Federal
9.25.2024: Dead Texans being registered to vote?
Paxton Files Emergency Motions as the Dead Get Voter Registrations… Support for Trump Rises with Texas...
Trial Vindicates ‘Trump Train’ Participants Targeted by Democrat Lawfare
Defendants’ attorney Jerad Najvar called the jury’s verdict “a spectacular failure” for the Democrat plaintiffs and said the case “is not over.”
City of Austin and Police Association Reach Tentative Contract
Increased crime and police staffing shortages have plagued Austin over the past few years.
Report: Panama Institutes Effort to Cut Off Illegal Migration to the US-Mexico Border
According to immigration expert Todd Bensman, the future success of Panama’s border closure efforts depends heavily on the outcome of the 2024 election.
Federal Archive
Alternatives to Mental Institutions May Improve Outcomes and Save Taxpayers’ Money
The Los Angeles Times has an interesting piece this week about how California has transitioned from having 13,000 mentally disabled clients in its state institutions in 1969 to 500 today. Texas still has 5,000 residents in such institutions. As the Texas Legislature...
Liberals: Let The Kids Rot…
Radical liberals controlling the state’s “teacher†unions and their allies boldly stepped forward to slam the door shut on kids who are so failed by public education that the kid (predominantly poor and minority) drops out. Rather than giving other types of...
A $90 Million Tax Cut
With a stroke of the pen, Texas' economy is getting a much-needed $90 million tax cut. Nearly 400,000 businesses around the state will find the tax cut frees up resources for job creation, capital investment and operating stability. The action by Gov. Rick Perry puts...
Taxpayer-Funded Skate Park and Gym in Austin and Tomball
On Tuesday, Austinites can attend a forum on the design of a new $1.25 million BMX/skate park that was approved by voters as part of a larger bond in 2006. Meanwhile, the town of Tomball is considering spending $4 to $12 million in taxpayer funds on a sports arena,...
DFW Could Be on Fast Track to Higher Taxes
A Dallas Morning News editorial today indicates that proposals for new taxes to fund rail expansion have gone beyond the 1 cent sales tax increase to include a bevy of additional options, such as significant increases in the fuel tax and vehicle registration fee, as...
Ignoring Fred
I cannot believe I almost let this happy note pass by in the excitement of Randy Dunning making the run-off for the HD112 race. The people of the 112th told their outgoing rep, Fred Hill, that his input wasn't needed. As you know, the retiring Fred Hill carried the...
Tyroch the Taxer
Temple's taxpayers must be looking forward to a Tyroch-free city council, with attendant possibility of lower taxes. But the rest of us still have cause for worry. As a member of the city council, she raised taxes and grew spending repeatedly, and unnecessarily. Any...
Pork Barrel Projects Still in Fashion
Today it was reported that Gwendolyn Hustvedt, a professor of "fashion merchandising" at Texas State, has received a $140,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study "locally produced, certified organic, environmentally friendly or "all natural" animal...
Over 90 Percent of Texas Republicans Back Tax & Spending Limits
Some 92 percent of Texas GOP primary voters cast their ballots in favor of Proposition 3, which says state and local governments should be required to limit annual budget increases to the sum of the population growth and inflation rate. Also, the Republican Party of...