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The Governor’s proposal to cut school property taxes by 50 cents per $100 valuation is a good start, but it includes an opportunity for bracket creep in three ways.

The April 11 Runoff is just around the corner and for Texas Conservatives there are a number of important races.

2006 will go down in Texas history as a critical primary because of all the significant down ballot races and the state Republican Party’s referendum items (thank you RPT).

Republican primaries in a predominantly GOP state are important because it is the one place conservatives can impact who holds elected office.

Texas is represented by three people on the Republican National Committee. In theory, they are supposed to represent grassroots Republicans who elected them.

As the House of Representatives prepares to select a new GOP majority leader after Tom DeLay’s unfortunate departure, conservatives are asking what does the party need?

TCR says “hats off” to the state GOP and Chair Tina Benkiser for putting key issues on the March 2006 GOP primary ballot.

While Paris and other parts of Europe were on fire recently due to dissatisfied Muslim and North African immigrants, what does this mean to us?

The ongoing investigation of the so-called leak of a one-time undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame’s identity incredibly could soon be the basis of a federal conspiracy indictment against key Bush and Texas political master Karl Rove, Vice President Cheney, Chief of Staff Lewis Libby and former Bush Press Secretary, Ari Fleischer.

So Ronnie Earle finally got two grand juries to indict Tom DeLay, though it is not clear what crime he allegedly committed.