LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grant M. Deltz State funded travel was banned from California to Texas, Alabama, Kentucky and South Dakota this week by California’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra. This ban is in response to what he interprets as anti-LGBT rights laws which have been enacted this year. The list already included North…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke City officials in Texas temporarily removed a municipal judge from the bench Wednesday after learning that she never received U.S. citizenship after becoming a legal permanent resident in 2007. When the city council discovered that her original application to the bench didn’t indicate whether or not she…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke The Texas Senate passed Wednesday a bill that bans sanctuary cities throughout the state, clearing the last legislative roadblock for the controversial measure and sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk for final approval. In a 20-11 party line vote, Republican state senators adopted the House version…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke Texas Republicans representing congressional districts along the U.S.-Mexico border are looking to slow down appropriations for the border wall, as lawmakers wrangle over a funding measure to avoid a government shutdown later this month. Texas Rep. Michael McCaul questioned the wisdom of inserting wall funding into a continuing…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) discovered the largest continuous natural gas deposit in the country, stretching across the Gulf Coast states of Texas and Louisiana. USGS estimates between 4 billion barrels of oil and 304.4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas sit untapped in the Haynesville and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Quornsum Yesterday, the city council of Dallas, TX, approved a cite and release program for low-level marijuana users in a 10-5 vote. Coincidentally, the bill resulted in the same voter percentage when it was killed last year. Under the new legislation, which will go into force on October 1,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Will Racke A Democratic congressman from Texas said Tuesday that the Department of Homeland Security may be coming around to his idea of outfitting Border Patrol agents with body cameras in order to prevent alleged civil rights abuses. Rep. Joaquin Castro and other members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke A Texas man was surprised to find himself in handcuffs after he thwarted a kidnapping attempt by unleashing a barrage of bullets at the attackers. When Jeremiah Morin, 35, of Spring, Texas, saw two masked kidnappers trying to snatch his fiance in the driveway of their Houston-area home,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Texas State Rep. Jessica Farrar says that men should have to undergo the same “unnecessary” and “invasive” procedures that she says Texas women are subjected to under recently passed state laws, reports the Texas Tribune. On Friday, the Texas House Democrat introduced House Bill 4260, titled the “Man’s Right To…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: The Liberty Conference Focused on the Future: Voice & Exit by Avens O’Brien I attend a lot of liberty-themed conferences every year. Last year, I attended the International Students for Liberty Conference in Washington DC, I took photos at Anarchapulco in Acapulco, headed to regional Students for Liberty and Young…