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  1. Two MS-13 Gang Members Accused of shooting 16-year-old in Houston area. My plan to crack down on deadly gangs must pass this legislative session.

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  3. Dec 30

    An armed Texas man dressed in tactical-style clothing was arrested this morning after telling an off-duty police officer that he was on his way to a church to "fulfill a prophecy."

  4. A man in a pickup truck pulled up next to a car carrying a woman and four girls leaving a Houston-area Walmart parking lot and started shooting, killing a 7-year-old inside the car and wounding the woman. The gunman is on the loose.

  5. 7 hours ago

    I kept asking, but no one had an answer for me. So I did some homework to figure out what the Governor’s 2.5% tax revenue cap could cost Texas ($30 billion over 10 years for just schools) and I wrote something about it. Give it a read.

  6. Texas Medicaid helps members be healthy home for the holidays!

  7. 13 minutes ago

    As you are enjoying your evening, please don’t drink and drive!!

  8. Dec 28

    Horrific crimes like this is why Texas passed a ban on sanctuary city policies. We don’t want Texas to become a sanctuary for illegal immigrants like California. We insist on working with ICE to enforce the law & keep Texans safe.

  9. In 2012, I was running to return to the . That same year, was working tirelessly to be the next Congressman from . Late in the campaign he sent me some advice. Tried to follow it since that day. List also makes for great for the .

  10. Dec 28

    It's time for government at all levels to stop imposing skyrocketing property taxes on Texans and end costly big-government regulations. It's not a fight between the state & cities. It's a battle for individual rights.

  11. Dennis Bonnen joined the Texas House at the age of 24. Now, he's about to take it over.

  12. Dec 29

    According to Dale Craymer, local school property taxes will increase by $7.5 billion. Student population growth will only cost $4 billion. So, where will that extra $3.5 billion go?

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  13. Dec 28

    Under my plan property tax revenue growth would be capped at 2.5% per year. Had my plan been in effect your property tax increase would be about 8.5% less. Much more money would be in your pocket. Remember that when you hear local government officials criticize my plan.

  14. 43 minutes ago

    If you think the West boom is irrelevant to your life beyond lower prices at the pump, let us introduce you to a couple of endowment funds that have boomed, too: The Permanent University Fund and the Permanent Schools Fund.

  15. 46 minutes ago

    Happy New Year to all the courageous volunteers GO MOMS!!

  16. Dec 22

    “As they’ve had to put less money into schools, they’ve put it in the Rainy Day Fund, then turned around and pointed fingers at [local governments], and said ‘they’re raising the property taxes.’”

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  17. Dec 26

    The reason the majority of Americans are balking at appropriating money for the "Wall" is because we harbor grave doubts that it will actually secure our borders. Spending billions of taxpayer dollars for a "wall" to gain political points is just silly.

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  18. Trump’s sophomore year in the White House made for plenty of ammunition for political cartoonist Ben Sargent:

  19. Dec 27

    One of my favorite moments at the Governor’s Mansion was celebrating the 110th birthday of Richard Overton—the oldest WWII Veteran. Today we mourn the loss of this legendary American hero. May he Rest In Peace.

  20. 3 hours ago

    Please pay attention! most Texas schools are segregated while our state is only getting browner, the inequitable funding problems are getting worse, & the privatizers continually push us to become at least like NOLA where there’s but schools run by charters.

  21. Democrats don’t want local voters to have more control over property tax burdens.

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