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Grading the Texas Senate Debate

The guys and gals at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and at EmpowerTexans showed the world how to put on a debate last night in Austin. It was fast paced, lively, and, when the moderators were doing...

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Texas US Senate Race: David Dewhurst is the right choice

David Dewhurst With early voting right around the corner, It is time to make final decisions on candidates. Amongst the contested statewide races, none is more important than making the right choice to...

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Raul Torres tries to break Democratic Party chokehold, again

Competitive races for Texas Senate District seats are rare for any number of reasons but mostly because during redistricting incumbents protect themselves.  About the only SD race that “political pros”...

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Sen. Dan Patrick at the Rally for School Choice

Glad I received the last minute notice of the “Rally for Tuition Affordability” held at the Robert Beren Academy in Southwest Houston this afternoon. There were several things that I learned about the...

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Places to be, people to see

At first glance, this doesn’t look like a strong week for attending political events. But if you look a little closer, this week has the makings of a landmark week in Harris County if you are a...

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Texas Senate touts pig as lipstick

In what is becoming commonplace for the 83rd session, the Texas Senate passed SB1907, a bill by Sen. Glenn Hegar (R-18) that would allow students to have guns on, near, um, no, how about far, far away...

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Faux grassroots groups fear transparency, attack Texas Republicans

Do you call it hypocrisy when a group pretends to be grassroots but is actually funded by one person? Is it hypocrisy when these same faux grassroots groups demand transparency from politicians but...

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Texas Senate passes women’s health protections – Democrats prefer back alley

As reported by Becca Aaronson in the Texas Tribune, the Texas Senate passed the omnibus abortion bill late last night on a 20-10 vote. After hours of emotional debate, the Senate late on Tuesday...

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Playing the Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst blame game

Goodness, I escape to the mountains in Arkansas for a week and all hell breaks out in Texas. Go figure. Worse than the mob that took over the Texas Senate last week protesting some very commonsense...

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