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April 4, 2009
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The Political Realities of Daytime Curfews

by Tim Lambert

Last week many home schoolers in Dallas and Bedford joined other concerned parents and leaders of the ACLU in rallies protesting the current and proposed daytime curfews in those cities.

 

Huge Education Victory for Texas Students

by Ken Mercer, State Board of Education

Common sense, combined with the pressure of at least 14,000 constituent communications in favor of allowing students to discuss all sides of a science theory, finally prevailed. 

 

Governor Perry Announces Jobs and Talks Economic Stimulus

Last week was a busy week in Austin, but Gov. Perry still made time to get out with the people in West and South Texas to go face to face with citizens and discuss a number of key issues.

 

Suit Dismissed in Firing over Creationism E-Mail

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday by a former state science curriculum director who alleged that she was illegally fired for sending out an e-mail on a lecture that was critical of those wanting to teach creationism in science classes.

 

Pro-Life Issue One to Watch as March 2010 Primary Approaches

Recent polls already show United States Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison with a slight advantage over Governor Rick Perry for the 2010 gubernatorial election.

 

UIL Soon May Be Forced to Accept Private School Teams

For the last 14 years, a handful of private schools have been asking the Legislature for a chance to participate in the league for public school sports and academic competitions.

 

Help Governor Perry Kickoff His Campaign This Summer with Your Ideas

While Governor Perry is working hard and focused on making the 2009 legislative session a success, at the campaign we are now gearing up for the race ahead.

 

A Year After Sect Raid, Changes in Laws Sought

A year after a massive child welfare raid at a West Texas ranch run by a polygamist sect, some legislators want to rewrite the laws that guided the state's actions during an investigation into whether young girls there were being forced to marry older men.

 

Big-Government Strikes Back

by Michael Quinn Sullivan

When it comes to public policy, the big-government crowd can only fight in two ways: cheating, and with personal attacks.

 

Texas Eagle Forum ALERT: DNA Database

House Bill 1672 concerns an existing DNA database of newborns in Texas. TEF believes that before a child's DNA is taken at birth and stored by the TX Department of Health, PARENTS should consent.

 
Presidential News
 

Is Obama Right?

by Gary Bauer

Earlier this week, I commented on the administration's politically correct attempts to deny that we are at war against Islamofascism. Well, you can imagine my frustration when I read this headline today: "Judge: Bagram Prisoners Can Challenge Detention." That would be Bagram, Afghanistan!

 
National News
 

Sen. Hutchison Calls Hillary Clinton an "Inspiration"

by Tom McGregor

During an event at the Women's Museum in Dallas, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R.-Tex.), who is expected to campaign against Rick Perry for Governor in the state Republican primary in 2010, heaped words of praise for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by describing her as an "inspiration."

 

GM: Government Mafia

by Gary Bauer

It's been said that dealing with Big Government is like dealing with the mafia - both operate by their own rules and there's a high price to pay for dealing with either. In recent days, we witnessed the government arbitrarily change rules and impose confiscatory taxes on contracts it had previously approved.

 

"Cap And Tax" Is Coming

by Gary Bauer

Democrats on Capitol Hill are set to unveil a massive new tax today that will hit the entire American economy and every single consumer. The legislation would create a "cap and trade" scheme for carbon dioxide emissions. In the process it would impose tremendous costs on businesses, especially utility companies, and those costs would be passed along to you. Everyone would pay this new tax. Turn on a light switch, and you will pay. Put gas in your car and you will pay.

 

Justice Department Files Motion to Drop Case Against Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens

The U.S. Justice Department filed a motion Wednesday to drop its case against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, who was convicted of seven felony counts of corruption last fall.

 

Specter Swings to the Right to Save Senate Seat

It's a familiar story that makes Pennsylvania conservative activists turn red when they tell it. Every six years, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) runs for re-election and he must quiet a Republican base angry with some of his moderate votes. Every six years, Specter briefly veers to the right to placate them. Every six years, he wins - and promptly goes back to being the Arlen Specter who stubbornly votes against their interests.

 
 
 
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Tim Lambert
 
This week was a busy one in Austin for THSC Association. It seems like I have been in Austin two or three days a week for months. One of the most important things we try to do in Austin is to maintain our credibility as an organization by making sure that our information is correct and that we only call for appropriate action and at the right times. In January I explained how we approach monitoring legislation and taking action when the time is right. I also talked about how taking action at the wrong time or with incorrect information can make us look bad and hurt our cause.

Last week our friends at HSLDA issued an alert for home schoolers to call the House Human Services Committee to oppose HB 188 and support HB 2084, the Texas Parental Rights Restoration Act. We had highlighted HB 188 in January, which resulted in calls to the author's office, and we were told then that he was not going to ask for a hearing and that the bill was dead. After fielding calls last week, the members of the committee and their staff were very upset, as neither of these bills had even been set for a hearing, and it was obvious that HB 188 was dead. Some of the phone calls to the committee came from out of state, and a number of the callers were not well informed. We spent several days talking to committee members and smoothing things over with staff members, but we also pointed out that there was indeed a lot of support for HB 2084 and parental rights.
 
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