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Welcome to the mid-week edition of Fran’s Friday Message. As promised last week, here is my 89th Legislature wrap up analysis. Click the button below to see the spreadsheet with 73 bills…

I’ve been trying to decide on a “label” for the 89th Session that sums up the tone of the session. I’m debating between “Big Government/Big Spending” or “Democrats Cheered”.
Too many bills passed…

THIS WEEK
We had an energetic group of activists at the Capitol on Tuesday, for a day of prayer. We prayed all over the building, praying for God’s will to be done, for…

THIS WEEK 
What a great day we had at the Capitol on Tuesday! We had around 25 people with us. We delivered position papers on 3 bills, urging committee action, we did hundreds…

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
This week in the Texas Legislature we saw a few good things, a few bad things, and a whole lot of ugly! Pretty typical week! Let’s…

House State Affairs Committee – Where good bills go to die.
With only 4 weeks left in the session, the House State Affairs Committee has a huge backlog of bills, (536 to be…

Many county GOPs are wanting to censure their State Reps who have not been pushing for GOP priorities, and worse, who have worked against GOP priorities.  Censuring has multiple impacts, including:

alerting uninformed…

Hey, True Texans!
Texas Tough was a huge success, and I want to share the details with you!
First off, this event was a fundraiser.  It is our biggest source of income for the…

Texas Tough was a huge success, and we want to share the details with you!
First off, this event was a fundraiser.  It is our biggest source of income for the entire year…

Dear Friends,
Our Capitol warriors had a productive day on Tuesday. Here’s what we accomplished:

delivered a white paper to 88 Reps on an idea Wes Virdell has to make the school choice bill…