AUSTIN, TX -- While jobs, the budget and taxes may dominate the 81st Legislature, protecting and defending the rights and dignity of the unborn are the cornerstones of our efforts to safeguard life and liberty in Texas.

AUSTIN--Several major pro-life, pro-family organizations will host a news conference and rally  today at the Capitol in support of the pro-life heartbeat bill, SB 182/HB 36.

Five Republican Governors, including Rick Perry, plan to reject at least some of the federal stimulus money because the temporary influx of federal money will create permanent state obligations. 

On NBC's Meet the Press, Gov. Jindal of Lousiana discusses his opposition to federal stimulus money and the federal mandates on states. 

Although President Obama has made it clear that he rests his hopes for economic recovery on government spending, we categorically reject the false and misleading idea that government spending will lead us to prosperity.  The best economic policy is to limit taxes and spending.

AUSTIN, TX -- At a press conference today, Senator Dan Patrick and Representative Ken Paxton announced Senate Bill 928 and House Bill 994 to limit state spending to keep our state fiscally sound well into the future.  A spending limit is a priority item from the TCC Pledge with Texans. 

AUSTIN, TX – As Congressional spending in the name of economic stimulus nears a total of over $1.5 trillion, conservative state legislators reaffirmed their commitment to fiscal restraint and responsible budgeting to help keep Texas from falling into fiscal disrepair like most of the rest of the nation.

AUSTIN, TX - With today's release of the Department of Labor's latest report showing unemployment nationally crawling toward 8%, conservative legislators in Austin outlined their five-point plan to react prudently to the economic crisis.

"AUSTIN - A bipartisan group of lawmakers Monday urged the Legislature to set aside nearly $900 million to purchase new books and materials for Texas schoolchildren, many of whom are using textbooks nearly 20 years old."

The State Board of Education considered revisions to the Texas cirriculum standards related to the teaching of evolution so that weaknesses in the theory would no longer be taught. The Texas Conservative Coalition issued this letter in support for the State Board of Education's efforts to revise the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science, and requested that evolution continue to be taught as a theory that has strengths and weaknesses.