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Working Austinites See Victory in Paid Sick Leave Fight
Whether they realize it or not, working Austinites gained a victory Friday when a court order protected them from a harmful new city law. On Friday morning, Texas’ 3rd Court of Appeals ordered a temporary injunction on Austin City Council’s mandatory paid sick leave...
‘Montgomery County Model’ Delivers Massive GOP Turnout
One of the major themes of the 2018 midterm election was that Democrats tended to perform better in suburban counties and districts than they have in the past. However, there was one suburban Texas county that bucked that trend and proved to be a...
Credit Rating Changes Houston’s Outlook
On Thursday, Fitch Ratings, one of the “Big Three” in credit rating agencies, notified the City of Houston that it was altering the city’s outlook from “stable” to “negative” because of the recently passed firefighter pay parity proposal. In the same letter, Fitch...
Austin’s Discrimination Law Headed to Court
For the Austin City Council, “tolerance” means allowing local churches to practice their own beliefs — but only if they agree with City Hall. At issue is the city’s anti-discrimination law, which would force local churches to accept sexual behavior that violates their...
Stickland on the Power of Gordon Johnson
State Rep. Jonathan Stickland, a conservative Republican from Bedford, recently joined Texas Scorecard Radio to explain the “power behind the throne” in the Texas House. He pointed to Democrat lobbyist Gordon Johnson, the top political advisor to outgoing House...
San Francisco’s Homeless Solution: Tax Businesses, Kill Jobs
San Francisco, square in the middle of a housing crisis and with a pervasive homeless population that warrants such extreme measures as a public excrement map, is close to blindly throwing more taxpayer money at its homeless problem. On Election Day, San Francisco...
Who Is County Judge-Elect Lina Hidalgo?
If you are like many Harris County voters, County Judge-elect Lina Hidalgo’s win caught you by surprise. Unless you closely followed the county judge race, attended the limited number of forums between the candidates, or spent time in the areas she campaigned, it may...
Mail-in Ballots Show Kirk, Trischitti to Enter Runoff
Straggling mail-in and provisional ballots from the November general election have tipped the scales in the race for Midland Independent School District’s District 5 seat. Based on Election Night results, candidates Heidi Kirk and Thomas Wolfmueller were headed for a...
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Texas Scorecard Radio (November 15, 2018)
Episode 59: Tony McDonald discusses the latest news from around the state of Texas with Erin Anderson, Miriam Cepeda, and Saurabh Sharma. Brandon Waltens stops by to dissect the news about a candidate for Texas' Speaker of the House announcing that he has the votes to...