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Investigations, State, West Texas
Nonprofit’s Alarm: Bureaucrats’ Extra-High-Voltage Permian Basin Lines Ignore Abbott, Threaten Landowners
State agencies prioritized building transmission lines to tax an already overburdened power grid, instead of constructing new, reliable power generation.
Houston, Investigations, Local
Barbers Hill ISD Appears Set To Collect Three Times Market Rate in Building Lease
New deal created shortly after the expiration of another profitable program.
Houston, Investigations, Local
Barbers Hill Foundation Gave 3 Percent of $89 Million to School District
Education specialists criticize the low rate of return.
Bookkeeper Alleges Nonprofit Power Grab After Founder’s ‘Meme’ Arrest
Bookkeeper alleges blackmail in a bid to wrestle control of land near a controversial data-center development.
Investigations Archive
Houston, Investigations, Local
Water District Taxpayer Alleges Fiscal Irresponsibility
A taxpayer said her investigation of a government district has uncovered questionable spending, a conflict of interest, and a lack of records showing the district is in compliance with the payroll tax. She’s fighting the district to release its financials to the...
Investigations, Local, South Texas
Texas Supreme Court To Decide Controversial South Texas ISD Property Tax Fight
Over 40 years ago, a tax designed to support the handicapped was repurposed for a school district—without voter approval. Now, the Texas Supreme Court has taken up the case, and it could set legal precedent by clarifying when taxpayers have the right to sue over how...
Aggie Scorecard, Investigations, State
Texas A&M Is Offering a ‘Race and Ethnicity’ Course This Fall
Texas A&M is offering a sociology course at its College Station campus this fall that promotes a racialized worldview. The university is already under fire after undercover recordings exposed an instructor encouraging the promotion of the LGBT agenda to children....
Despite Local Pleas, Southwest Texas Judge Hasn’t Removed Scandal-Plagued Auditor
Kinney County commissioners have called for the removal of Auditor Cheryll Jones following allegations of mismanagement and misconduct. This isn’t the first controversy Jones has faced as a county official, and her appointment—handled in part by her partner, who...
Hemp-derived THC Classification Battle Reaches Texas Supreme Court
Hemp-derived THC’s classification as a Schedule I controlled substance is being challenged in the Texas Supreme Court, with allegations that it was not classified through the proper legal process. A Schedule I controlled substance is considered by Texas law to have a...
The Years-Long Shattering of a Mother’s Rights by a Harris County Judge
A Harris County judge known for indiscriminately dispensing protective orders imposed a lifetime order on a mother, banning her from contact with her children. By using a protective order, the judge bypassed the state's standard requiring clear and convincing evidence...
Texas Teachers’ Retirement System Funded Chinese Firms
As the Trump administration ramps up its trade war with China, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas continues funding the Communist regime—in apparent defiance of Gov. Greg Abbott’s divestment order. While TRS has shed direct investments, indirect investments...
Report: Texas Must Secure ‘Critical Infrastructure’
It was a mild, wintry morning in Muleshoe, Texas, on January 18, 2024, when Russian operatives launched a cyber-attack on the city’s systems, draining its water supplies and causing a “massive water loss.” The citizens of Muleshoe found their small town caught in a...
Report: Divest From America’s Enemies
Texas House lawmakers have recommended state pension funds divest from companies headquartered within hostile nations. In the pension fund world, there is the "prudent person rule." Developed in the 1820s, this rule "requires fiduciaries to make investment decisions...