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These people are wrong, and they know it. It shows. City and County officials hereabouts, police and prosecutors, judges and lawyers, are extremely fearful that the people will see that.
As hardly dynamic 83rd Texas legislature nears its regular term’s end, the familial connections of legislators and lobbyists are an interesting angle to keep in mind for the post-session analyses that invariably occur.
On May 14, 2013, the Texas 83rd Legislature passed a bill requiring non-profits to report all political donations of more than $25,000.
In an unexpected move Monday, the day the Texas House was scheduled to vote on placing the controversial CSCOPE curriculum management system under State Board of Education (SBOE) control, Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, announced the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative (TESCCC), CSCOPE’s current governing board, has agreed to discontinue production of lesson plans effective Aug. 31.
The Texas Senate passed SB 11, a bill to initiate drug testing for food stamps and other government assistance programs. The bill is set for a floor vote in the Texas House in the near term.
At a Monday news conference, Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, announced the Texas Education Service Center... Read More
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CSCOPE has undoubtedly been one of the most contentious issues of the current Texas legislative session.... Read More
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Recent reports of a Cedar Hill ISD sex education teacher's inappropriate sexual relations with middle... Read More
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Bryce Ashley Reed, the dismissed – and seemingly disgraced - West paramedic who was arrested by ATF... Read More
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The Internal Revenue Service's targeting conservative groups with intrusive questions upon the groups... Read More
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Several gun rights bills aimed at restoring the Second Amendment to Texas citizens have been circulating... Read More
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Irony with regard to arrest videos showed itself this week after a Bell County judge ordered a release... Read More
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As camera operators and reporters from 19 broadcast outlets and at least 40 print media publications... Read More
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A recently passed Texas law reforms electronic voter registration. HB 2263 does not directly apply to... Read More
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RT @watchdogwire: @TruetheVote Founder Discusses Government Targeting of Conservatives with Huckabee - #WDWire t.co/VdId1ROMqL
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Virginia Has Turned Into Stronghold for Hyper-Violent MS-13 t.co/4GtxUUHLD6
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The National Association of Realtors Calls for Unsustainable FHA Lending - WatchdogWire - Florida t.co/7kjqPETyWK
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Internet Sales Tax: Crony Capitalism Enters the 21st Century t.co/eRDAEr6mOw
RT @watchdogwire: Can the IRS be reformed? t.co/IUc8o2nubB #WDWire
True the Vote founder Catherine Engelbrecht recently... PLAY
Texas Congressman Louis Gohmert talks Benghazi-Gate... PLAY
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, addressed the National Rifle... PLAY
Can the government silence and shut down... PLAY
Congressman Louie Gohmert, R-TX, talked relaunch of... PLAY
Rick Casey of the San Antonio Express-News offers this... PLAY
April 13, 2013 - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott... PLAY
On Wednesday, Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-TX, discussed illegal... PLAY
Sen. Dan Patrick, Chairman of the Texas Senate's Education... PLAY
