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Early Voting Starts Today
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Voting begins today in the Brazos Valley. Several Texas Constitutional amendments are on the ballot as well as CSISD and College Station City Council seats. Click here to see a sample ballot. Early Vote Schedule: DateTimeOctober 18th – 22nd, Monday – Friday8:00am – 5:00pmOctober 23rd, Saturday...
Texas A&M University appealed to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for permission to hide applications they received for a grant worth millions of federal tax dollars they’re helping manage. The grant is for pushing people to get a COVID vaccine, and a citizens group encourages Texans ask Paxton t...
A new report from District Attorney Kim Ogg says that bail reform has led to declining community safety and disintegration of the purpose of bail reform.
After a full review of the evidence, including a toxicology report showing no alcohol or drugs in her blood, Angela West will not be prosecuted for Driving While Intoxicated. Citizens have criticized how Dallas Police conducted West’s sobriety tests, and she alleges key information has been left o...
"For the first time, Texas will have some recourse."
As taxes climb, so do prices.
As the mayor and city council’s decisions wreak havoc on the streets, the mayor said the state of the city is “the strongest in the country.”
“The city is choosing not to respect the will of the voters."
Congress created tax credits that are encouraging businesses to support Democrat local officials' attempts to enact COVID restrictions against citizens. This is in addition to a growing list of interference by the U.S. Federal Government in Texans' lives and livelihoods.
"Texas A&M has issued policies requiring all students to participate in COVID-19 testing programs, under threat of suspension or expulsion, unless the student produces proof of having had one of the COVID jabs."
At least three state universities are experimenting with a backdoor vaccine passport.
While pointing out that most other hospitals have not mandated vaccines, a new lawsuit cites Governor Abbott’s executive orders and seeks exception to Texas’ “employment-at-will” doctrine.
Courts in Bexar and Dallas counties had previously issued temporary restraining orders against Abbott's prohibition on mask mandates.
Texas healthcare workers, risking termination if they don’t get a COVID–19 vaccination, protested employer vaccine in Dallas and Fort Worth Saturday. Others are being encouraged to do likewise, while Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Legislature were asked to take action.
“It’s past time for Greg Abbott to put an end to the games and be honest with voters about where he stands on these issues.”
Congress is moving forward with two spending packages that would amount to $4.5 trillion if approved by both chambers.
On Tuesday evening, arrest warrants were signed for all 52 absent Democrats who have kept the 150-member Texas House short of the two-thirds required quorum for nearly a month.
Some Democrats who stayed in D.C. expressed disappointment with those who defected.
Texas’ Attorney General rebuked Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins (D) for mandating masks and removing elected Republican Commissioner J.J. Koch from a meeting of the commissioners court for being maskless. The judge has been given three days to end his mandate.
After Gov. Abbott dropped the statewide requirement in early March, some feared it would spark an outbreak of the virus. However, in the subsequent weeks and months, coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths plummeted.
Their new edicts contradict the governor’s recent executive order.
The Austin city clerk announced 25,786 of the submitted signatures were valid, setting it up for a November vote.
"On July 28, the Texas Dept. of State Health Services (DSHS) announced it would be giving $10 million of federal taxpayers’ money to “local organizations working to promote COVID–19 vaccinations in Texas.”
State officials are using taxpayers’ money to pressure Texans who've chosen not to get a COVID–19 vaccination into getting one. This combined with documents revealing more about a Democrat-controlled county’s door-to-door effort has sparked an outcry for state elected officials to “protect o...
Because of irresponsible spending practices by elected officials, Texas is $97 billion in debt and on course to becoming like one of the most financially troubled states in the nation. Texans can change course by demanding answers and better budgeting practices.
The DA is allowing many criminal suspects to go back on the streets without even seeing a judge.
“Austin has NEVER been less safe than it is today.”
The analysis found the vast majority of hospitals across America were some degree of non-compliant with the new regulation.
U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R–Kentucky) endorses Don Huffines, candidate for Texas governor.
Reportedly, the House currently has 92 of the 100 lawmakers needed to conduct legislative business.
With a week of an insufficient number of lawmakers present to conduct business, and with the special session one-third of the way complete, the House is paralyzed and has been reluctant to penalize the absent lawmakers.
If the petition signatures are validated, citizens will vote on crucial public safety reforms in November.
With House Democrats out of the state and no end in sight to their escape, the Texas Voter Confidence Act's path to law appears uphill.
After Democrats left the state to kill election integrity legislation, Republican State Rep. Kyle Kacal is calling for “moderation.”
“I’m going to call it a crisis, because that’s what it is.”
A week after the Biden–Harris Administration announced a nationwide door-to-door effort to increase COVID–19 vaccinations, local government officials in Texas are carrying it out in a variety of ways.
The Senate has passed seven of the 11 items on the special session agenda, including election integrity, bail reform, and social media censorship.
A "call of the House" motion was made, and in the end, only four Democrat lawmakers were in attendance.
Throwing the ongoing special session into a state of confusion, will Republican leadership prevail in compelling Democrats to return to the state and deliberate issues on the agenda?
A former state representative, Rinaldi was among the most conservative lawmakers in the Texas House.
After failing to meet his administration’s goal for Americans to receive at least partial COVID–19 vaccinations, President Joe Biden proposed going door-to-door and encourage people get vaccinated. Texans have expressed disapproval with this idea, while Gov. Greg Abbott is silent.
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