Changes made in the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday increase total education reform spending to $9 billion with little dedicated to property tax relief.
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Grassroots Guide to the 2017 House Budget Debate
Follow along the budget debate with the Texas Scorecard staff.
“Maniacal” House Budget Gimmicks
House committee substitute for budget would leave the next legislature in an over $7 billion hole.
Capitol In Crisis!
Speaker Straus is refusing to allow votes on key reforms favored by the overwhelming majority of Texans — that’s just wrong.
Straus Mimics Harry Reid … Again
House Speaker consolidates power with little protest, save from a band of conservatives.
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Texas DEMs Find GOP Ally in Effort to Curtail Citizens’ Gun Rights
Gun grabbers across the nation are doing their part to “never let a...
What is Harrison Hiding?
As a member of the TEC, Harrison has worked in recent years to regulate citizens’ constitutionally protected speech as “lobbying” in an effort to chill criticism of incumbent politicians.
Austin City Council Launches Futile War on Free Speech
Under Austin’s new ordinance, churches wishing to speak out on city ordinances, or even maintain their right to speak, would be forced to stop passing a collection plate.
Citizens Win in Corsicana
Citizens defeat a much-maligned plan to convert a local facility into a staging area for illegal aliens.
UT Program Provides Cover For Pro-Abortion Forces
A program at the University of Texas has yet to find a limitation on abortion or abortion providers it didn’t hate.
The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave
We celebrate the moment in which brave men cast off the shackles of a predictable tyranny to embrace the uncertainty of liberty and self-governance.
Austin Approves Homestead Exemption
The City narrowly approved a modest measure of property tax relief which, unfortunately, will not go far enough to alleviate the burden their rampant spending habits have imposed on residents.
Texas Has 6th Highest Property Tax Burden
Texas’ tax rate is set locally, with half to two-thirds of the property tax being levied by public schools.
State Leaders Demand Budget Cuts
“It is imperative that every state agency engage in a thorough review of each program and budget strategy and determine the value of each dollar spent.”
Proactive Donor Protection Needed
Rather than protect the free speech of citizens, the Texas Ethics Commission and its allies in the Texas House have sided with speech regulators.
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Small Town Tax Hikes
Think it’s only big city school districts pushing for tax hikes to cover their negligent spending habits?...
The More Things Change…
Residents of House District 11 must be tired of keeping track of what side of the fence their state...
Time To End Tax-Funded Fluff Mail
Jeff Wentworth didn't come up with the idea of having taxpayers pay for political self-promotion...
Senatorial Shift
With four Republican retiring, perhaps two more Republicans vulnerable to primary challenges, and a Democrat...
Legislators Should Have Yelled “Cut”
While other states have come to their senses about subsidizing Hollywood, Texas' lawmakers continue pumping...
Open Seat Draws Out Distinctions
Another open Metroplex house district, and another race pitting a candidate boasting support from the House...
Excuse Me, But It Is A Ponzi Scheme
With apologies to Shakespeare, a Ponzi scheme by any other name is still a Ponzi scheme. Texas Gov. Rick...
ObamaCare Court Battle Continues
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the state of Virginia did not have standing to sue over...
Reinstated
After three days of forced silence on the micro-blogging site, today Twitter has apologized and fully reinstated Empower Texans’ (@EmpowerTexans) feed and the personal accounts of the Empower Texans team (@mqsullivan, @A_Kerr, and @DustinMatocha).
Like It Or Not, GOP Needs A Tea Party
A new national poll from Rasmussen finds what many of us have known instinctively and seen anecdotally: Republicans won’t win by running to the center-left, as liberal media pundits often suggest.
Doing so is the fastest way to lose.