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Texas Voters Sue to Protect Free Speech at the Polls
Do free speech rights end at the polls? Two Texas voters don’t think so. They were denied the ability to vote because of what they wore to the polls, and they’re suing to overturn the state’s anti-free speech dress code for polling places. Dallas County resident Tony...
Springer Swap Plan Offers Property Tax Relief … at a Cost
While lawmakers in both chambers of the Texas Legislature are working on property tax plans that offer some small amount of actual relief to the average homeowner, legislation filed in the Texas House could offer homeowners significant savings. But the tax swap comes...
Randall County Republicans Back Tax Relief
Amarillo-area Republicans have announced their support for tax relief legislation. Recently, the Randall County Republican executive committee voted to adopt a resolution supporting House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 2 which call for a number of tax relief reforms, the...
Commentary: When Will Congress Do Something About the Border?
When the Senate takes up a measure to disapprove President Trump’s national emergency designation for the southern border, they will be doing so in the face of statistics that say otherwise. This week, Customs and Border Protection released data showing 76,103...
Yollick Reveals Shocking Facts on Conroe ISD Bond
Opposition to the Conroe Independent School District’s $807 million bond continues to grow as the public becomes more aware of what the bond package actually contains. Concerned citizens at a recent Montgomery County Tea Party meeting listened to a...
TechShare Update: Dallas County Hires Consultant To Assess Failed Software
Dallas County voted this week to hire a third-party consultant to analyze nonfunctioning software that has cost Dallas taxpayers around $27 million. As has been previously reported by Texas Scorecard, TechShare.Court is a software developed with the intention of...
Court of Criminal Appeals Rules Open Meetings Law is Unconstitutional
Local government in Texas could become a lot less transparent after a recent ruling from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals striking down parts of the Texas Open Meetings Act.TOMA is a set of laws requiring open and transparent deliberations by local...
Countywide Polling Approved for Harris County
Today, Harris County became the largest county in the country to implement countywide polling, according to Harris County Clerk Diane Trautman. Texas Secretary of State David Whitley approved the county’s application to implement the new program, making Harris one of...
Lawmakers Aim to Eliminate Conflict of Interest for County Appraisers
A glaring conflict of interest exists for the mayor of one of North Texas’ largest suburbs—he concurrently serves as a city official and as the county’s chief appraiser. Lewisville Mayor Rudy Durham, who is also Denton County’s chief appraiser, now influences both...