Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) challenged Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to provide unanimous consent to pass his resolution calling for a Joint Select Committee to investigate the Benghazi attacks. Cruz currently has twenty-five Senate co-sponsors for his bill. Menendez blocked Cruz’s
HOUSTON, Texas – Mayor Annise Parker, Houston’s first openly gay mayor, has introduced a 35 page city ordinance to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity among other “protected characteristics.” Council Member Michael Kubosh (At Large, Position 3) sat
After a long night waiting for ballots from remote areas to come in, Texas State Reps. Brandon Creighton and Steve Toth head to the June runoff election. Toth narrowly edged out Woodlands, Texas businessman Gordy Bunch for the 2nd place
HOUSTON, Texas–Attorney General candidate and former AFL-CIO union group lobbyist Dan Branch came under increased fire for a campaign ad he recently televised. The ad appears to somewhat deceptively attempt to give viewers the impression that the entire ad itself
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) announced a project this week to rebuild vital oyster reefs by distributing more than 79,000 cubic yards of reef building materials (known as cultch) at eight different sites in four publicly owned oyster reefs
An Austin campaign event for Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis took an unusual turn this week when members of the Austin Young Republicans (AYR) arrived on the scene and challenged her about the FBI probe and her on-going alleged ethics
HOUSTON, Texas–A Texas county bordering Mexico approved using funds from the District Attorney’s forfeiture funds to hire a forensic analyst to investigate alleged voting machine tampering. A Hidalgo County grand jury is investigating the potential voting machine tampering. The county
Breitbart Texas has learned former Congressman Ron Paul is supporting Lt. Governor David Dewhurst in the May 27th runoff race for re-election. Megan Stiles, a spokesman for the libertarian leaning former Congressman, confirmed the support in an email to Breitbart
Envoy Air will need to lay off over 1,100 pilots as it moves through a downsizing adjustment as a result of the merger between US Airways and American Airlines. The new American Airlines Group is reducing the carrier’s routes and
Police in Hearne, Texas shot a 93-year-old woman, yesterday (May 6th) after responding to a call about a female with a gun. The woman, identified by KBTX-TV as Pearlie Golden was allegedly carrying a firearm and was ultimately shot by
Residents of Texas have been reporting a new scam by identity thieves who contact individuals and pretend to be employees of the Texas Attorney General’s Office (OAG). The individuals attempt to scare consumers into believing the OAG is launching a
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) took bold action on the Senate floor yesterday, requesting votes on his proposed legislation to stop the IRS’s targeting of citizens based on their political actions. Cruz said that if Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) blocks the
Is Camp Stanley, an Army weapons depot located southeast of Boerne, Texas (near San Antonio), the secret home of a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) weapons stash known as the “Midwest Depot”? The Midwest Depot is allegedly where the CIA has
Texas Governor Rick Perry weighed in on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) handling of the land issue along the Red River border between Texas and Oklahoma saying, “The federal government already owns too much land.” Some in the state
Sundays on Breitbart Texas features interviews with key political figures and other newsmakers from across the Lone Star State. This week’s feature shines brightly on Houston Chronicle Blogger, Kathleen McKinley and her conservative political news blog, Texas Sparkle. Texas Sparkle
As Breitbart Texas reported in the lead up to the March primary, Democratic and other trial lawyers recruited and funded “Republican” candidates to run against three conservative, highly-qualified Texas Supreme Court incumbents. Two of the challengers, Joe Pool, Jr. and Robert Talton
Members of the Texas Farm Bureau, including the rancher who lost 140 acres to the BLM over twenty years ago, Tommy Henderson, along with Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, State Senator Craig Estes and a host State
Leading up to the 2015 Legislative Session, the Texas House Business and Industry Committee held hearings to look at new legislation to crack down on companies and other employers who may deliberately cheat the system by mis-classifying employees as independent
In a pointedly unusual move, Texas House State Affairs Committee Chairman Byron Cook (R-Corsicana) held a hearing on transparency in campaign finance disclosure that was somewhat opaque in its own transparency. With a clear agenda in mind, Chairman Cook held
The La Joya School Board and a Hidalgo County Commissioner are being sued with allegations of systematic politically-based retaliation by a group of twenty-four current and former school district employees. Allegations include kickbacks, favoritism, contract rigging for votes and other
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS–Texas State Senator Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls) helped sound the alarm about the situation facing many of his constituents regarding the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) attempt to take up to 90,000 acres of land along the Red
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS–Texas rancher Tommy Henderson lost 140 acres of his land during a lawsuit that turned it over to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 28 years ago. Now, more land owners along the Texas/Oklahoma Red River boundary
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS–The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) responded quickly to Breitbart Texas’ interview with Northwest Texas Boy Scouts Council President Wayne Mansur. In the interview, Mansur raised his concern that his Scout group could lose up to one-third of
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS–With the focus on the possible loss of property held for generations of ranchland owners in north Texas, others who might also be affected by the BLM’s Red River Land Grab could be overlooked. During a meeting with
Shortly after the New York Times published recent portions of a Cliven Bundy press availability involving racially insensitive remarks, leftist news outlets desperately attempted to connect Texas Republican gubernatorial hopeful Greg Abbott to the scandal. After closer examination of the
