Civil asset forfeiture has exceeded the value of properties stolen. And very often, innocent property owners are finding themselves victimized twice: one by a criminal, and then by the government.

Republicans at the federal level took back Congress by promising to stop a runaway government. Texans know that electing Republicans simply isn’t good enough. As citizens, we must judge our representatives on policy outcomes, NOT campaign promises.

A new board member at Tarrant County’s hospital district has proposed something revolutionary; he wants the entity to join the 21st century by recording and posting its meetings online. So far, the board has stalled, paying lip service to the idea without taking...

Everyone likes to complain about government waste, but too often nothing gets done. When Phil Wilson took over as the head of the Texas Department of Transportation a few years back, he asked employees where they could save money. The surprising answer saved big money.

Everyone talks about Texas being a Republican state, but just how Republican is it? Texas’ state Republican convention is home to the second largest political convention in the world – second only to the meeting of the communist party in China.

A major obstacle blocking pro-taxpayer reforms are local politicians, bureaucrats and the lobbyists they hire with your money. More than half of registered lobbyists in Austin are hired to represent government-interests. That means taxpayers are forced to subsidize...

Texas taxpayers paid for the Mongolian death worm. Confused? You should be. The Mongolian death worm isn’t the latest scary disease, it was a grade-b, made-for-TV sci-fi movie that no one saw.