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Beto O’Rourke to Skip Debate
Beto O’Rourke, the liberal Democrat congressman running against US Sen. Ted Cruz, will not participate in a debate scheduled for this Friday in Dallas. After Cruz challenged O’Rourke to a set of five debates scheduled in different cities across Texas with varying...
Waco to Expand Down-Payment Assistance Program
Waco City Housing and Economic Development Director Melett Harrison has proposed expanding the city’s maximum down-payment assistance from $14,999 to $25,000. This assistance is offered in the form of a forgivable loan, which is fully-funded by the U.S. Department of...
13 Compete to Replace Caraway on Dallas City Council
Thirteen candidates will be on the November 6 ballot to fill the Dallas City Council District 4 seat vacated by disgraced former Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, who resigned August 9 after pleading guilty to federal public corruption charges. As of the August 23 filing...
Election Lawsuit Documents Exploitation of Voters, Stuffed Ballot Boxes
Everyone who lives in the Rio Grande Valley knows that the systematic manipulation and exploitation of vulnerable voters, through both mail-ballot schemes and assisted voting at the polls, is a fact of life in local elections. The trouble is proving it and finding...
Federal Student Loans Enable Tuition Increases
Many view federal student loans as an inherently good thing. The loans give all students access to a guaranteed loan amount, fully or partially subsidized by the federal government. In theory, this would allow more middle and low-income students to attend college. In...
School Uses Shady Tactics to Pass Property Tax Swap
A North Texas school district used a slew of controversial tactics to pass a property tax rate change in a low-turnout special election Saturday. Lancaster Independent School District’s tax rate “swap and drop” proposition passed by a 68- to 32-percent margin. Only...
August Election Proved Successful for School Districts
Employing the often-used, but highly questionable tactic of holding elections on non-uniform election dates proved successful for two school districts wanting to pass tax ratification elections. Pleasanton Independent School District in Atascosa County and Burnet...
Voters Approve Multi-Billion Dollar Bond
Voters today approved Harris County’s end-of-summer, multi-billion-dollar flood bond proposal. The bond passed 86-13 percent after a short, but robust joint-campaign effort between local and state officials. The $2.5 billion will be used to obtain federal matching...
Voter Registrar Error May Lead to Votes Going Uncounted
An erroneous decision to suspend the registration of over a thousand voters could impact an election in the state’s largest county. Harris County Tax Assessor and Voter Registrar Ann Harris Bennett, a Democrat, has sent out suspension notices to over a thousand Harris...