For two decades, the Texas state legislature had a program in place that allowed school districts to hand out tax breaks to […]
Hot Takes
Hot Take: Remember the Alamo, Don’t Rewrite It
Texas’ Independence Day came this week in 1836, declared on March 2 at Washington-on-the-Brazos. Texans are proud of this history, […]
Hot Take: The Feds Want to Regulate Glorified Puddles
You’d be forgiven for having no clue what the hell the acronym “WOTUS” means. There’s a very long, complicated explanation […]
Hot Take: Media Cartel Doesn’t Take Kindly to Factual Alternative
Last week, The Texan hosted a very successful 88th Session Kickoff event featuring panels of legislators discussing various topics they […]
Hot Take: Learn Where Your Lawmakers Stand on Issues
When I was in the Texas Senate, I was always frustrated when fellow lawmakers forgot who they were accountable to […]
HOT TAKE: Tax Revenue Is Falling, Government Keeps Spending
If you haven’t read the recent report by the Texas Comptroller (and frankly, why would you?), it states that tax revenue […]
HOT TAKE: Legacy Media Bailouts
Congress just spent our money funding the Payroll Protection Program (PPP), implemented to help cover payroll costs for struggling businesses forced to […]
HOT TAKE: Texas Media Accidentally Reveals Their Group Think
A must read for all Texans right now is an article we published this week at The Texan titled “Five Trends in […]
HOT TAKE: What happened to personal responsibility?
I’ve said these words so many times when Republican elected officials ditch principles they are supposed to stand for, that […]
Feds Report Sharp Increase in Chinese Nationals Stopped by Border Guards https://thetexan.news/feds-report-sharp-increase-in-chinese-nationals-stopped-by-border-guards/
"When you’re using the public nuisance common law to make policy, that’s a violation of the separation of powers," @CodyforTexas said of his proposal that'd block certain lawsuits intended to halt things like oil and gas production and gun manufacturing. https://txnne.ws/3yWBGpA
Three bills are being heard in Texas Senate committee on criminal justice today relating to the theft of catalytic converters and increasing the criminal penalty, SB224 by @CarolforTexas , SB432 by @mayes_middleton and SB465 by @TeamBettencourt #txlege