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Texas Governor Rick Perry seemed to be speaking out in favor of Texas leaving the United States if Washington didn't change its tax and spend ways at an Austin - Vince Leibowitz

In Crawford v. Marion County Board of Elections, the landmark Voter ID case presently before the U.S. Supreme Court, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has - Vince Leibowitz

All of the media blathering about Tom Daschel's tax oopsie, reminded us of a story that we ran across last year which is more pertinent now than it was then - Vince Leibowitz

A longtime judge from Bexar County will preside over the public hearing for Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller. In an April 9 order, the Texas Supreme Court appointed 37th District Judge David Berchelmann Jr. as the special... - Vince Leibowitz

State Rep. Betty Brown (R-Terrell) has called on voters of Asian ancestry to change their names so they are easier for Americans to deal with. Brown's - Vince Leibowitz

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Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) told a television station in his home district this weekend that the Iowa Supreme Court's recent decision on gay - Vince Leibowitz

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Leave it to Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) to do something so stupid as to take Dr. Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream Speech and bastardize it - Vince Leibowitz

Leave it to Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) to do something as stupid as compare the energy independence debates in Congress to the great debates - Vince Leibowitz

Leave it to Republican Congressmen from Texas to oppose the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act. Worse than that, they've teamed up with lawmakers from - Vince Leibowitz

Leave it to Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler), the ideological howler monkey of the Texas Congressional Delegation, to author a piece of legislation that--by - Vince Leibowitz

This Raw Story article about Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) is too amusing to pass up: A Republican House member (pictured) was slammed by a - Vince Leibowitz

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller (pictured) is not having a good week. On Monday, March 30, The Dallas Morning News published an article claiming public records show Keller failed to disclose $2 million in real estate... - Vince Leibowitz

A source closely connected with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals told Capitol Annex that several of the justices on the state's highest criminal court want - Vince Leibowitz

[Updated to add links to our prior coverage of this issue & more--VL] Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is touting an asinine plan to fund child health - Vince Leibowitz

Attorney General Greg Abbott took the first step toward testing the water for his run for the Lieutenant Governorship in 2010 yesterday by announcing a - Vince Leibowitz

As expected, a handful of bills were filed Monday that could dramatically alter transportation in Texas, including legislation to repeal the authority of the - Vince Leibowitz

The mainstream media is giving a bit of attention this week to a pair of bills filed in the Texas Legislature that would reform the way sex education is handled - Vince Leibowitz

Sobriety checkpoints on Texas highways will again be an issue during the 81st Session of the Texas Legislature, thanks to SB 298 by State Sen. John Carona - Vince Leibowitz

A motion to reinstate language requiring educators in Texas to teach the strenghts and weaknesses of scientific theories into public school science curriculum - Vince Leibowitz

Texas could be looking at its first progressive crop of federal judicial nominees in more than a decade, given that U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey - Vince Leibowitz

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Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one and indivisible. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Texas Flag has existed largely untouched - Vince Leibowitz

Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. (or upon final adjournment of the House), the House Public Safety Committee will consider a controversial bill that would allow - Vince Leibowitz

For weeks the GOP has complained about every stimulus plan, economic plan and Obama's budget. Every time you turn on the news or read an article the GOP no - Vince Leibowitz

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An interesting bill by State Rep. Ryan Guillen (D-Rio Grande City) would require the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts to conduct a study to determine what - Vince Leibowitz

If you thought the legislative uproar surrounding online hunting in Texas a few years ago was something to behold, you ain't seen nothing  yet. State Rep. - Vince Leibowitz