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Montgomery County Appraisal District Grows Bloated Budget
While some government entities in Montgomery County are working to decrease their budgets under intense pressure from grassroots activists, the Montgomery County Central Appraisal District instead actually voted to increase their budget by four percent....
Wayne Faircloth Fundraising with Joe Straus
During primary season, most Republican lawmakers try to distance themselves from their moderate brethren while claiming their conservative victories and bashing the Austin establishment. But, instead of distancing, one lawmaker is cozying up hoping it’ll benefit his...
Unaffordable Austin Seeks to Restrict More Jobs
Some Austinites took the spirit of Labor Day a little too seriously Monday morning by kicking off a campaign to impose a burdensome mandate on employers within the city. The campaign was launched by Work Strong Austin, a group of different community organizations at...
Huberty Wanted Life-Saving Resources Diverted to Garbage Pickup
While county officials were busy directing resources to rescue stranded and flooded Houstonians during Hurricane Harvey, one area state representative was asking for those resources to be diverted to pick up his trash. During a recent special meeting of the Harris...
Angela Paxton Officially Announces Campaign for Texas Senate
Confirming earlier speculation that she would run, Angela Paxton officially announced her campaign for the Texas Senate on Tuesday. A conservative activist in her own right and the wife of Texas’ Attorney General, Ken Paxton, Angela Paxton is expected to be a strong...
Lawsuit Filed Over Harvey Flooding
A group of Houston lawyers filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of residents and business owners in west Houston flooded by the controlled release of the Addicks and Barker reservoirs. After the massive rain event brought on by Harvey, some west Houston property...
Burkett Launches Bid Against Bob Hall
Yet another of Speaker Straus’ Republican allies is choosing to abandon her Texas House seat. Instead, she’ll try her luck in a campaign for the Texas Senate while criticizing the upper chamber’s “effectiveness.” On Tuesday, State Rep. Cindy Burkett (R–Sunnyvale)...
Texas Wins Victory on Voter ID
The revised Texas Voter ID law will be in place for upcoming elections following a decision from the Court of Appeals staying a lower court injunction that had put the election integrity rule on hold. In a 2-to-1 decision, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals...
Texas Will Appeal Order Blocking Anti-Sanctuary Cities Law
Texas is appealing a federal court order temporarily blocking the state’s new anti-sanctuary cities law that was set to go into effect September 1. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today asked the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to stay last week’s district court...