House panel kicks off tax reform debate
Tax reform will likely be a big issue during the 2013 legislative session with Texas lawmakers trying to make the state’s tax policy fairer and also to determine the actual size of the structural...
View ArticleJames, Sadler among candidates to file on final day
With the clock counting down on the extended filing period for candidates Monday, more than 40 applicants, mostly Republicans, headed to their party’s headquarters in Austin to throw their names in the...
View ArticlePoll:GOP leads race for Senate seat, all candidates hold unfavorable rating
The poll of 700 Texan voters pitted each of the four leading Republican candidates against two of the Democrat’s hopefuls. In every matchup, the GOP candidate came out on top by at least eight percent....
View ArticleDemocratic Senate field shrinks
Houston lawyer Jason Gibson is pulling out of the U.S. Senate race. “The extensive time and energy needed to raise funds and build name ID around the state in a very narrow time-frame means too little...
View ArticleTexas Public Policy Foundation disputes EPA’s regulations
The Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report Monday attacking 10 new regulations put forth by the Environmental Protection Agency, claiming the “avalanche” of rules will damage an already...
View ArticleSadler to Dewhurst: ‘work or resign’
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst should “get to work or resign,” says Paul Sadler, former House Public Education chairman, who believes state lawmakers need to come back to the state Capitol to work on school...
View ArticleLet’s watch the U.S. Senate candidates
This is going to be fun. Four major candidates for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate will be joined by two Democrats vying for their party’s nomination for job in Houston tonight. It looks to be their...
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