“The approval of this declaration is welcome news to the residents of Travis, Hays and Caldwell counties . . . ”  Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Rick Perry today announced that his request for public assistance through a federal disaster declaration for three Central Texas counties has been approved. The governor requested individual […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott delivered the keynote address at the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Highway Patrol graduation ceremony for newly commissioned state troopers. During the ceremony, DPS Director Steven McCraw awarded the new troopers their Texas law enforcement commissions.

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Alliance for Life PAC strongly endorses Barry Smitherman for Texas Attorney General. We are confident that Smitherman is the best candidate to lead the Office of Attorney General, which is critically important to defending Texas’ pro-life laws from attacks in the courts.

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – To celebrate Christmas at the Texas Capitol, Representative Scott Sanford, McKinney and Shelly Sanford presented District 70’s ornament that is displayed on the Lone Star Celebration Christmas Tree in the House Chamber at the Texas State Capitol.

By Star Parker Phil Robertson, star of A&E hit reality show Duck Dynasty, has been suspended from the show because of “anti-gay” remarks he made in an interview with GQ Magazine. Explaining Robertson’s suspension, A&E indicated that “A&E Networks…have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community.”

By Bill O’Reilly Anyone offended by public displays of Christmas needs to see a psychiatrist. Are we clear on this? You are a loon if the sight of baby Jesus arouses anger or sadness in you. Get help. This brings us to the governor of Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee. He recently told me on national […]

“Texas continues to foster an environment that encourages world class companies and researchers . . . “ Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Rick Perry has announced the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) is investing $1.75 million in Minimus Spine Inc. to support its non-surgical lumbar disc herniation technology. The company is working with […]

Making seniors mad is not good for reelection. By Dr. Merrill Matthews, IPI Resident Scholar Texas Insider Report: DALLAS, Texas – 9,500 doctors who had previously accepted Medicaid patients refused to do so in 2012. And doctors seeing Medicare patients face a 24% cut in reimbursements beginning January 1.  Unless Congress acts, we’re likely to see […]

‘Why do it next year if we can do it now?’ Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) criticized Senate Democrats today for blocking amendments that would prevent cuts to service members’ pensions and classify the Fort Hood shooting as an act of terrorism. His full speech can be seen here, […]

By Susan Ferrechio The Senate on Wednesday cleared a two-year, $1.014 trillion budget deal that prevents a government shutdown in January and brings greater fiscal stability to a federal government that has been lurching from crisis to crisis for years.

“Without a budget agreement, Congress cannot pass detailed appropriations bills that enforce the law and restrain President Obama …” By Cong. John Culberson Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. –  More than any other president, Barack Obama has routinely bypassed Congress and done his best to implement his agenda through Executive Orders, government agency rule changes, […]

By Washington Examiner   President Obama has become something not even his harshest critics would have predicted before the 2008 election – the most secretive chief executive in memory. No prior occupant of the Oval Office ever went before a federal judge and claimed an executive privilege to issue a presidential directive as a “secret law” […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Association of Business has joined with 74 other state and local business associations from 33 different states in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court outlining the devastating economic effects of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) greenhouse gas regulations.  

By Michelle Malkin Dirty Harry Reid sabotaged the filibuster, and now the Democrats are running wild in Washington. Mark my words: We all will pay a price. Thanks to Reid’s crony-coddling rule change, unqualified stooges will manage the Obama Department of Homeland Security. It’s a bundler’s world, and we’re just living in it. God help […]

By Ann Coulter Instead of always taking incoming fire, how about Republicans start sending some back? It’s great that they stopped HillaryCare, but if they had actually fixed health care by forcing health insurance plans to be sold in a competitive free market, there would have been no opportunity for shyster Democrats to foist Obamacare […]

By Brent Bozell Liberal journalists were glowing and full of hope after President Barack Obama won a second term. As 2012 drew to a close, there was the traditional hour of ABC’s Barbara Walters fawning: “Mr. President, Mrs. Obama. There is a photograph of you (hugging) that went viral, became the most shared photograph in the […]

U.S. District Judge Rules NSA Data Collection Unconstitutional Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – “The federal government has quietly and deliberately invaded the privacy of American citizens in ways that not even George Orwell could have imagined,” said Lt. Governor David Dewhurst. “I applaud U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s ruling, and hope that his findings […]

Judge rules NSA spying program likely unconstitutional Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – A U.S. District Court judge ruled Monday that the National Security Agency’s Spy Program is likely unconstitutional, and that the plaintiffs have standing to challenge the NSA. “There are now documents and declassified information about how this program works, that indicates that virtually […]