The agreement would help ensure that Mexico will honor its part of a 1944 agreement to deliver water to the South Rio Grande Valley.
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Pregnant Mother Removed from Dallas Mass for Not Wearing Mask
“They said, ‘This is a business, and the business does not want you here.’”
Amarillo City Council Hands Tax Incentives to Dairy Company
One company would receive a 100 percent tax abatement and a $5 million incentive package under a deal approved by the city council this week.
Meet the Candidates Running for Amarillo City Council This Year
From incumbents to challengers, here is a chance for voters to better know the candidates who want to earn their votes on Election Day.
Meet the Candidates Running for Amarillo Mayor This Year
From incumbents to challengers, here is a chance for voters to better know the candidates vying for their votes on Election Day.
MOST RECENT
PRIMARY RESULTS: Winegarner, Jackson Advance in Congressional Republican Runoff
Voters in the 13th Congressional District are sending Josh Winegarner and Ronny Jackson to a runoff election to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry.
PRIMARY RESULTS: Denton County
Two incumbents fall to challengers as Denton Republicans gear up for the November general election.
Van Duyne Trumps Competitors, Wins GOP Congressional Nomination
Former Irving mayor and Trump administration official Beth Van Duyne wins five-way Republican primary for DFW-area congressional district.
PRIMARY RESULTS: Amarillo Area
Results of the March 3 primary elections in Potter and Randall counties.
PRIMARY RESULTS: Tarrant County
Results of the March 3 Republican primary election in Tarrant County.
PRIMARY RESULTS: Single-Vote Difference in Crucial Central Texas House Race
Currently, only one vote is deciding which candidate will make the runoff race for an important Texas House seat.
August Pfluger Wins Republican Congressional Primary
The race for Texas’ 11th Congressional District was on the verge of becoming a runoff until the final precincts put candidate August Pfluger over the top to win the GOP nomination.
PRIMARY RESULTS: Dallas County
Results of the March 3 Republican primary election in Dallas County.
PRIMARY RESULTS: Collin County
Results of the March 3 Republican primary election in Collin County.
GOP Primary Voters Say ‘Hale Yes’ to Collin Commissioner
Incumbent Darrell Hale wins Republican primary over challenger Steve Terrell.
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Teacher Blows Whistle On Fraud
A former Joshua ISD teacher says the middle school library was closed to make room for a book sale profitting the school… so the district could afford a field trip to Six Flags Amusement Park. Um, excuse me, how educational is an amusement park? Oh, never mind… The teacher wants the Texas Education Agency to investiage the district’s finances.
Lobbying For A Tax Increase
Dallas-Fort Worth area city fathers are looking to take a bigger bite out of your wallet — to fund lobbyists who’ll twist lawmakers arms in Austin to allow those same city fathers to take even bigger bites out of your wallet. The Fort Worth Business Press reports that "three counties, 15 or 20 cities" are willing to spend "substantial money " to hire lobbyists for the legislative session. Their goal? To raise taxes in north Texas.
Give Dallas ISD an”F” for Managing Its Finances
Today’s stunning Dallas Morning News story reveals that Dallas ISD overspent its 2007-08 budget by $64 million and, worse, nobody realized it until just now. The district would be bankrupt were it not for its reserve, which is down to $56 million – half of what a district its size should have.
Smith County Embraces Open Government
Texas is now home to the only TWO counties in the nation opening their books up to taxpayers for real-time review. The first was COllin County, in north Texas. Now comes word that commissioners in east Texas’ Smith County have thrown sunlight on their expenses.
Not All Growth Is Good
Poised to kill the goose of Texas’ golden economy are local governments, which are growing at historic levels. My friend Tom Pauken, chairman of Texas’ Workforce Commission, is lamenting this turn of events in an op-ed making the rounds in newspapers around the state.
Accountability is Public Humiliation for Board Members
Texas Rep. Charlie Howard R-Sugar Land crashed Fort Bend ISD’s tax raising party on Monday and did not hold any punches. Howard said he was "disappointed" with the taxing entity’s decision to raise taxes, pointing out that while the school district was raising its property tax rate other taxing jurisdictions, such as Fort Bend County and the city of Sugar Land, were lowering theirs.
Superintendents’ Super-Sized Salaries
As hundreds of Texas school districts insist that they are broke and need to raise taxes, last week the Lake Travis ISD voted to give superintendent Rocky Kirk a $6,000 pay raise. This brings his base salary to $231,520, which does not include numerous benefits.
Plano Voters Want Property Tax Relief
In an online survey Rep. Jerry Madden (R-Plano) is conducting of his constituents, there is overwhelming support for property tax relief. Some 70% of respondents say the surplus should be used for property tax relief.
Watching Waste
Taxpayers in Houston paid for luxurious trinkets as city council members sought to use every penny of their “office holder” accounts rather than put the money back in the city’s general fund. The Houston Chronicle found thousands of dollars were spent on clothing, furniture and overnight “retreats” in Galveston. This may not be waste, fraud and abuse at its worst, but its close. For example, councilmember Melissa Noriega, wife of Democratic Senate nominee Rick Noriega hit the trifecta of waste: outfitting her office with new flat-screen TVs, expensive furniture and self-promoting polo shirts.
Teed Off
Lubbock taxpayers should be a little teed. It seems the company which leases the city’s golf course hasn’t been paying rent, and no one will comment because it is “sensitive and classified information.” Since when did skipping out on the taxpayers become an issue of national security?