Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2013.  Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), is the lead Republican author of the bill.  “This bill provides law enforcement with the resources they need to protect victims of sexual assault and punish their assailants. 

Greets Employees as the New Director and Gets to Work Washington, DC – Earlier this morning, Katherine Archuleta was sworn-in as the 10th Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the Federal government’s personnel chief, and the first Hispanic to lead the Federal agency.  Acting Director Elaine Kaplan officiated the private ceremony, and Director […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – This afternoon the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans temporarily overruled the order of the lower court in Austin that prevented HB 2 from fully going into effect. HB 2 is the pro-life bill passed by the Texas Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Perry […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas –  Gov. Rick Perry today announced Oracle is expanding its operations in Austin, establishing an additional office and creating 200 jobs. The company plans to invest $5.4 million in the project. The state is providing $1 million through the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) to close the deal on this expansion […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Chevron U.S.A. Inc. has partnered with Odessa College to provide job training using a $981,498 Skills Development Fund grant from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC).

By John C. Goodman It’s as though two completely separate conversations have been going on. From day one, the health policy community has correctly seen the Affordable Care Act as an attempt to completely change the health care system. This isn’t even controversial. It’s accepted by all as an undisputed fact. However, no one has ever […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – “It was not surprising that the abortion industry would challenge the provisions of HB 2. “HB 2 is good legislation that was carefully written to meet the challenges of protecting life, and at the same time offer safety and protection for women who choose to seek an abortion. “At […]

None of this is an accident. It’s the deliberate result of liberal’s demands By Gary L. Bauer Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – After suffering through October’s disastrous rollout of Obamacare, the Obama Administration is in full attack mode. Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius went before the House Energy & Commerce Committee this week and […]

January hearing to decide if permanent Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Late yesterday, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals overruled a District Court decision blocking provisions of the Pro-Life Omnibus Law from going into effect. Earlier this week, just hours before going into effect, Austin Judge Lee Yeakel blocked one provision, and partially blocked a second provision […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – “I know that I will not always agree with Jerry. But, I trust that he always will show the courage to present and debate his ideas candidly, and will use humility and wisdom to listen to others as he works to build a majority around conservative solutions,” said Harris […]

Privacy breeches: “What it appears to be on the surface is not what it really is.” Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – “Like everything else about Obama Care, what it appears to be on the surface is not what it really is. This is the ‘Terms & Conditions’ that you accept sometime pretty early in […]

“More than four decades since his untimely passing, Audie Murphy lives on in the hearts and memories of a generation of Americans. . . ” –Gov. Perry Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (FARMERSVILLE, Texas) – Gov. Rick Perry today awarded the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor posthumously to Audie Murphy, the most highly decorated […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bill Flores (R-Texas), Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, will be holding an oversight field hearing at Baylor University on November 6th entitled “Texas’ Innovative Approaches to Jobs and Employment for Veterans.” The hearing will highlight the employment opportunities for veterans in Texas, specifically […]

“With the number of eligible Americans participating or looking for work at the lowest it has been since 1978 (63.2%), promoting job creation and economic growth remains my top priority,”  Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week Rep. Ralph Hall (TX-04) voted in favor of two bipartisan jobs bills that work to strengthen economic […]

Digging Deeper For The Sake of Texas Children By Cathy Wells & Ms. Mac (Jeanine McGregor) Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Got a shovel? During the September SBOE meeting, a pro-CSCOPE lackey credited Dr. Jim Barufaldi, a UT professor, for the “invaluable” 5E formula wrapped around CSCOPE lessons.  5E is defined as: Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend/Elaborate, Evaluate.  Sounds good, […]

Beneficiaries will see 1.5% increase in benefits Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Gene Green released the following statement after the Social Security Administration announced today that there will be a 1.5% Cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries for 2014.

‘Why wouldn’t we want to allocate more judicial resources, more help, to those courts that need the help rather than to pack the D.C. Circuit Court with judges it simply doesn’t need?’ Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) criticized President Obama and Senate Democrats on the Senate floor today for […]

Johnson, Brady, and Marchant, Fellow Republicans Hold Hearing to Get to Bottom of Obamacare Implementation Glitches … As If They Didn’t Spend the Last Four Years Trying to Sabotage the Health Law and Leave Millions of Americans With No Affordable Insurance Options At All Texas Insider Report: Washington DC – U.S. Reps. Sam Johnson (R-TX-3), Kevin […]