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Who will ever forget the wonderful experience of holding the 32nd Biennial Convention in the beautiful city of Galveston at the Moody Gardens?! It was a week to remember, the weather was beautiful, and the water and sea breezes were the perfect backdrop for the TFRW Convention. I know, if you attended, you enjoyed the Sip, Shop, and Stroll in the Historic Strand. The opening session of the convention on Thursday set the pace for the rest of the convention. The...

Texas Federation of Republican Women 13740 N Highway 183 J4, Austin, TX 78750 512.477.1615     January 30, 2018   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                 CONTACT:   [email protected]                                                                                                                www.tfrw.org                     TFRW Stands with President Trump  in his Call to Build  A Safe, Strong and United America Where Americans Work Together!   (AUSTIN, TX)  –   Karen Newton, president of the Texas Federation of Republican Women (TFRW), issued the following statement supporting  President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union Address:   President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address was inspiring, uniting and ...

Renee Yanta is a judge for the 150th District Court in Bexar County, Texas. She was elected in November 2014, effective January 1, 2015, for a term that expires on December 31, 2018.[1][2] Yanta received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas. She earned her J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1993.[5] Yanta previously served as a judge for the 73rd District Court from 2009 to 2012, having been appointed by Governor Rick Perry. She was a public school teacher for nine years before she went...

Trump’s first 100 days are now fodder for the history books, and there are plenty of different opinions on just how effective these first days have been.   Frankly, I don’t think they are nearly as important as the other 2,820 days of his presidency will be. How, exactly, did we come to the conclusion that 100 days, or about 3% of his two terms, is somehow the predictor of success?  This whole “100 days” construct harkens back to the days of...

UPDATE:  At the TFRW Legislative Day, the generosity of our members and guests helped us raise enough to pair one dog with one Vet!  When our Lt. Governor, Dan Patrick, heard about our mission to raise funds for Patriot Paws, he volunteered to raise enough funding so that we could provide a SECOND dog to a deserving Veteran. We will continue to accept donations – our new goal is to team one or two more dogs with deserving Vets by our...

President Trump’s first attempt to keep a campaign promise – to repeal and replace the ACA – went up in flames like  Chicago in 1871 and the House Freedom Caucus was Mrs. O’Leary’s cow. I wrote this in January about the opening of the state legislative session, but it rings equally true for our D.C. Congressional efforts: “Not every Republican in the House or the Senate will see eye-to-eye on every issue – it’s the nature of a representative democracy………In my experience...