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University of Austin Opens Doors, Provides Alternative to ‘Fractured’ Higher Education
The school’s founders believe today’s institutions have abandoned the pursuit of truth.
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9/3/24 Is Dade Phelan a #RINORAD?
- Patrick calls Phelan a ‘RINORAD’ over Property Tax Relief dispute. - Biden-Harris Administration blocked...
Lawmaker Suggests Starting School in September to Save Energy, Protect Grid
State Rep. Jared Patterson proposes sending kids back to school after Labor Day.
Tarrant County GOP Chair Questions Mansfield City Council Over $86M Stadium
Mansfield council members say voters were informed about the potential uses of tax dollars and that there is no sinister activity taking place.
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Water To Nowhere
It is possible for a city to spend half-a-billion dollars over 25 years for an as-yet unbuilt facility. Just ask the Austin City Council, which seems intent on doing just that. In the mid-1980s, the city planned to spend $165 million to build a water treatment plant....
More Self
Yesterday I had the privilidge of speaking in Collin County at an event hosted by the chambers of commerce. The real treat, though, was getting to hear County Judge Keith Self address economic policy and fiscal reform. We'll have more on him in the coming days, but...
Pork On Fat
It's a delicious irony: Texas' taxpayers are being forced to fork over $250,000 to "invest" in a miracle drug that will allegedly combat obesity. Sound like more high-calorie pork? It'd be cheaper to tell the lard-laden to put the candy-bar down and go for a brisk...
Heating Up Unemployment
It's not just hot-air created by global warming proponents. Now they want your job and family income, too. Have you noticed that the ya-hoos yelling the loudest for policy changes to stave off global warming are usually the same quasi-Marxist ya-hoos who always look...
List of Texas Taxes Spans 85 Pages
A Houston television report has revealed that the list of fees imposed by Texas state government spans some 85 pages. The story notes that Governor Rick Perry and Rep. Mark Strama will work for legislation next session to ensure that these fees are either used for...
Union Dues Don’ts
Taxpayers have been picking up the tab for processing paycheck deductions to fund a liberal union’s political activities. Sound rotten? That’s why taxpayer hero Leo Berman is asking the Texas Attorney General to review the process. While dues to the Texas State...
Anti-Taxpayer League
West Texans probably felt their wallets being picked this week, as government-growers and tax-hikers went to Odessa in an effort to prop up the frail candidacy of Buddy West in a Republican run-off. West got kudos from anti-taxpayer lawmakers like Delwin Jones of...
Policing The Books
Austin Police have been wrongly spending money seized during the course of investigations – violating state and federal laws governing the way those dollars can be used. Who called in the budget cops? Austin’s own chief of police. According to today’s Austin...
Oh No Vo
State Rep. Herbert Vo is being accused of accepting illegal corporate campaign contributions. The Democratic state representative from Houston allegedly got a company to offer discount coupons on clothes when someone gave money to his campaign. Right about now Mr. Vo...