Issues

With the news this week that metro-Houston’s unemployment jumped to 8% (7.5% statewide), it seems the economic slowdown has reached Texas.

How to steal an election? The fiction of a free election in Iran has been burst when the results were announced prior to the counting being completed.

It’s hard to believe but the Texas Gross Receipts (Margins) Tax on business proposed by a Republican, Governor Perry, and passed by a GOP dominated legislature in 2006 was further complicated in 2007.

It may seem like an eternity, but it’s only been 100 days that Obama has led the country. TCR takes this opportunity to review the first 100 days.

In politics, TCR has found over the years that some politicians are show horses and some are work horses.

The Texas Senate as an unusual committee of the whole passed a Voter ID bill on a party-line vote.

Let’s see, since Obama took office as President, the stock market is down around 30%, unemployment is up, the deficit is on its way to an incredible $3 trillion and pork barrel spending is out of sight.

It didn’t take long, but the attacks in the GOP Governor’s race have begun. Texas is facing many challenges this legislative session, and for conservatives, these distractions are unfortunate.

Peaceful transfer of power on schedule is too rare in our modern world. It was nice to see the huge enthusiastic turnout in D.C., but now it’s time to get to work.

The reign of Speaker Craddick ended in Austin last week with a whimper. Clearly in trouble since the GOP margin in the Texas House has declined since 2002 to 76-74 in 2009, it was clear it would be very hard to stay.