In the Texas Republican Primary election yesterday, challengers and “moderate” Republicans took their best shot at conservatives and largely lost, many of them losing by big numbers in Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) races. The media and left-wing groups have become obsessed with who’s a “conservative” and who’s a “moderate” Republican on the SBOE. [...]
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Today is election day and while most of the focus is on the U.S. Senate seat, the Texas State Board of Education, particularly the Republican primary races, have also been getting a lot of attention. For U.S. Senate, Ted Cruz and David Dewhurst have both received some headliner endorsements while Tom Leppert has continued to stay [...]
Monday, January 16, 2012
Martin Luther King, Jr. holds a prominent place in the Texas History and Social Studies curriculum standards. That’s correct, MLK is one of the most discussed and studied persons in our Texas curriculum standards passed in 2010, under the leadership of conservative Republicans. I have long been an admirer of Dr. King, so I am proud that our state is showing [...]
Monday, November 21, 2011
With all 15 State Board of Education (SBOE) seats on the ballot next year, there will be a lot of talk about the SBOE, particularly by the liberal media and the extreme liberal group Texas Freedom Network, known for regularly losing battles at the SBOE. Through the election season, we can certainly count on both [...]
Friday, November 11, 2011
Not So Fast! Just days after a member of academia released a report criticizing isolated parts of the K-12 Texas Social Studies standards adopted last year, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has set the record straight. Extreme Austin liberal groups, like Texas Freedom Network, attempted to credit the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) with [...]
Friday, November 11, 2011
Veterans & Their Families Protected in Texas by Liberty Institute: At Liberty Institute we were honored to win a huge religious liberty case in Houston at the VA Cemetery where “God” was being banned at military funerals, in additiona to other hostile attempts censor religious expression. Details here http://www.libertyinstitute.org/ Teaching on Veterans Day Prevails in [...]
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Today is election day in Texas. There are 10 Constitutional Amendments on the ballot as well as bond elections and races at the local level. For more details on the election and to download our Constitutional Amendment Voters Guide, visit our recent blog post. We also have a website, FreeVotersGuide.com, where you can download this free guide and find [...]
Friday, September 23, 2011
Liberty Institute’s Director of Legislative Affairs, Jonathan Saenz will speak this weekend at the Texas Tribune Festival. The Festival is a weekend of debate, discussion and dialogue regarding politics and public policy. It takes place Saturday and Sunday, September 24-25 at the University of Texas at Austin. Find out more or register here. Jonathan Saenz [...]
Monday, September 12, 2011
As part of our continued coverage of the recently completed legislative session, we will be releasing a series of sit down interviews with key conservative legislators that had an impact on important issues during the session. Our 5th and 6th interviews are with Senator Dan Patrick and Representative Sid Miller. Senator Patrick and Rep. Miller, authors [...]
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Please call tomorrow morning to sign up to testify before the State Board of Education (for the hearing on next Thursday). If you have a science background, come testify next Thursday at the hearing, to support critical thinking skills, to stop materials with errors, and prevent censorship in the classroom. Email us by Friday at the latest [...]
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