A relatively unknown group spending hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to influence primary elections around the country has been meet with criticism from those trying to understand the group’s motivations. The targets of the group, both Republicans and Democrats, have accused the group of trying to “buy” elections More….
An influential Christian conservative’s involvement with a Board of Education candidate’s campaign is fueling calls for an investigation into whether or not his involvement violates Texas law.
The Texas Freedom Network (TFN) asked district attorneys in Harris and Jefferson counties to investigate whether Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) incumbent More…
In an effort to restore the crippled Women’s Health Program, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission recently announced plans to use federal block grant funds to subsidize the program, granting a clearer picture of how the state will make up for the federal dollars lost due to a controversial More…
The firing of popular radio journalist Scott Braddock has stirred controversy. The station says he was fired for violating company policy. Braddock, however, says he thinks his decision to pursue controversial stories may have had something to do with his termination. More…
Houston-based tea party group, The King Street Patriots, are operating illegally by working under the guise of a nonpartisan, non-profit while overtly promoting Republican candidates, an Austin judge ruled this week. The ruling upholds Texas campaign finance law, rebukes KSP’s aim to remove bans on direct corporate giving to candidates More…
With federal funding choked off, state health officials and Gov. Rick Perry pledge that a Medicaid based program directed at low-income women will live on without federal dollars– but the details on how and what else might be at stake as a result More…aren’t yet clear.
A rule blocking Planned Parenthood
Conservative activists and some Republican lawmakers are up in arms about what they describe as the Internal Revenue Service conducting a partisan and ideologically driven campaign against tea party groups around the country. They claim that progressive organizations are not experiencing the same level of scrutiny. However, some progressive groups More…
While state officials blame the Obama administration’s “pro-abortion agenda” for ending a Medicaid program More… that provided basic reproductive care to more than 130,000 low-income women, a similar attempt by the state to restrict provider choice failed under the Bush administration, records obtained by the Texas Independent show.
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