by Jason Vaughn Hayride Texas House Speaker Joe Straus has always been popular in his home of Bexar County, which includes San Antonio and a few surrounding suburbs. He has won recent primary challenges by more than 60% and his general elections by more than 80%. Yet, thanks to a recent feud with fellow Republicans …
No Confidence Vote for Straus in His Home County Oust Straus Petition Read More »
by Jay Root Texas Tribune Leaders at the Texas Capitol love to bash what they call out-of-control bureaucrats at city halls and in Washington, D.C., but a recent case pitting the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission against Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods looks like state regulatory overreach on steroids. After an investigation of the state’s largest …
by Tim Brown Freedom Outpost On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court struck down a lower court’s ruling that homosexual couples are entitled to marriage benefits. In the case of Jack Pidgeon and Larry Hicks v. Mayor Sylvester Turner and the City of Houston, the court said that the US Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges legalized …
Texas Supreme Court Rules, No Homosexual Marriage Benefits Read More »
Whereas, Speaker Joe Straus blocked numerous conservative bills, during the recent legislative session, that were supported by Gov. Abbott, Lt. Gov. Patrick, and the Texas Senate, as well as by the majority of Texans, and Whereas, Gov. Abbott has called for a Special Session of the Texas Legislature, starting July 18, to pass the conservative …
By Texas Right to Life With 16 days left in the 85th Session of the Texas Legislature, the moderate (at best) Republican leadership in the Texas House of Representatives is blaming the death of Pro-Life bills on the conservative members of the Texas House. The deadline to pass House bills out of the Texas House …
Cook and Straus Team Kill Pro-life Bills in Texas House Read More »
by Fr. Mark Hodges Life Site A bill to allow Christian agencies to opt out of facilitating adoptions for unmarried couples or for homosexuals was approved in the Texas House on Wednesday. The Freedom to Serve Children Act (HB 3859), which passed overwhelmingly by a 93-49 margin, would allow private adoption organizations to reject applicants …
by lonestarvoice.net If you’re looking for a tense yet entertaining political show, or if you just like watching conservatives seize control of the legislative process, tune into the Texas House when its considering items on the “Local and Consent Calendar.” As background, there are two calendars in the Texas House: Local/Consent (L&C), and General. Items …
By Amarillo Globe-News When it comes to identity politics, logic is sometimes disregarded. A prime example is Senate Bill 2095, which recently passed the Texas Senate by a 24-7 vote. (State Sen. Kel Seliger, R- Amarillo, voted for the bill.) Here is SB 2095’s “caption text” from the Legislature: “Relating to regulation of steroid use …
Texas Bill is Not Discrimination, It is About the Scientific, Biological Facts Read More »
by Mass Resistance Austin Independent School District’s is revamping its sex ed curriculum, which currently starts in 5th grade with the topic of puberty. However, plans are now underway to develop a curriculum based on the 3R’s program from Advocates for Youth, one of the longest standing and most radical pro-LGBT organizations in the country. This …
Comprehensive Homosexual Sex-Ed Coming to a School Near You Read More »
by D Jolly Great American Politics After years of living with Barack Obama’s open border policies and failure to secure the border, the Texas legislature passed the strictest anti-sanctuary bill in the nation. Gov. Greg Abbott quickly signed the bill into law. The liberal media is reporting that all of the state’s police chiefs are …
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