Mike Ward, the Austin Bureau Chief for the Houston Chronicle, and I recently started a weekly podcast to bring you all the latest news from the Texas Capitol. Click here to subscribe to the show and have it instantly delivered to you each week. This week we did our 7th show, in which we discussed the ambush […]
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Activists rail against gays and Texas House leadership as Woodfill announces for RPT Chair
HOUSTON – A day after once again stepping onto the national political stage by inserting himself into the Planned Parenthood video fight, former Harris County GOP Chairman Jared Woodfill last week formally announced he is running to lead the Republican Party of Texas. He is running alongside Texas Eagle Forum President Cathie Adams, who has […]
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Texas Ethics Commission Votes to Close “Dangerous Loophole” in Elections
Note: This story originally appeared on The Quorum Report. Join us there daily for coverage of Texas politics and government. Setting things up for what could very well be another throwdown in The Legislature next year over so-called “dark money” in elections, the Texas Ethics Commission on Wednesday voted to adopt a rule that requires […]
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Anti-Pojman Site Apparently Created by Company Linked to Empower Texans
Note: This story was originally published on The Quorum Report. Join us there daily for coverage of Texas politics and government. The conservative website recently launched with the express purpose of attacking a longtime pro-life advocate has apparent links to the conservative group Empower Texans and many of the candidates the group endorses. The site takes […]
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“Pro-Life Hero” Attacked From the Right After Saying MQ Sullivan Should Register as a Lobbyist
Note: This story originally appeared in The Quorum Report. Join us there for daily coverage of Texas politics and government. After publicly taking a stand against Midland oilman Tim Dunn’s spokesman Michael Quinn Sullivan for failing to register as a lobbyist, pro-life activist Joe Pojman finds himself under attack by what he described as “dark […]
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Scott Braddock is a journalist and political analyst based in Austin.
