Here's a list of Emergency Preparation Supplies that Texans can purchase tax-free during this weekend's State Sales Tax Holiday for emergency supplies. It begins at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 24th and ends at midnight on Monday, April 26th.
"Texans overwhelmingly support Charter Schools, and I commend Sen. Bettencourt and the Texas Senate for their leadership in passing Senate Bill 28 to make sure parents can choose a Charter School if it best fits their child's needs," said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick following the unanimous passage of Bettencourt’s "Charter School Equity Act."
Texas Cong. Kevin Brady recently announced he'll retire at the end of 2022. A little known fact is, President Trump's Tax Reform & Jobs Act of 2017 would not have happened were it not for Brady’s selfless work, and expertise as point man for the effort in Congress. It changed the course of the nation's economic future – benefiting millions of Americans with higher jobs.
Built by enterprising Americans who poured every ounce of their being into their successful businesses, this country has endured the toughest economic crash since the Great Depression. It’s time to put politics aside and do what’s right for this nation's Small Businesses.
Joe Biden seemed so “safe” – didn’t he? Good old Uncle Joe wouldn’t swat a fly, and he’s been in government 70 years without ever causing much of a problem. Turns out he's the Trojan Horse that's ushering in the most radical administration in U.S. history.
Bundled together as the “Healthy Families, Healthy Texas” initiative launched earlier this year by Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, a rare bipartisan effort is moving forward in Austin to focus on three health care concerns: Increasing Access to Care, Improving Health Outcomes, and Making Care More Affordable.
After Austin City Council cut one-third of the city’s $434 million Police Budget, aggravated assaults went up 26% in February 2021 compared to 2020. ”We're showing the country how reinvestments from the police budget can actually make many people’s lives so much better and safer,” said Councilmember Gregorio Casar on March 11th.
The Texas Constitution bans gambling, so legalizing casinos or sports betting would require amending the State Constitution. That requires two-thirds of both the State House & Senate, as well as approval by Texas voters and passage of legislation to authorize licensing & regulation. But don't tell the 65+ lobbyists currently pushing the issue in Austin.
The Texas Senate has already moved 30 conservative priority bills forward, as senators are putting in long hours and worked tirelessly. "This Legislative Session brought the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic... and the winter storm, which continues to require our attention as we put solutions forward,' said Lt. Gov. Patrick.
"Democrats have long signaled their intent to pack the Supreme Court with activist judges to rubber stamp their radical agenda. ," said U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, following President Biden’s announcement ordering a commission to study "expanding" the U.S. Supreme Court.
State Senator Paul Bettencourt, along with 9 joint-authors, passed Senate Bill 10 by 17-13 margin, moving the effort to stop the practice of taxpayer funded lobbying one step closer to being reality. 91% of Texans recently said they oppose using tax dollars to fund lobbyists.
In an effort to make further and significant steps to reduce property taxes without cutting education funding, State Rep. Jacey Jetton announced his support for House Bill 59 by Chairman Andrew Murr and House Bill 958 by Chairman Tom Oliverson.
The issue in question was whether the employees at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, wanted to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union – not, as The Washington Post, owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos put it: a contest of "Big Tech vs. Its Workers."
After naming Vice President Kamala Harris as "Border Czar" in early-April, and charging her to determine the “root causes” of the crisis while stemming the flow of illegal migrants, what has President Biden done to address the rapidly growing crisis? Here's how you make the illegal immigration surge even worse.
The current U.S.-Mexican Border Crisis was created by one man, and one man alone – U.S. President Joe Biden, says Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The Mexican leader also faulted Biden for allowing criminal organizations, drug cartels & human smugglers to run rampant on the border.
About 900,000 Texas school students are currently attending around 1,000 "failing" Texas schools — almost 1 in 5 children. Sen. Paul Bettencourt's "Family Educational Relief Program" – currently being considered by the Texas Legislature in Austin – is a bi-partisan bill that would help Low-Income Families solve their educational roadblocks.
Despite concerns that gambling in Texas would boost crime in the state, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's opposition to allowing gambling to gain a foothold in the Lone Star State, the House State Affairs Committee and its Chairman, State Rep. Chris Paddie, plan to hold a hearing on the controversial issue Wednesday morning in Austin.
"This is a massive Social Welfare Spending Program, combined with a massive tax increase on Small Business job creators. I can't think of a worse thing to do than that," said Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, noting that his fellow Republicans in Congress are concerned about the administration's massive scale of unrelated spending – with more still to come.
