Tag Archives: Troy Fraser
Off to the Races
GOP primary season is almost upon us. Duck.
For much of the next year, Texans with a high tolerance for bullshit will have the opportunity to follow along with the finest still-legal bloodsport in the sta...Read More
How Senate Republicans Saved the Franchise Tax
Freshman hazing is a tradition in the Legislature, but Troy Fraser took it a little further on Wednesday.
Today, Dan Patrick's passed his beloved tax cuts through the Senate. But an unusual rift between tea partiers and their colleagues threatens disunity....Read More
GOP Senator Accuses Colleagues of Being ‘Shills’ for Payday Lenders
An ugly scene erupted in the Texas Senate today, with Sen. John Carona (R-Dallas) suggesting that some of his Republican colleagues were "shills" for the payday...Read More
The War of the Colorado River Heats up at the Lege
A Senate committee approved legislation today forcing the Lower Colorado River Authority to cut off water to rice farmers during times of severe drought....Read More
Everyone Supports the State Water Plan, So Now What?
Support for funding the $53 billion water plan appeared to be unanimous. Everyone pledged fealty to water conservation. The question now, as Sen. Troy Fraser (R...Read More
