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Katy Mills Mall Investigation Uncovers Massive US Theft Syndicate Tied to Cartel
The thefts in Katy have been tied to similar crimes across the country.
Mayor: 900 People Charged With Murder Are Free on Bond in Houston
The 248th District Court is known for granting bonds to dangerous criminals.
Two Texas Teachers Sentenced in Separate Student Sex Crime Cases
Former Lewisville ISD teacher John Collett was sentenced to 20 years in prison, while ex-Nacogdoches ISD teacher Annaleigh Andrews received just two years.
Houston ISD Announces Teacher Pay-For-Performance Structure Rolling Out in 2026
The new system will replace the tenure-based pay structure currently in operation.
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Dallas Rejects Hiring Additional Taxpayer-Funded Lobbyist
Taxpayer-funded lobbying was dealt a partial defeat Wednesday as the Dallas City Council rejected hiring one of the top paid lobbyists in Texas and revealed more to citizens of what goes on behind the scenes. If the council doesn’t readjust spending, fewer taxpayer...
Austin’s Violent Crime Continues Rising Amid Leftist City Council Policies
AUSTIN — Unfortunately, to paraphrase Malcolm X and Jeremiah Wright, the all-Democrat Austin City Council’s chickens are coming home to roost. Over the past year and a half, Texas Scorecard has documented an array of the city council’s harmful decisions and...
ELECTION RESULTS: Metroplex Local Runoffs
On Tuesday, North Texas voters decided key city and school district runoff elections that will directly impact citizens’ quality of life and their wallets. Across the state, local elections usually held in May were moved to November this year due to concerns about the...
COVID Guidance Ignored in Pro-Mandate County Building
After a photo surfaced of a North Texas county judge not wearing a mask at a wedding, photos emerged this week of social distancing being ignored in the very building he and the commissioners wield authority over. Back in October, controversy erupted after a photo...
Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Fight Goes Local
A conflict in North Texas between the Dallas City Council and mayor showed citizens the price tag they’ll be stuck with if the city votes to hire lobbyists—with taxpayer money—to represent the city’s interests in the upcoming Texas Legislative session. It also...
Citizens Outraged at Austin Mayor Vacationing in Mexico During His ‘Stay Home’ Warning
So much for these already questionable lockdown orders. Citizens are outraged by Democrat Austin Mayor Steve Adler warning them to “stay home” while he flew out of the country to a vacation excursion in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The full story was first reported earlier...
51-Percenters Unite to Fight Shutdowns
What started as an effort by struggling small-business owners known as “51-percenters” to safely reopen under government-ordered coronavirus shutdowns has grown into a unified movement to take on the state agency that regulates the alcoholic beverage industry in...
Blain: Mayors Gone Wild
Across the country, curfews are being implemented, stricter limitations on businesses are being rolled out, and travel restrictions are back into effect, but an odd phenomenon is growing by the day: Elected officials are caught not abiding by the rules they set for...
Judges Tell School District to Halt Controversial Pro-LGBTQ Plan, Turn Over Communications
After months of a North Texas school district ignoring citizen opposition to a controversial Cultural Competence Action Plan (CCAP), judges have now intervened on behalf of the citizens. The interim school superintendent denies allegations that the district violated...