This Week's Conservative Wins in Texas
📅 Week of March 3
From cutting wasteful government spending to expanding school choice and lowering property taxes, conservatives in the Texas Legislature are pushing forward major victories.
This week, the House officially kicks off its crackdown on bloated government, a $4.3 billion teacher pay raise moves forward, and lawmakers fight to protect women’s privacy.
Meanwhile, border security remains a top priority, with Texas investing $6.5 billion to keep our communities safe and federal authorities busting one of the largest human smuggling rings in U.S. history.
Here’s what’s happening this week at the Texas Capitol.
📊 The Main Story – Texas Cracks Down on Government Waste
The Texas House’s new DOGE Committee is holding its first hearing this week, taking aim at government bloat, red tape, and excessive spending.
Chaired by Rep. Giovanni Capriglione (R – Southlake), the committee will review more than a dozen state agencies, questioning how tax dollars are being spent and where waste can be cut. Lawmakers expect 30+ expert witnesses to testify, focusing on agency spending, procurement, and outdated operations.
This two-year review will extend beyond the 140-day legislative session, ensuring long-term accountability. Modeled after President Trump’s federal efficiency push, the effort is designed to rein in bureaucracy and eliminate wasteful spending at the state level.
With Texas set to spend over $320 billion in the next two years, conservatives are making sure taxpayer dollars are working for Texans—not government waste.
Conservative lawmakers are taking action to keep radical DEI policies and harmful library materials out of Texas classrooms. A new Senate bill cracks down on DEI hiring practices in public universities and strengthens parental oversight of school library content.
The Texas House is advancing a new property tax relief bill that cuts appraisal increases and delivers more savings to homeowners. This is another major step forward in the fight to lower Texans' tax burden.
Texas conservatives are pushing zoning reforms to allow for smaller, more affordable starter homes, cutting through excessive regulations that have driven up housing costs and made homeownership unattainable for many.
The Texas Senate has approved a $4.3 billion teacher pay raise. The largest investment in teacher salaries in Texas history is moving forward, ensuring educators get the raises they deserve while keeping top teachers in Texas classrooms.
📊 By the Numbers – What You Need to Know
💰 $4.3 billion – Texas is making the largest teacher pay investment in state history, ensuring top educators stay in Texas classrooms.
🏛 76 – Texas House members backing the Women’s Privacy Act, a bipartisan effort to protect women’s safety and privacy.
🏠 $300,000 – The average home price in Texas, putting ownership out of reach for many. Conservatives are pushing zoning reforms to ensure the American Dream remains possible for Texans.
🚔 $6.5 billion – Texas’s proposed budget for border security, reinforcing Republicans' commitment to law and order.
🎙️ Quote of the Week
"When did we decide that taxpayer-funded classrooms should be places for political activism instead of education? Research from Harvard, MIT, many different universities across the country… have clearly shown that DEI initiatives do not achieve their intended goals. Instead, they backfire, furthering division."
— Senator Brandon Creighton (R – Conroe)
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🔗 More of What We're Reading
🚨 Federal authorities bust one of the largest human smuggling rings in U.S. history – A major enforcement effort has exposed a network responsible for trafficking migrants across the southern border.
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✏️ Texas lawmakers move to protect women’s spaces – 76 House members, including some Democrats, are backing the Texas Woman’s Privacy Act to ensure stronger protections for women’s safety and fairness.
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💰 Speaker Dustin Burrows talks school choice, tax cuts, and the Texas lottery – The House Speaker lays out conservative priorities for this legislative session, including cutting property taxes and expanding school choice.
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📑 DEI hypocrisy exposed? – A new report reveals that while Rep. Brian Harrison may publicly be against DEI, he helped expand DEI policies while serving as Chief of Staff at HHS. Republican or not, we can’t stand for politicians saying one thing and doing another.
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