by Erin Anderson | Jun. 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dallas County’s criminal voter fraud investigation is getting a boost from the state today. The Texas Attorney General’s office is reportedly joining the Dallas County District Attorney’s criminal investigation of mail ballot voter fraud in May’s city elections....
by Charles Blain | Jun. 28, 2017 | Local
With the fight for pension reform behind him, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is gearing up for his next big battle, repealing the city’s property tax cap. Houston’s property tax cap is the only remaining barrier standing between taxpayers and unlimited government...
by Erin Anderson | Jun. 28, 2017 | Local
Preparations are already under way for Texas’ 2018 election cycle – not just by candidates but by people responsible for staffing election polling places. For county Republican and Democrat Party chairmen across the state, that means scrambling to fill dozens or...
by Ross Kecseg | Jun. 28, 2017 | Local
A North Texas school district budgeted hundreds of thousands in taxpayer money on a political campaign to help sway voters to support its massive $737 million bond. While existing laws regulating the use of taxpayer money in political campaigns are weak, evidence...
by Tony McDonald | Jun. 26, 2017 | Local, Uncategorized
A left-wing PAC announced this month they are relaunching as an effort to defeat conservative Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and his supporters. The deceptively-named Parent PAC was launched in 2005 with the goal of defeating school choice reforms. Over the years, the PAC has...
by Lauren Melear | Jun. 23, 2017 | Local
In recent years, a growing number of Texas cities have implemented fees and all-out bans on single-use plastic and paper shopping bags in an effort to reduce litter. However, some lawmakers – as well as the state’s top attorney – are battling the legality of it. The...
by Cary Cheshire | Jun. 23, 2017 | State
After a failed session, lawmakers from the Texas House are heading home to their districts with a poor record in tow. But despite common belief that you can’t polish such things, Texas House Republicans are becoming experts at it. Take State Rep. Cindy Burkett’s...
by Reagan Reed | Jun. 22, 2017 | Local
The City of Houston is joining several liberal cities in Texas in a lawsuit opposing Senate Bill 4, the anti-sanctuary city bill passed by the legislature. The item was approved by city council in a 10-6 vote at their June 21 meeting. SB 4 allows law enforcement to...
by Erin Anderson | Jun. 22, 2017 | Local
An enthusiastic crowd of conservative voters filled the Plano City Council chamber Wednesday night to witness the swearing-in of two new council members they helped elect. With the support of the city’s conservative grassroots and Republican activists, Anthony...
by Erin Anderson | Jun. 21, 2017 | Local
As multiple voter fraud investigations targeting illegal mail ballot harvesting are ongoing in the Metroplex, one in Ellis County, just south of Dallas, has ended in the conviction of an elected law enforcement officer on multiple counts of mail ballot fraud. A jury...
by Cary Cheshire | Jun. 20, 2017 | State, Uncategorized
If rumors swirling around Austin are accurate, Texans’ mailboxes and radios could one again be inundated with messages from a man increasingly desperate to hold elected office. Roughly a year after running a multimillion dollar campaign for Railroad Commissioner—and...
by Erin Anderson | Jun. 19, 2017 | Local
A failing bus bureaucracy’s fate now rests in the hands of voters. Gov. Greg Abbott signed two bills last week that call for scandal-plagued Dallas County Schools to be abolished unless county residents vote to keep the tax-subsidized agency open – assuming it doesn’t...
by Erin Anderson | Jun. 19, 2017 | Local
Denton’s school board voted this week to raise property taxes for the 2016-17 school year – an increase that voters will have to approve in a September election. At their June 13 board meeting, Denton Independent School District trustees unanimously approved a tax...
by Miriam Cepeda | Jun. 18, 2017 | Citizen Profiles, Local
“When someone wants to make sure the job gets done, they call me,” says Jim Barnes. Jim Barnes’ first impression of Texas was in 1965, but the weather is what kept him returning throughout the years. A physics graduate from Michigan State University, Barnes was...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Jun. 18, 2017 | Federal, Uncategorized
Our nation was rocked this week by the attempted assassination of a large group of Republican lawmakers and their staff. Zack Barth, a Texan who works as an aide to Texas’ Roger Williams, was wounded in the attack. The would-be assassin was a left-wing activist who...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Jun. 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Fresh off winning the chairmanship of the Republican Party of Texas, James Dickey sent public letters to the leaders of the House and Senate with a simple message: the Republican grassroots are ready for the special session. “Many of the items included in Governor...
by Reagan Reed | Jun. 16, 2017 | Local
Local citizens are outraged after county officials approved a resolution supporting the SH 249 extension, also known as the “Aggie Toll Road.” Montgomery County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 in support of paying for the road with millions in revenue bonds backed by...
by Tony McDonald | Jun. 15, 2017 | State, Uncategorized
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus may be putting his own lieutenants at risk by violating an unwritten rule of Capitol politics. In a speech to the Texas Association of School Boards, Straus grabbed headlines when he bemoaned Gov. Abbott’s robust conservative agenda for...
by Cary Cheshire | Jun. 15, 2017 | State, Uncategorized
Speaking to a gaggle of educrats and lobbyists Wednesday, House Speaker Joe Straus showed his contempt for conservative reforms and Gov. Greg Abbott, calling the governor’s agenda for the upcoming special session “horse manure.” Earlier this month, Abbott announced he...
by Greg Harrison | Jun. 15, 2017 | Local
A city councilwoman is working to eliminate an absurd city policy that requires kids aspiring to operate lemonade stands to pay the city for a permit. Currently, aspiring young entrepreneurs are required to obtain a $35 permit in order to operate a lemonade stand....
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