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City of Fort Worth Creates New LGBT Advisory Committee
The committee will advise and inform city officials about LGBT concerns.
Poll Reveals Rising Minority Support for Trump in Texas
Texans have an unfavorable view of Kamala Harris.
Tarrant County Democrat Sheriff Candidate is Not a Registered Peace Officer in Texas
According to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, Democrat candidate Patrick Moses has not been awarded a state peace officer’s license.
Aggie Scorecard, Local, West Texas
West Texas A&M University Blocks Online Gambling Sites
The university’s president says predatory gambling is exploitative and has a negative impact on academic performance.
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Readin’, Writin’ and Diaperin’
Yes, public schools should be mandated to teach math. And safety mandates for local schools make sense. But starting this year, legislators are making schools teach a parenting class to 9th graders. If you wonder why Johnny can't read, it's probably because Johnny's...
Watching Waste
Taxpayers in Houston paid for luxurious trinkets as city council members sought to use every penny of their "office holder" accounts rather than put the money back in the city's general fund. The Houston Chronicle found thousands of dollars were spent on clothing,...
Teed Off
Lubbock taxpayers should be a little teed. It seems the company which leases the city's golf course hasn't been paying rent, and no one will comment because it is "sensitive and classified information." Since when did skipping out on the taxpayers become an issue of...
Dingus Doofus
West Texas is alight with anticipation that House Speaker Tom Craddick is going to be debating his November democratic party challenger, former Midland city council member Bill Dingus. Should be a good show. You gotta feel sorry for poor Dingus; a Democratic Party...
Quarter Million Dollar Man
This article is short and sweet folks, the Northside ISD school board knows that Bexar County residents don’t want their taxes raised but they don’t give a hoot. Northside ISD board members heard from citizens last night concerned about the impending tax increase...
Charitable Czar
Dallas' homeless Czar is looking to increase the size of his kingdom with a $40 million expenditure. The Dallas Morning News is reporting on a plan that would construct up to 700 homes for the homeless. The price tag includes the cost of constructing the new homes,...
New Report Shows Texas Property Tax Collections Have Increased Since 2005
Total property taxes paid by Texans actually rose from 20.3 billion in 2005 to 22 billion in 2007, despite the 2005 school property tax rate cuts, according to a new study. Thus, property tax collections have increased 8.4%, more than the 4.4% increase in state's...
Playing The Fiddle
An apologist for the failing school system called today, furious we've been picking on the tax-increasing, budget-busting ways of schools that aren't producing results. The caller, an aide to a Republican state representative, said that "Dallas ISD is doing great...
Survey Says: Public Ed Stinks
A new poll from the University of Texas' Government Department and the Texas Politics project finds Texans are underwhelmed by their public schools. The pollsters asked what Texans thought of the "quality of K-12 public school education." Result: 49 percent said "not...