The race for Texas’ next U.S. Senator heated up this week as Sarah Palin announced an endorsement of Ted Cruz; while ads have filled the airwaves with Mike Huckabee supporting Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, and Troy Aikman telling us he’s “voting for Tom (Leppert).” See a CNN article on Palin’s edorsement of Ted Cruz here. With [...]
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Texans from all across the state will be convening in Austin, TX February 3-4, 2012 for the premier conservative grassroots event in the state, CTxPAC. Liberty Institute is a founding sponsor of CTxPAC and our President and CEO Kelly Shackelford will be addressing the conference on Saturday, February 4th as well as leading a workshop. [...]
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
This past Saturday, an estimated 5,000 Texans rallied to support the Nativity Scene at the Henderson County Courthouse in Athens, Tx. The Wisconsin based Freedom From Religion Foundation, who has a history of attacking religious freedom around the country, had sent a letter to county officials stating that the religious display on the courthouse lawn should be removed [...]
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Texans from all across the state will be convening in Austin this coming February 3-4, 2012 for the premier conservative grassroots event in the state, CTxPAC. Just a few highlights of the event include: Texas Conservative Caucus: The conservative grassroots will make a historic pre-primary statement by conducting a caucus to choose a nominee for [...]
Friday, August 12, 2011
On Saturday, Liberty Institute will be teaching a class at the Grassroots Survivor School being put on by the Waco Tea Party. Many other great conservative organizations will be present and teaching classes as well. If you are in the Central Texas area and have an interest in building your grassroots activism skills, there is still time [...]
Monday, August 1, 2011
On Saturday, Liberty Institute participated in the Tour of Texas Senate Candidate Forum in Austin. Our own Jonathan Saenz was 1 of 3 panelists asking questions to the candidates and we were able to provide our free Texas Legislative Guides to all in attendence (download the guide at http://legislativeguide.libertyinstitute.org/). The event was held at the Capitol [...]
Thursday, July 28, 2011
I will be a panelist for the upcoming Tour of Texas U.S. Senate Candidate Forum event in Austin this Saturday. I look forward to asking some tough questions to the candidates running for U.S. Senate in Texas. The format of the event will be fast paced and challenging. Topics of discussion will focus on the following [...]
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
This Saturday, Liberty Institute will be speaking and handing out information at a Johnson County Tea Party event in Burleson. Guest speakers include Congressman Bill Flores, State Senator Brian Birdwell, State Representative Bill Zedler, and many others. If you are in the area, please stop by to hear some great speakers, to get some great [...]
Friday, April 15, 2011
Liberty Institute has announced a favorable settlement in a lawsuit brought by Chris Howe, a tea partier who was arrested and thrown in jail for exercising his First Amendment right to free speech on city property on Texas’ primary election day last year. Because of Howe’s lawsuit, the City of Watauga, near Fort Worth, changed its [...]
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Tomorrow, April 15th, is Tax Day and Tea Party groups all over the state will be rallying. It is so important now that everyday citizens continue to get involved in politics and take a stand for what’s right. The time for us to work to rein in out-of-control government spending and advocate for the principles that [...]
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