AUSTIN, Texas (Nov. 15, 2016) – During the 2017 session, the Texas legislature will consider bills creating a mechanism to review federal laws and end state cooperation with enforcement of those that violate the Texas Bill of Rights. This process would set the stage to effectively block some federal laws in the Lone Star State.…
AUSTIN, Tex., November 14, 2016 – Today, a Texas state representative prefiled a bill to prohibit the state from using personnel or resources to enforce federal gun control measures, setting the foundation to nullify them in practice within the state. House Bill 110 (HB110), filed by Representative Matthew Krause, (R-Ft. Worth), would deny state material support and…
HOUSTON, Texas (Oct. 19, 2016) – State “Right to Try” laws that nullify in practice some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules preventing terminally-ill patients from accessing treatments have started to have practical effect. Since the Texas Right to Try law went into effect in June 2015, at least 78 patients in Texas have received…
AUSTIN, Texas (Sept. 22, 2016) – Texas has threatened to pull the plug on state assistance to refugees if the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) does not unconditionally approve the state’s revised resettlement plan by Sept. 30. The move would significantly hinder refugee resettlement in the Lone Star State. The state’s refugee coordinator sent…
A state gold depository in Texas continues to move closure to reality and it appears to be happening at just the right time. Since the beginning of the year, the price of gold has risen 26 percent and silver has skyrocketed 37 percent. Surging precious metal prices have sparked a corresponding demand for gold and…
When it comes to standing up to the Feds, most governors are all talk and no action. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court struck down strict laws regulating abortion clinics in the state of Texas. According to the New York Times, the High Court ” found that Texas’ restrictions — requiring doctors to have admitting…
by Ryan McMaken, originally published at Mises.org. Last year, we covered a story coming out of Texas in which the state government was planning to institute a state-controlled “gold depository” that would allow individuals to store their gold in a presumably safe place outside the United States banking system. This proposition was met with emotionally-charged denunciations…
On Apr 28-29, Texas state Senator Bob Hall is hosting the “Texas Grid Security Summit” to discuss threats and preparedness for the Texas electric grid. One big thing missing? The great threat to all of us that the grid is being used to power a massive NSA data center right in the heart of Texas.…
Texas has been trying to stop federal plans to bring in Syrian refugees into the state by suing the feds in the federal court system. According to Watchdog.org, Syrian refugees in the United States will about “double the cost of federal resettlement programs over the next two years.” The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Dallas, names…
A bill recently signed into law in Texas that will set up a state gold depository represents a power shift away from the federal government to the state, and it provides a blueprint that could ultimately end the Fed. Gov. Greg Abbot signed the law creating the state gold bullion and precious metal depository last…