7 Pro-Life Bills Head to Full Texas Senate
Texas lawmakers this week advanced seven pro-life bills out of committee and into the full Senate chamber for hearings.
Texas lawmakers this week advanced seven pro-life bills out of committee and into the full Senate chamber for hearings.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The national anthem would have to be played before all sporting events held at Wisconsin venues that received any public funding, from Green Bay Packers games at Lambeau Field to beer league softball games at local parks, under a bill that a Republican lawmaker introduced Thursday.
Leaders of Texas’ executive and legislative branches met on Saturday to protect Texans from an expected spike in their energy bills. The meeting took place via a conference call attended by the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, and key legislative committee chairs.
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced Tuesday that he is prepared to pay up to $1 million from his campaign account to those who come forward and report voter fraud from anywhere in America.
In an effort to prevent budget cuts to police departments, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the back-the-blue pledge on Wednesday in Houston.
A Texas county called for law enforcement reinforcements from Governor Greg Abbott after the Austin City Council cut its police department budget by one-third. The county judge from Williamson County said the $150 million budget cut to the Austin Police Department by the city council places Austin officers and their families “in great peril.” Part of Austin extends into Williamson County.
Tuesday on MSNBC, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) called the Texas GOP a “death cult” who wants “African-Americans” and “Latinos” to do the dying.
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has harsh words for the top two elected state officials in Texas. The legendary NBA coach blasted both Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick for their handling of the coronavirus by saying, “they’re all cowards and they’re all afraid.”
Monday on “Fox News @ Night,” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R-TX) insisted the doom and gloom portrayed by the media regarding COVID-19 and Texas was not reflective of reality.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) sounded the alarm over vote-by-mail and the danger it poses to election integrity during a Friday appearance on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) said on Wednesday he is covering the $7,000 fine of the Dallas salon owner who was sentenced to seven days in jail for reopening her shop in violation of stay-at-home orders, and he volunteered to “be placed under House Arrest so she can go to work and feed her kids.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) issued a series of executive orders Thursday to help stop the spread of the novel Coronavirus. The restrictions include limiting restaurants to take-out only and groups of people to 10 or less.
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (R) responded to Joe Biden’s gun control partnership with ‘Beto’ O’Rourke by suggesting O’Rourke try to confiscate Patrick’s AR-15 and “see how that goes.”
Democrat presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has added after-school shootings as a reason behind his relentless push for more gun control.
A columnist writing at AZCentral.com suggests it was “terrifying” that parishioners were armed at the church in White Settlement, Texas.
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick lit into former Vice President Joe Biden and Democrats Monday following the shooting at West Freeway Church in White Settlement, TX. Patrick blasted Biden on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” calling him and other Democrats
The pastor at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas, where a man shot two parishioners to death before he was killed by an armed member of the congregation, said he is thankful for the state law that allowed the church to protect itself.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) praised the reaction of armed parishioners during the White Settlement church attack, referring to them as “immediate responders.”
Rap mogul and NFL social justice partner Jay-Z, worked behind the scenes to help get Colin Kaepernick a workout in front of NFL teams.
Texas lawmakers plan to make forcing children into “transgender” medical treatments a major issue in the next legislative session.
Former NBA star Charles Barkley has come out against the “idiots” criticizing the NBA over the China controversy, and defended the league by pointing out the “billions of dollars” that are at stake.
HOUSTON, Texas — Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke is “done in Texas,” Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said in response to the Democratic presidential candidate’s promise to confiscate AR-15s.
Houston police chief Art Acevedo pushed gun control after one of his officers got into a physical struggle with a criminal and was shot with his own gun.
The NRA warns that Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) echoed points similar to Michael Bloomberg’s gun control push following the Midland-Odessa shooting.
The NRA is warning that universal background checks will not keep criminals from getting guns to use against innocents.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) told Fox News the ability for strangers to sell guns to strangers without a background check is a “loophole” that needs to be addressed.
During an interview with the Fox News Channel on Monday, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (R) stated that a “strong look” should be taken at preventing people who have failed background checks from getting a gun and stated that private
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered 1,000 National Guard Troops to the Mexican border Friday. The troops are tasked with supplemental staffing for new detention facilities being built by the Department of Homeland Security to free up Border Patrol agents.
The Texas legislature remains poised to reject President Donald Trump’s America First energy policy by passing legislation that limits competition in the energy sector; the Trump DOJ has expressed concerns about the proposed legislation.
The Texas Senate voted Monday to prohibit state and local governments from allowing tax dollars to fund abortion providers.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the City of San Antonio, the municipal police chief, and other officials for alleged violations of the sanctuary city law commonly known as “SB4.” The lawsuit stems from a December 2017 incident where the San Antonio police chief released a group of illegal immigrants found in the back of a tractor-trailer before proper officials could screen them.
A Texas Republican will represent the people of the 19th State Senate District for the first time in nearly 140 years. The seat became vacant following the conviction in federal court of Democrat Carlos Uresti earlier this year.
A Texas school district that suffered a mass shooting earlier this year announced it will accept a donation of AR-15 rifles, accessories, training, and ammunition for its police department.
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced plans to donate up to 10 metal detectors to the Santa Fe, Texas, school district following the May 18 shooting that killed students and teachers and left others wounded.
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick said the uptick in school shootings in America could be traced to culture devaluing life. Patrick said, “Should we be surprised in this nation? We have devalued life. Whether it’s
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Outnumbered Overtime,” Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (R) said he hopes the National Guard stays on the border “until hell freezes over, until that wall is built.” Patrick says he sees the
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent new cease and desist letters to two more public school districts Friday. The letters included examples of advocacy campaigns from the recent statewide March primary election that allegedly violated the state’s education code.
President Trump has broken from his personal push to raise the minimum rifle purchase age from 18 years to 21 and chosen instead to hand the decision to a federal commission.
A movie about former state Sen. Wendy Davis will not be filmed in the Texas Senate chamber, says Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
Texas law enforcement officers placed more than 243,000 criminal aliens in jails across the state since 2011. Those criminal aliens were accused of nearly 650,000 state or local criminal offenses.