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In the runoff election to replace retiring Fort Worth Councilmember Dennis Shingleton, allegations continue to surface around candidate Leonard Firestone, the latest now involving records showing he did not vote in the May local elections. Texas Scorecard came into...

Last week, businessman Cole Stanley was sworn in to take the Place 1 spot on the Amarillo City Council, previously held by Elaine Hays. Joining a group of re-elected incumbents, Stanley, who ran as a conservative businessman in his May election campaign, sat down for...

As Austin’s Democrat-run city council is already ignoring citizens following the overwhelming public rebuke of their homelessness policies earlier this month, they're now considering turning dozens of city properties into authorized encampments. During Tuesday’s...

If you thought school districts were supposed to encourage parents to provide more support and learning opportunities for their children, you haven’t been to Texas’ capital city. Austin Independent School District officials recently announced they are no longer...

Deborah Peoples, who is facing off against Mattie Parker in the June 5 runoff for Fort Worth mayor, has said she wants to “unite us into one Fort Worth.” However, photos of divisive social media posts allegedly from Peoples seem to show her labeling Trump supporters...

School district debts in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio are alarmingly high at more than $7 billion. When you add these to the cities' debts and other underlying governments, the combined debt each taxpayer must pay is $69,600. Change will only come when “citizen...

Following overwhelming approval in a recent pivotal public election, Austinites reinstated a monumental homeless public camping ordinance that went back into effect on Tuesday. Sort of. The Democrat-run Austin City Council is not going to enforce the ordinance until...

Dallas County’s new elections administrator, Michael Scarpello, may have made a million-dollar mistake mismanaging the May municipal election in the city of Dallas. The city is refusing to pay Scarpello’s elections office an additional $1.4 million to conduct a runoff...