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Lewisville ISD Budgeted $280,000 in Tax Dollars to Promote Its Bond
A North Texas school district budgeted hundreds of thousands in taxpayer money on a political campaign to help sway voters to support its massive $737 million bond. While existing laws regulating the use of taxpayer money in political campaigns are weak, evidence...
Educrat PAC Relaunches as Anti-Patrick Crusade
A left-wing PAC announced this month they are relaunching as an effort to defeat conservative Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and his supporters. The deceptively-named Parent PAC was launched in 2005 with the goal of defeating school choice reforms. Over the years, the PAC has...
City of Kermit Repeals Bag Tax
In recent years, a growing number of Texas cities have implemented fees and all-out bans on single-use plastic and paper shopping bags in an effort to reduce litter. However, some lawmakers – as well as the state’s top attorney – are battling the legality of it. The...
Burkett Looks on the Bright Side of a Bad Record
After a failed session, lawmakers from the Texas House are heading home to their districts with a poor record in tow. But despite common belief that you can’t polish such things, Texas House Republicans are becoming experts at it. Take State Rep. Cindy Burkett’s...
Houston Joins Lawsuit Against State Over Sanctuary Cities Law
The City of Houston is joining several liberal cities in Texas in a lawsuit opposing Senate Bill 4, the anti-sanctuary city bill passed by the legislature. The item was approved by city council in a 10-6 vote at their June 21 meeting. SB 4 allows law enforcement to...
Plano Conservatives Cheer New Council Members
An enthusiastic crowd of conservative voters filled the Plano City Council chamber Wednesday night to witness the swearing-in of two new council members they helped elect. With the support of the city’s conservative grassroots and Republican activists, Anthony...
Democrat Constable Convicted of Voter Fraud in Ellis County
As multiple voter fraud investigations targeting illegal mail ballot harvesting are ongoing in the Metroplex, one in Ellis County, just south of Dallas, has ended in the conviction of an elected law enforcement officer on multiple counts of mail ballot fraud. A jury...
Seven Wasn’t Gary Gates’ Lucky Number, Will he Lose Eight Campaigns in a Row?
If rumors swirling around Austin are accurate, Texans’ mailboxes and radios could one again be inundated with messages from a man increasingly desperate to hold elected office. Roughly a year after running a multimillion dollar campaign for Railroad Commissioner—and...
Dallas Voters Will Decide the Fate of Failing Bus Agency
A failing bus bureaucracy’s fate now rests in the hands of voters. Gov. Greg Abbott signed two bills last week that call for scandal-plagued Dallas County Schools to be abolished unless county residents vote to keep the tax-subsidized agency open – assuming it doesn’t...