UPDATED 5/10/2023 @0550 hours HB3418, proposed by State Rep. Terry Canales (D-Edinburg), addresses a vehicle mileage tax in lieu of a fuel tax. Is this a good idea? What motivated Rep. Canales to post this bill? If he was concerned that owners of electric vehicles (EVs) pay zero, zip, nada, fuel tax, I can understand …
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Our Texas State GOP Platform features four planks — 155, 156, 157, & 158 — that represent the majority of voters in Texas on the issues of homosexuality and gender. The Texas platform is truly grassroots from the precinct conventions, to the county and senate-district conventions, to the final product approved by the delegates to the 2022 Texas State Convention. I serve on the platform committee, representing Senate District 2.
Some Texans propose we separate our state from the United States. Is this a good idea? What is the cost? What form of government will Texas assume?
Do you know? Blood begins to flow in the baby about 15 to 16 days after fertilization. Around day 21, the heart begins beating. A baby in the womb is not an it, but a little he or she.
The New York Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James says “I chose to have an abortion. I walked proudly into Planned Parenthood, and I make no apologies to anyone! No one! I want you to know I am a woman of faith; I go to church.” Well, Margaret Sanger, you would be proud of Letitia. She killed her own baby and urges other black mothers to follow suit.
Only the states have the authority to regulate the purchase, possession, and types of firearms in the respective states. The ONLY federal constitutional authority over firearms is to not infringe on our protected right to keep and bear arms.
John N. White