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Tax Hikes and New Fees for Houston

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Tax Hikes and New Fees for Houston

The ideas floated to close the budget deficit are a trash fee and asking voters to increase the maximum allowable revenue the city can collect under its long-existing property tax cap. 

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Houston Mayor Announces Police Review Task Force Members

Houston Mayor John Whitmire has announced the names of individuals staffing an independent review committee that will operate alongside the police department as they review the 264,000 incident reports that were closed using a code indicating there was not enough...

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Houston Budget Faces $160m-plus Shortfall

As in years past, Houston’s upcoming budget is expected to face a shortfall of between $160-200 million, and the administration is now laying out a plan to address it.  In this month’s financial report, Houston Finance Director Melissa Dubowksi—who was appointed in...

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Fredericksburg Moms Host Wholesome Book Fair

A group of Fredericksburg moms concerned about age-inappropriate content in kids’ books hosted a book fair this week stocked exclusively with wholesome, family-friendly titles. The Gillespie County Chapter of Moms for Liberty partnered with SkyTree Book Fairs, a new...

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Lewisville ISD Drag Teacher Resigns

A North Texas high school teacher who was exposed by Libs of TikTok for dressing in drag in front of his students has resigned. A video shared on X just last month showed the male teacher, identified as Rachmad Tjachyadi of Hebron High School in Lewisville ISD,...