Smart Meter Petition, Purple Posts, and Public Private Partnerships
Smithville, Texas, residents successfully pushed back against Smart Meter installation in the community at the last minute. ...
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Oklahoma Conference Touts Nullification as Biblical Worldview
Paul Blair, pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Edmond, Oklahoma, will head the July 24-25 Reclaiming America for Christ conference in Moore, Oklahoma, to teach Americans Christian apologetics and a biblical...
Texans Polled About Jade Helm Don’t Trust the Government
Last week, surprise poll results reveal that Texans questioned about Jade Helm, the military exercises to be conducted in Texas beginning next month, don't trust the government. ...
Defeat of Con-Con in Texas Will Spur Other State Efforts
In Texas, we’ve affectionately dubbed the state’s biennial legislative meeting the “Lege.” But by Lege’s end, one group wasn’t feeling the love. A highly contentious issue over, of all things, the...
Jade Helm 15 Cancelled in Two Texas Counties; Remaining Texans Wary
Two Texas counties, Victoria and Goliad, originally scheduled as two of the sites for the massive Jade Helm 15 military training exercises across the Southwest this summer, will no longer host...
Texas Representative Stands Up to Civil Asset Forfeiture
Texas State Representative David Simpson filed a bill to repeal civil asset forfeiture, and protect the property of innocent third parties, joining New Mexico in an effort to prohibit forfeiture until...
Texas Lawmaker Files Bill to Protect Alamo
Texas factions seek UN World Heritage Site designation for the Alamo, and a lawmaker files bill to protect Alamo from designation. ...
Texas Lawmaker Files Bill to Block Unconstitutional Federal Acts
Texas State Representative David Simpson files bill to help legislators block unconstitutional acts, and Interpose for Texans. ...
Portion of TransTexas Corridor in Financial Trouble
The only completed section of the Trans Texas Corridor (TTC) — funded with a Public Private Partnership (PPP) — has experienced ongoing financial trouble in 2014, with no sign of a...
The IRS Targeting of Catherine Engelbrecht
When the IRS began targeting conservatives and conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, it didn’t count on people like Catherine Engelbrecht, who is fighting back. ...
“Son of God” Movie Opens to Mixed Reviews, $26.5M at Box Office
In its opening weekend, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s new Son of God film topped $26.5 million, to mixed reviews. ...
CVS Decision to End Tobacco Sales Advances Obama Agenda
The CVS Caremark drugstore chain announced it will discontinue tobacco sales later this year — a decision praised by President Obama as advancing his anti-smoking agenda. ...
North American Integration Continues After Robert Pastor
The effort known as the North American Union (NAU) speeds ahead under the names of the TPP and TTIP, undeterred by the death of Robert Pastor, the "Father of the NAU."...
Republican Medina Vies for Texas’ Key State Comptroller Post
Texas Republican and fiscal conservative Debra Medina, wildly popular among constitutionalists, is running for the state comptroller’s office in 2014. She has an impressive pedigree in the Republican Party, having garnered...
Texas Legislature Sidestep
While Texas’ 83rd Legislature might go down in state history as one of the most colorful, it didn't start out that way. ...