Posts Tagged Progress Texas

Is the IRS really targeting the tea party?

By | 03.26.12 | 10:38 am

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…

TPPF calls criticisms made by Progress Texas report on ALEC ‘hyperbole’

By | 01.24.12 | 11:33 am

A recent report by Progress Texas More… claimed that the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) is the “home away from home” for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The report says that “ALEC and TPPF are closely linked and regularly work hand-in-hand to promote the profits of global corporations over creating

Texas DMV scraps proposed Confederate license plate design in unanimous vote

By | 11.10.11 | 5:47 pm

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles board’s much-anticipated More… vote on a custom license plate featuring the Confederate flag wasn’t quite the nail-biter it had been billed as.

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Texas DMV board to consider Confederate, religious license plates next week

By | 11.03.11 | 1:48 pm

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles board will consider approving custom license plate designs featuring the Confederate Flag, and three crosses on a hill, at its meeting in Austin next week. More…

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Perry opposes Texas license plate featuring Confederate flag

By | 10.26.11 | 2:45 pm

Controversy over a proposed a Texas license plate featuring the Confederate flag has been simmering for months More…, as lawmakers and interest groups have lined up to oppose the design before the state Department of Motor Vehicles takes its latest vote on the design.

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Republican Sen. Carona joins opposition to Texas license plate featuring Confederate flag

By | 10.07.11 | 4:02 pm

Texas Democrats have been lining up More… to oppose the Sons of Confederate Veterans license plate proposal, awaiting a vote from the the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Board.