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Are you feeling a bit railroaded by the Texas Legislature this session?  I sure am!  In the Republican Senate, it seems like things are moving along really fast, but on a lot…

Are you mad yet?  I am furious!  And you should be too!  One of the top priorities for TTP, RPT, and many other organizations was gutted Wednesday night in the Senate. The…

THIS WEEK:
March 3rd was TRUE TEXAN DAY AT THE CAPITOL!
This week’s TTP Tuesday was a very special day! We declared it True Texan Day at the Capitol, and we welcomed about 80…

Week 7:  89th Texas Legislature
I want to start this week’s message with a great big THANK YOU to all of you who respond when we ask you to do things.  You are…

THIS WEEK:
TTP TUESDAY 2/18/25:  This week TTP Tuesday was devoted to supporting Texans For Vaccine Choice in their rally and 10th anniversary celebration.  We had a robust group of advocates who delivered…

by Fran Rhodes, President
THIS WEEK:
Committees At Last!  The long awaited House Committee assignments finally happened on Thursday.  There were really no surprises, as the pseudo-republican Burrows followers received the primo positions on…

Our friend Steve Sullivan at Robson Ranch Conservatives shared this article in a recent newsletter.  It’s worth a read!

Part 2 – Raise Teacher Pay?
The last newsletter I mentioned the failing grades that…

by Fran Rhodes, President
THIS WEEK:
Governor Abbott kicked off the week with his State of the State Address, where he outlines his emergency issues for the 89th Legislature.  He identified 7 emergency issues:

Property…

by Fran Rhodes, President
THIS WEEK:
In the Senate:
Week three of the Texas Legislature saw the Senate get to work on the budget and a school choice bill. The school choice bill, SB2, was…

This is urgent, Texans!  I want to keep you up-to-date on more shenanigans in the State House.
Yes, we’re all celebrating all that Trump has accomplished in 3 days, but we must not…