by Reagan Reed | Jul. 21, 2016 | Local
Property owners in Grimes and western Montgomery Counties are facing the grim prospect of losing their land to pave the way for a new toll road running through rural Texas. For years, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) bureaucrats and Texas A&M University...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Jul. 20, 2016 | State, Uncategorized
After being caught preparing to appoint to the Texas Ethics Commission an extreme opponent of the Second Amendment who has called for the dismantling of the National Rifle Association, the Texas House Republican Caucus is claiming that Speaker of the Texas House Joe...
by Cary Cheshire | Jul. 19, 2016 | State, Uncategorized
***Note: This article has been updated with new information post-publication.*** With grassroots conservatives across the state enraged at the prospective appointment of far-left extremist Anne Wynne to the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC), House Speaker Joe Straus is...
by Cary Cheshire | Jul. 18, 2016 | State, Uncategorized
House Speaker Joe Straus is poised to appoint to the Texas Ethics Commission a Democrat who believes it is time to “dismantle the NRA” and who has compared the 2nd Amendment organization to the terrorist group ISIS. According to records obtained by Texas Scorecard,...
by Greg Harrison | Jul. 15, 2016 | Local
To add insult to injury considering the skyrocketing property taxes Austinites find themselves paying every year, the City of Austin is — quite literally — flushing money down the toilet. Exceeding San Antonio’s baffling example, Austin City Council voted last month...
by Reagan Reed | Jul. 14, 2016 | Local
The City of Conroe has one of the fastest growing populations in the nation; however, the city’s population is not the only thing expanding. Conroe is mired in an ongoing controversy over their ambitious annexation policy, even prompting a group of citizens to file a...
by Cary Cheshire | Jul. 13, 2016 | State, Uncategorized
In a stunning move, University of Texas Regents openly defied the Texas Legislature and Attorney General Ken Paxton as they deliberated university rules regarding campus carry on Wednesday. In debating changes to UT-Austin’s campus carry policy which will go into...
by Cary Cheshire | Jul. 13, 2016 | State, Uncategorized
Gun grabbers across the nation are doing their part to “never let a serious crisis go to waste” by pushing for gun control after five police officers were tragically killed at a “Black Lives Matter” protest in Dallas. In Texas, Democrats and a lone Republican are...
by Cary Cheshire | Jul. 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
A career bureaucrat is hiding his emails from Texans, saying it will cost more than $36,000 to view them. For bureaucrats, keeping information out of the public’s hands is almost second nature. For Hillary Clinton the answer was to push her emails onto a private...
by Tony McDonald | Jul. 11, 2016 | Local, Uncategorized
Taking their cues from California and the corrupt leadership of the Texas House, the Austin city council has decided to launch a war on free speech in city elections by adopting a new ordinance. The good news is that the ordinance is so poorly designed the courts are...
by Tony McDonald | Jul. 11, 2016 | Local, Uncategorized
It’s not often that citizens are able to claim a victory against their government without replacing the people who comprise it. But today Corsicana and Navarro County residents did just that by demanding their local officials side with them against a lucrative federal...
by Charles Blain | Jul. 10, 2016 | Citizen Profiles
Just southeast of Houston sits a hotbed of grassroots activism. In the center of it all, you’ll find Tanya Robertson. Robertson’s countless hours of volunteering reflects her commitment to the values and principles of the conservative movement. “I will continue to be...
by Texas Scorecard | Jul. 9, 2016 | Commentary
In this week’s mailbag, we hear responses to State Sen. Konni Burton’s commentary: Local Control: A Tool, Not The Rule Editor’s note: We publish commentary from our subscribers on a weekly basis. Commentary may be edited according to community...
by Charles Blain | Jul. 8, 2016 | Local
Unsurprisingly, the Astrodome will live on. Harris County Commissioners approved a $105 million repurposing plan for the Eighth Wonder of the World, which will turn the dome into a venue for Houston events. The Astrodome Revitalization Project plans to raise the floor...
by Greg Harrison | Jul. 6, 2016 | Local
Austin officials are violating the Government Code in barring handgun licensees from carrying within City Hall, according to a statement released by the Office of the Attorney General yesterday. After investigation of a citizen complaint regarding their exclusion,...
by Nicholas Lyras | Jul. 6, 2016 | Commentary
One can imagine, or has even experienced, confusion, ignorance and apathy that usually accompany most local elections for ESDs, ISDs, MUDs, etc., which often take place in obscure polling places and at different times. I believe that aggregating the election process...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Jul. 5, 2016 | State, Uncategorized
A University of Texas program is being lauded by liberals for helping undermine in court the Lone Star State’s safety-focused laws regarding abortion. Given the role the program has played in undermining commonsense laws, it is another example of a tax-funded...
by Konni Burton | Jul. 5, 2016 | Commentary
As we near the beginning of the next legislative session, tension between the state and local governments on a number of issues is apparent. Whether it’s the growth of the local property tax burden on Texas families and businesses, restrictive ordinances killing...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Jul. 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
On the Fourth of July we celebrate the birth of our nation, the day 56 brave men signed their own death warrants by declaring Independence from the most powerful nation on Earth. Think about that. We don’t celebrate the victory at Yorktown, or the signing of the...
by Greg Harrison | Jul. 2, 2016 | Local, Uncategorized
In a mildly surprising move, Austin City Council voted to provide some much needed property tax relief to Austin homeowners; voting on a narrow 6-5 margin to increase the homestead exemption. While the vote is a (small) step in the right direction, homeowners are...
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