Unlike in the US House of Representatives, the Texas House of Representatives requires its members to live within the district they represent, and candidates for such office to have established residency in the district.

This should not come as a surprise to anyone who actually paid attention last session, but a new analysis from Rice University suggests that despite their minority status, Texas liberals in the Legislature actually had far more influence on the agenda than “public perception” might have it.

It’s much “sexier” for bloggers and the MSM to talk about the trillion-dollar national deficit and even Texas’ projected budget shortfall than about local government debt.  But I like talking about pesky local government, mostly because I believe that the government closest to us also does the most damage.

It seems that State Rep. Mark Strama (D-50) has been getting credit for things he did not do.

Doesn’t that thought just make you….gag?

Okay, ladies and germs.  Let’s have a little civics lesson, shall we?

Here is some fresh insanity to cap off the school year for you.  The Waco Independent School District is set to spend $84,000 to send staff members to a seminar.  In Las Vegas.