are and they’re working together...
Abbott vetoes popular domestic violence bill because of an unrelated provision about radioactive waste...
Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday vetoed a widely supported bill to protect domestic violence survivors, calling it a “laudable effort” that lost his support when “someone...
One year in, here’s how freshmen legislators valued constituent communication
Representing the public is a challenging but extremely important job. Though many see politicians through a cynical lens, elected officials are, by definition, public...
The 5G Future is Being Built in Texas
Creating a 5G network is the next frontier in communication technology, and Texas is on the forefront of its manufacturing. In addition to partnership...
