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Mar 2, 20241 min read
Court Denies Paxton Access to Trans Youth Documents
A Texas district court judge temporarily halted a demand from Ken Paxton for an LGBTQ advocacy group to hand over information related to...
Nov 17, 20231 min read
TX House Votes to Kill School Choice
After being brought to the floor for a vote for the first time in decades, school choice was killed by members of the Texas House,...
Nov 8, 20231 min read
13 Out of 14 Constitutional Amendments Passed in Texas
Texas voters approved 13 amendments to the Texas Constitution on the November ballot. READ
Nov 5, 20231 min read
Texas Proposed Constitutional Amendments Summary
Tuesday, November 7, is the last day Texas citizens can vote on the proposed 14 different amendments to the Texas Constitution. Here is a...
Nov 5, 20231 min read
TX Leg Stalled Over School Choice, Border Protection
As the special session, called by Gov. Abbott, comes down to days, infighting will make school choice and border security legislation...
Sep 1, 20231 min read
774 New Laws Now In Effect in TX
Though some key legislation was not passed, or is still tied up in litigation, a whopping 774 new laws still managed to cross the...
Aug 7, 20231 min read
Abbott signs Save Women's Sports Act Into Law
Gov Abbott signed Senate Bill 15, called the "Save Women's Sports Act" into law which will ban biological males from competing against...
Aug 5, 20231 min read
14 Constitutional Amendments on TX Ballot Nov 2023
This fall, Texans will vote on fourteen amendments to the Texas Constitution ranging from property tax issues to water funds. READ
Jun 24, 20231 min read
Abbott Signs Election Reforms, Harris County Threatens to Sue
SB1750, which eliminates the elections administrative position in counties with more than 3.5 million and SB1933 Texas secretary of...
Jun 13, 20231 min read
Abbott Signs CHIP Act Into Law
HB5174, the Text CHIPS Act,signed by Gov. Greg Abbott creates the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Consortium, which involves multiple...
Jun 7, 20231 min read
Senate Bill 1070 Would Withdraw TX from ERIC
Bill 1070, currently sitting on Gov Abbott's desk, would eliminate TX affiliation with the national Electronic Registration Information...
May 20, 20231 min read
House Reaches Compromise on SB3, Property Tax Relief; Goes Back to Senate for Final Vote
SB3 passed in the Senate and the House finally reached a compromise on property tax relief and it has passed the House. It will now be...
May 16, 20231 min read
TX Senate Considers Digital Coin Backed by Texas Gold
The TX Legislature is proposing, SB 2334 which would establish a new gold and silver based digital currency through the office of the...
May 16, 20231 min read
TX GOP Kills Election Integrity Bill Which Made it Through Senate
Even though election integrity is a priority on the GOP platform, House GOP withdrew the bill, effectively killing it with only 2 weeks...
May 14, 20231 min read
TX House One Step Closer Passing Mileage Use Tax
The Republican-led House passed a Democratic bill that would create a pilot program to determine how to tax drivers based on mileage...
May 14, 20231 min read
TX House Passes SB14 to Ban Gender Modification for Children
With a vote of 92 to 48, after days of stalling techniques by House Dems and outmanuevering House Speaker Phalan, SB14 has passed the...
May 7, 20231 min read
SB14 Delayed by House Dems- Again
Bringing up another "point of order", House Dems, with Speaker Phelan doing nothing to stop it, delay voting on SB14 the ban on gender...
May 5, 20231 min read
Disrupting Protesters in TX Arrested; Austin DA Releases, Drops Charges
As the House looks to pass HB 1686, which would ban gender mutilation surgeries for minors, many protesters disrupted the proceedings...
Apr 30, 20231 min read
TX Senate Bill 147 Bans Sale of Farmland to Those From "Hostile" Nations
Senate Bill 147, would ban citizens from countries that have been named on the Director of National Intelligence’s National Threat...
Apr 24, 20231 min read
TX Senate Passes New Law for Illegal Alien Crossing Prosecution
The bill, SB 2424, cleared the state Senate last week in an 18–12 party-line vote. It would create a new state-level criminal offense...
Apr 4, 20231 min read
TX Bill HB 2390 Would Bar Polling Locations From College Campuses
HB2390 sponsored by Rep Carrie Isaac would ban polling locations and thwart many Dem non-profits get out the vote efforts on college...
Apr 1, 20231 min read
HB39 Increase Penalty for Election Fraud to Felony
In the last legislative cycle, a last minute amendment to the omnibus bill, downgraded election fraud from a felony to a misdeamenor....
Apr 1, 20231 min read
HB2795 Amend Private Toll Contract
This bill would amend the private toll contract and allow the toll fees to continue and to be collected by a foreign company for another...
Apr 1, 20231 min read
HB3418 Mileage Use Tax
HB3418 would create a "pilot program" to study the feasibility of instilling a mileage tax to Texans. If enacted, it would supposedly...
Apr 1, 20231 min read
HB1686-Gender Mutilation Ban Bill
Senate Bill SB14 ( which is the Senate bill to ban mutilation of children for gender transition passed. The House version, HB1686 is now...
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