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More Than 700 Houston City Workers Accept Mayor’s Retirement Incentive
The city of Houston is projecting a $330 million budget deficit for fiscal year 2026.
Harris County Sues Over Federal Funding Freeze for Illegal Alien Healthcare
Harris County spends millions of taxpayer dollars every year on services for illegal aliens.
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.
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‘Moderate’ Austin City Councilman Continues Revealing True Far-Left Views
UPDATE: After publication of this article, Texas Scorecard learned that in a 2016 local news interview Austin Councilmember Flannigan claimed "The Eyes of Texas"—the university fight song he recently scolded because of a far-left trend—was his favorite song. As...
Szwarc: What Is a Republican?
I am probably not alone in feeling disheartened by elected officials who are proving themselves to be politicians rather than public servants who do the right thing by the people who elected them. What does it mean to be a Republican? To Texans—especially in...
Electioneering for Democrats Using Taxpayer-Funded School Resources?
A call to action for students in a North Texas public-school district to promote Democrat candidates was linked to taxpayer-funded district resources, which could be a violation of state law. This is the latest discovery of Democrat agendas in Texas public schools....
City Delivers Plan to Handle Potential Election Day Riots
After nationwide riots this summer, citizens of a city in North Texas asked local officials for a plan to deal with possible riots on Election Day. They finally received a response, but some citizens remain skeptical. On October 11, citizen organization Keep Dallas...
Tarrant County Must ‘Remake’ Thousands of Defective Mail Ballots
Thousands of mail-in ballots returned by voters in Texas’ third-largest county have a printing defect that keeps them from being counted, forcing election workers to “remake” duplicate ballots by hand—a process that is raising concerns about election integrity....
Dickson: Lubbock City Council Will Vote on Outlawing Abortion
Yesterday, the Office of the City Secretary announced the results of their verification process of the "Citizen Initiative Petition Declaring Lubbock a Sanctuary City for the Unborn." The petition was determined to be valid. According to a press release from the City...
Communists Vandalize Austin Polling Place
AUSTIN — As Texans across the state go to the polls to decide which ideology should be elected to power in their cities, state, and nation, far-leftists in Austin have smeared their views on the walls of the city’s expensive public library. The sunrise on Monday...
Citizens React to Photo of Unmasked Abbott
On October 20, photos of Gov. Abbott and others not wearing masks or social distancing at Globe Life Park in Arlington were shared on social media. Citizens were outraged, as Abbott’s statewide mask mandate is still in effect. Some in the photo with Abbott are...
Higher Taxes and Debt on North Texans’ November Ballots
UPDATE October 27 to include Fort Worth IDS's tax increase election. After months of hardship brought on by government responses to the Chinese coronavirus, are Texas voters willing to approve local officials’ requests for higher taxes and debt this November? Many...