Opinion/Newsletters

LONESTAR — 6.6.2025 — Abbott Signs Public Education Package — Texas Democrats Denounce Texas Dream Act Repeal — and More...

Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed House Bill 2 into law, delivering record $8.5 billion in new public education funding, including…

2 months ago

Cuba and Venezuela Included in Trump's Middle-East Travel Ban

President Donald Trump recently imposed a travel moratorium on several Middle Eastern countries plus Cuba and Venezuela.  President Trump justified…

2 months ago

LONESTAR — 6.5.2025 — Abbott Signs Bail Reform Bill — Cornyn Trails Paxton By 22 Points — and More...

Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed into law what he called “the strongest bail reform package in Texas history,” during a…

2 months ago

LONESTAR — 6.4.2025 — Texas Senate Closes Out With 'Historic' Legislative Session — Crockett Announces Run for Top Post on House Oversight Committee — and More...

Texas Senate Closes Out 'Historic' Legislative Session with Sweeping Conservative Wins The Texas Senate adjourned sine die, ending a 140-day…

2 months ago

Rubio Attacks Officials Complicit in Cuba's Forced Labor Scheme

State Secretary Marco Rubio recently announced the State Department will be restricting the Visas of foreign government officials partaking in…

2 months ago

LONESTAR — 6.3.2025 — Roy Warns of Screwworm Threat — Abbott Praises Major Investment in Water Infrastructure — and More...

Rep. Chip Roy (R) is calling for immediate diplomatic action to address the northward spread of the New World Screwworm…

2 months ago

LONESTAR — 6.2.2025 — Texas Senate Delivers Property Tax Relief Measures to Abbott — Texas Democrats Wary of School Funding Bill — and More...

Texas Senate Sends Major Property Tax Relief Measures to Governor Abbott Texas homeowners could see hundreds of savings on their…

2 months ago

Lawmakers Denounce New Antisemitic Attack in Colorado

Lawmakers are condemning a recent antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colorado, against pro-Israeli demonstrators rallying in support of efforts to release…

2 months ago

US Returns to Embassy in Syria After 13-Year Hiatus

The US is restarting diplomatic operations in its embassy in Damascus, Syria, as relations between Syria’s interim government and the…

2 months ago

LONESTAR — 5.30.2025 — Texas Senate Moves to Ban Hemp Products — Paxton Wants to Prosecute Voter Fraud — and More...

Texas Senate Moves to Ban Intoxicating Hemp Products, Expand Medical Marijuana Access With just days left in the legislative session,…

2 months ago