Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA), the state’s largest law enforcement association representing over 20,000 members, announced its endorsement of Dan Branch for Texas Attorney General in 2014.  The TMPA endorsement announcement followed lengthy interviews with each of the three Republican candidates for Attorney General.

By U.S. Sen. John Cornyn ‘On issue after issue, we see a massive gap between rhetoric and reality’ WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed today on Breitbart.com: In tonight’s State of the Union Address, President Obama will no doubt make an eloquent case for his second-term agenda. There’s just one problem: The President’s credibility […]

By Michael Barone Just about everyone agrees that 2013 was not a good year for President Obama. His job approval plummeted as the Obamacare rollout cratered. His oft-promised pivot to Asia was as much of a dud as his oft-promised pivot to the economy. But it must also be said that the Republican politicians who have […]

By Thomas Sowell During a recent lunch in a restaurant, someone complimented my wife on the perfume she was wearing. But I was wholly unaware that she was wearing perfume, even though we had been in a car together for about half an hour, driving to the restaurant. My sense of smell is very poor. But […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Rick Perry and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin have signed a memorandum of understanding recognizing the right of the State of Texas to access the Texoma Pump Station at Lake Texoma. The reservoir lies on the Texas-Oklahoma border, and this agreement allows the Texoma Pump Station, jointly constructed by […]

Chamber, community leaders commend AISD and area leaders for selecting distinguished graduation plan Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Association of Business (TAB), The Austin Chamber of Commerce and civil rights leaders applaud the Central Texas school districts, including the Austin Independent School District, that have set the new distinguished diploma as the default […]

Will the President call for a Joint Select Committee to find out why four Americans were killed in a preventable terrorist attack? Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is calling on President Obama to hold himself and his administration accountable for the preventable attacks on the U.S. foreign post in […]

Congressman Kevin Brady Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. —  The investigation into IRS abuses continues, despite the politically charged announcement by the FBI that it doesn’t plan to file criminal charges in the corruption case where the federal tax enforcement agency targeted average Americans based on their political beliefs.

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, President Obama will attempt to salvage what’s left of his presidency and downplay the damage his Administration’s failed policies have done to hardworking taxpayers and all Americans. In the midst of a second term riddled in scandals, dismal jobs reports and loss of faith in government, this week […]

Tony Perkins’ Washington Update If Texas’s Wendy Davis (D) is looking for supporters in her gubernatorial run, she can count out the disabled vote. The rabid pro-choicer isn’t exactly making inroads with the state’s undecideds after her supporters openly mocked Attorney General Greg Abbott’s paralysis in a shocking video caught on tape by James O’Keefe.

By Star Parker Senior advisor to President Obama, Valerie Jarrett, wrote for the White House blog and the Huffington Post that, “A Woman’s Health Care Decisions Should Be in Her Own Hands, Not Her Boss’s.” I couldn’t agree more. Odd then that the administration is trying to insert bosses, many of them against their deeply […]

 By James Freeman and Brian Carney Can companies refuse Valerie Jarrett’s offer? Plus, state governments are rolling in dough. The Journal reports that top Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett has been calling companies and urging them to sign a pledge not to discriminate in hiring against the long-term unemployed. So far, she’s extracted promises from blue-chips […]

Sen. Chuck Schumer’s endorsement of President Obama’s use of the IRS to target and harass Tea Party, conservative and evangelical nonprofits is further evidence that many contemporary liberals are comfortable using government power to squelch political opponents. They are even willing to steamroll one of America’s most cherished rights — freedom of speech — to […]

Applauded Hegar for his fiscal conservatism and commitment to Texas property owners Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The Glenn Hegar Campaign announced today that the Texas Association of Realtors has endorsed Glenn Hegar in his Republican Primary race for Texas State Comptroller.

Farmers & ranchers, families home address, phone numbers, GPS coordinates at risk. Texas Insider Report: STEPHENVILLE, Texas – “Saying sorry is not enough,” says Texas Republican Agriculture Commissioner Candidate Sid Miller, the former Texas House Agriculture & Livestock Committee, as well as a Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee Chairman late last week, pointing to an EPA security breach […]

By Ben Barrack Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – According to the Daily News Egypt, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX), who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was part of a Congressional delegation that visited with General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in Egypt recently. The trip – along with Stockman’s whereabouts – have been somewhat shrouded […]

Today’s Logic Letter Dear Lojiks, By Lynn Woolley, Syndicated Texas Talk Show Host Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Me, being me, I did not know the Grammy Awards were on last night — but was TV surfing, and there they were — and I was excited because Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson and Merle […]

“If you like your identity, you can keep it.”  By Cong. Randy Neugebauer Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – I joined a House Oversight Committee field hearing in Dallas recently to address the Obamacare Navigator program. Navigators are hired to explain Obamacare and help people sign up for coverage.  However, there are a number of concerns […]