State

By Destin Sensky

“We’ve never had a swap that worked,” Bettencourt said in the Senate Education Committee’s hearing on school finance reform.

By Cary Cheshire

“Voter fraud is an affront to democracy and places the decision-making authority of the Texas electorate in the hands of those who have no right to make those choices.”

By Destin Sensky

Only 50 members voting in favor of preserving the principle of innocent until proven guilty and keeping unconvicted Texans out of a government DNA data bank.

By Michael Quinn Sullivan

51 percent of Republicans, 49 percent of independents, and 37 percent of Democrats agree voter approval should be required when tax burdens are to be increased by any amount.

By Cary Cheshire

While the name is the same, many of the reforms in HB 2 have been hollowed out. Lawmakers need to return real reform to the bill.

By Cary Cheshire

Taxpayers should be concerned with Burrows’ legislation and the big boys of the traditional rental car industry who are pushing it.