The Texas House of Representatives gave final approval May 23 to Senate Bill 2627, which deals with improving energy- grid reliability across the state of Texas. The issue of the grid was named a priority by both Governor Greg Abbott…
According to the Texas GOP website, school choice is a Republican legislative priority this session.
Gov. Greg Abbott has made it clear he wants to sign into law the “largest property tax cut in Texas history,” but exactly how much that is remains an open…
John Sailer, a fellow at the National Association of Scholars, posted a thread on Twitter explaining how the state of Texas is a perfect example of a Republican-run “red state”…
The Texas A&M University Faculty Senate recently voted to support a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program called ACES.
District 5 Austin City Council candidate Aaron Webman said that if he had been a member of the city council in 2020, he would not have voted to remove $150…
Austin native and Los Angeles actor Makenna Perkal has been cast in a new slasher thriller called “Spread: Pigs to Slaughter.”
It’s time to end the “crushing burden of property taxes” in Texas, former Texas state senator and GOP gubernatorial candidate Don Huffines recently told the Austin Journal.
The Texas electric grid is not as reliable as it should be given its available generation capacity, said Bill Peacock, policy director of Energy Alliance.
In response to legislation passed last year, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has announced his office’s list of financial companies that boycott the oil and gas industry.
The federal government ignored legal protections for stakeholders threatened by the Vineyard Wind Project, which requires a 75,000-acre area used by the fishing industry, according to Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Bill Peacock, policy director of the Energy Alliance, is criticizing the recent restructuring of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
In a July 18 tweet, Brian Gitt called attention to the link between lithium batteries for electric vehicles and Chinese slave labor.
This week is National Adoption Week, so Austin-based New Hope Animal Rescue is partnering with Bastrop County Animal Shelter and PetSmart Charities to host an in-person adoption event Friday through…
With the national media highlighting the possibility of rolling electrical blackouts this summer, Brent Bennett, a policy director with the Texas Public Policy Foundation said an over-reliance on renewable energy…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott praised a federal judge’s decision Friday blocking the suspension of Title 42 expulsions on the Mexican border.
James Quintero, policy director with the Texas Public Policy Foundation cheered Gov. Greg Abbott’s support of using part of the state budget surplus to reduce property taxes.
As the number of migrants crossing into the U.S. from Mexico increases significantly, the number of documented human rights issues have also increased, the Texas Public Policy Foundation said in…
Voters in a dozen Texas cities will decide on a combined $2.3 billion in new debt May 7, Texas Scorecard reported.
George P. Bush, Texas Land Commissioner and a candidate for Texas Attorney General, wants to declare the flood of migrants over the Mexican border an invasion.
Rep. Dade Phelan (R-Kendall), speaker of the Texas House, appointed new members to the State Energy Plan Advisory Committee, KLST reported.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is urging voters to support a measure that would lower property taxes in the state.
The state of Texas has sued the Biden Administration over stopping Title 42 expulsions of immigrants crossing the southern border.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has taken more stringent measures at the border with Mexico in anticipation of the federal government ending Title 42 expulsions from the U.S.
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has been expecting increasing numbers of migrants to appear at the southern border with Mexico, and numbers from March show that increase in real…
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