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 […]

Texas Insider Report: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND – “More and more, people around the world are recognizing Texas as a global economic leader,” said Gov. Rick Perry, wrapping up a successful week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. During his trip, Gov. Perry worked to recruit businesses and industries to Texas.  

Government should protect Americans from unjustifiable privacy violations by the NSA, IRS, HHS, and CFPB Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX,) is calling on President Obama to show he is willing to hold himself and members of his Administration accountable to the American people by answering concerns about the government’s handling […]

Clock is ticking on D’s chances of retaining control of Senate. Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Democrats may be raising a king’s ransom to hold on to Congress’ upper chamber — but despite the big fundraising hauls, 14 different races can (and likely will) be affected by President Barack Obama’s decision whether or not to permit the Keystone Pipeline […]

  Teachers’ union attack with name-calling as Texas’ 2014 “Textbook Wars” begin By Bill Ames Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — During 2014, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) will be monitoring reviews of publisher-submitted textbooks for use in Social Studies Classrooms across the state. Current textbooks in use were approved back in 2002, during […]

By Charlie Cook – NationalJournal Democrats and Republicans are ready for November, but it’s not clear that either of their story lines will resonate across the spectrum. The gavel has been struck on what has been widely judged to be the least productive session of Congress in history, and now a new one with few, if any, […]

Party leaders say he will run on it, but hasn’t committed yet.  Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two weeks ago, the National Republican Congressional Committee asked Pete Gallego to sign a pledge that he would campaign on ObamaCare in 2014. He still has yet to commit. So we ask yet again: Will Pete Gallego pledge […]

By Joseph Lawler   Treasury Secretary Jack Lew once again tried to provoke action on the debt ceiling Wednesday afternoon, warning congressional leaders by letter that he would run out of measures to create headroom under the limit by late February if it is not raised before then.

 – Slams Administration’s Efforts to Block Keystone Texas Insider Report: WICHITA FALLS, Texas – “The production of 700,000 barrels of oil daily, and the creation of 1,000’s of jobs is proof of what can happen when the federal government is kept from interfering in the growth of private industry,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), after TransCanada […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas —  In response to harsh winter conditions gripping most of the country and an accompanying shortage of essential resources, Texas is joining other states in declaring a liquefied petroleum gas emergency.

238-page report, finds bulk collection program illegal, 73% say reforms will have no effect on people’s privacy,  Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – “While we appreciate the reassurances that this bulk data is rarely accessed, what many (American citizens) don’t fully understand is that’s not the only threat to them. The basic gathering of data, and […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Comptroller Susan Combs announced today plans to support high quality research by state-funded universities on three species, which cover nearly three-fourths of the state and could potentially be listed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) as endangered or threatened.

By Michelle Malkin Not so fast, Andrew Cuomo. We see what you did there. After publicly bashing conservative New Yorkers as “extreme” people who have no place in his state, the intolerant Democratic governor wants to blame the media for his unmistakable contempt for those who oppose abortion, support gun rights and defend traditional marriage. Newsflash: […]

By Ann Coulter Wendy Davis, the Texas state senator running for governor, became a liberal superhero last June when she filibustered a bill to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks. (This was the good filibuster, not that awful filibuster three months later by Ted Cruz — that was just grandstanding.) Apart from her enthusiasm for abortion (and […]

By Michael Barone What do young Americans want? Something different from what they’ve been getting from the president they voted for by such large margins. Evidence comes in from various polls. Voters under 30, the millennial generation, produced numbers for Barack Obama 13 percentage points above the national average in 2008 and 9 points above in […]