For Rucker Elementary parents, the back-to-school bus failures recall last year’s nightmare.
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Higher Property Taxes for Dallas Taxpayers: School Districts
School property tax bills still grew for most homeowners, despite state lawmakers passing tax “relief” in 2019.
Questionable Development Deal for Democrat Senate Candidate’s Son Heading for a Vote
City staff faced questions about why council members have had to fight for information, and Roddrick West struggled to answer certain questions about his own project.
Texas Congressional Candidate Blasts Obama-Era Illegal Surveillance of Trump Campaign
Congressional candidate Ronny Jackson‘s statement has drawn fire from former Obama-era officials and the national media over his scathing criticism of the controversial surveillance conducted on the Trump presidential campaign. Now, Jackson is firing back.
Will Dallas County Raise Property Taxes Again?
Despite the budget office revealing an over $18 million revenue shortfall from the coronavirus economic shutdown, the county appears prepared to tax and spend even more money.
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Round Rock is About to Take More of Your Money
Think you’re already paying too much in taxes? Just wait.
Denton County GOP Calls for Speaker Bonnen’s Resignation
The party’s executive committee passed a resolution calling for the resignation of the Speaker of the Texas House and for the Republican Caucus to select a new speaker.
City of Denton Proposes Higher Property Taxes, More Debt
The council is seeking to increase the average homeowner’s property tax bill as well as asking voters to add more debt on the backs of property taxpayers in a November election.
Commentary: Speaker Bonnen Should Resign
Speaker Bonnen’s corrupting influence cannot be allowed to continue and fester.
Austin Wants to Use Your Money for Abortions
Austin City Council members want to funnel up to $150,000 of citizens’ cash toward killing pre-born children.
Commentary: Special Districts Amass Huge Property Tax Surpluses
This gross mismanagement of over-collected tax dollars should be troubling for every resident in Fort Bend County.
City of Dallas Hiking Taxes
Proposed budget raises taxes on Dallas homeowners.
Waco Among Cities Proposing Property Tax Hike
Cities are scrambling to raise property tax rates before SB 2 goes into effect.
Amarillo College Eyeing Property Tax Increase
The college’s board of regents backs the first reading of a 2-cent tax increase.
Harlingen Eyes Property Tax Hike
Before tax reform legislation goes into effect next year, city officials are seeking to raise property taxes by 4 cents.
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Passing Proposition 1 is the Right Thing to Do
With Veterans Day approaching, Texans can show our gratitude to those disabled while serving our nation by...
Student loan “forgiveness” not a virtue
Reality must intrude, and so it does.
Amendment Prop. 3 would extend the student loan crisis
When I voted on Monday, I voted "no" on Proposition 3, the Texas constitutional amendment designed to...
Proposition 7 Puts the Cart Before the Horse
Liberals in Austin would have you believe that a plethora of electric cars, expedient light rail, and...
Problematic Prop 4 smells familiar, in a bad way
It sounds so harmless, doesn't it - giving counties the authority to create reinvestment zones where there...
Anything You Can Do, We Can Do More Inefficiently
Not to be outdone by the ridiculous public transit ideas from the Austin City Council, the city of San...
Hancock Senate Run Endorsed By TFR
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility today endorsed Kelly Hancock in his run for the Texas Senate in 2012. "As...
20 years later, some still want murderers to have the upper hand
Gut-wrenching is the only way to describe the effects of reading the Killeen Daily Herald’s in-depth story...
Democrat Castro’s redistricting skullduggery exposed
Here’s a story to upset the applecart on redistricting. It turns out that it was ambitious Democrat-sharpies...
Keeping May Elections Costs Austin Taxpayers
Who cares about reducing costs and increasing voter turnout? Clearly not the Austin City Council. They voted...