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Amarillo Conservative Donor Starts $20 Million Fund to Target 2026 Primary and General Election
Alex Fairly, health care businessman and conservative megadonor from Amarillo, has launched a new initiative to target the 2026 Republican primary and general elections. The Texas Republican Leadership Fund (TRLF) was created with the Texas Ethics Commission on Tuesday, as Fairly’s release said, “out of concern that the Texas House still lacks a united Republican
New ‘Make Texans Healthy Again’ Initiative Launches Advocacy Campaign
The “Make America Healthy Again” movement has sparked a nationwide focus on wellness, and a new group in Texas is carrying the torch with a fresh initiative. “Make Texans Healthy Again” or MTHA is a new project started by political consultant Travis McCormick. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be
Interview: Chairman Dustin Burrows on the Texas House Speaker Race and Next Session
Chairman Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) spoke with The Texan on Friday about his candidacy for Texas House speaker, a chaotic weekend in the race, and his policy hopes for the 89th Legislative Session in 2025. Last weekend, Burrows declared he had the votes to be speaker next year while state Rep. David Cook (R-Mansfield) won the
Dan Patrick to Purchase Border Wall Materials Auctioned Off by Federal Government
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in a conversation with Fox News host Laura Ingraham that Texas will begin to make plans to purchase materials for the southern border wall and “give it to [President-elect Donald] Trump.” “I got a billion dollars in my pocket to do it,” Patrick said. “I will go in and buy
Social Media, AI Companies Focus of New Attorney General Ken Paxton Investigation
Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced a new investigation into a variety of different social media and artificial intelligence (AI) companies. “Technology companies are on notice that my office is vigorously enforcing Texas’s strong data privacy laws,” stated Paxton. “These investigations are a critical step toward ensuring that social media and AI companies comply with
FIRE Survey Finds Free Speech Concerns Among University Faculty in Texas
Texas colleges and universities continue to be a battleground for free speech and open debate, and now the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has published a new analysis of faculty members that provides insight into the broader impacts of campus climate. According to the FIRE survey, one in three faculty have “recently toned
The Gavel and Its Gravity: Texas House Members Push for Speakership Reform
There are two gravitational forces at work in any legislative body — always in tension with one another, and always locked in a zero-sum tug-of-war — the desire to socialize the credit and to individualize the blame. In Washington, D.C., this comes most prominently in the form of Congress, the Article I branch, prostrating itself
A bill is being introduced by the Texas legislator to stop incarcerated illegal aliens from serving society time
Senate Bill ( SB ) 552, which would prohibit convicted illegal aliens from receiving an early termination of their probation through community service, is one of the bills introduced ahead of Texas ‘ 89th Legislative Session regarding illegal immigration and justice. According to its definition of illegal aliens, SB 552 proposes that they be ineligible
After David Cook is nominated for the GOP conference, Dustin Burrows produces his lot support list for the house speaker.
” The speaker’s race is over”, Chairman Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock ) announced at the Capitol on Saturday, following a tumultuous day of gridlock during which state Rep. David Cook (R-Mansfield ) secured the Texas House Republican Caucus endorsement. ” I have received at least 76 names in writing so you can see them yourself, along
Incumbent Dade Phelan Exits Texas House Speaker Race, Chairman Dustin Burrows Enters
Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont) is dropping out of the race for a third term, he told members on Thursday morning and afternoon. Speculation whizzed around yesterday that Phelan would step aside ahead of Saturday’s Texas House Republican Caucus vote, and Phelan himself shrugged off those assertions to reporters on Thursday evening. × This page requires
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Proposes Statewide THC Product Ban
A ban on products containing consumable tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) could be coming to Texas, after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has made it a top priority ahead of the upcoming 89th Legislative Session. In a press release, Patrick made the announcement that 2025’s Senate Bill (SB) 3 “will ban all forms of THC and keep these unsafe
‘Whole New Texas House’ Says Phelan’s Chief of Staff on Proposed Chamber Reforms
Business as usual is over in the Texas House, according to Mike Toomey, the new chief of staff for Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont). “All the things you remember about how the House works — throw it out,” Toomey told a gathering of lobbyists at a Wednesday panel put on by the Professional Advocacy Association of
