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Keller ISD Board Faces Massive Community Backlash Over Proposal to Split District
During Thursday night’s special board meeting, hundreds in the community spoke out against the proposal.
Cy-Fair ISD Adopts Policy Rejecting Gender Ideology, Affirming Parental Rights
The policy rejects “gender ideology” and “gender fluidity” in educational materials, classroom discussions, instructional tools, and district-sponsored extracurricular activities.
Another Texas Teacher, Coach Arrested for Sexually Assaulting a Child
Charles Poling, an assistant football coach at Bartlett ISD in Central Texas, was the second teacher arrested Wednesday for sexual assault of a child.
Analysis: Upshur County Kept Taxes Flat Over 3-Year Window
The county of penny tax increases.
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Local Austin Events Are Being Crippled by the City
Austin is known for iconic events. South by Southwest, Austin City Limits, Austin Marathon, and countless smaller festivals and gatherings have made the city a vibrant and active community. Many of those, however, are in jeopardy because of costly government...
Results Flip for San Angelo School Bond
Two votes have tipped the scale in a $149 million bond for San Angelo Independent School District. Unofficial voting results from the May 5 election showed the bond passing by a narrow three-vote margin—a margin officials said was too close to call. It appears they...
City of Mission Candidates Head to Runoffs in June
The City of Mission’s May 5th municipal election failed to acquire a victory in two of their contested races for mayoral and place 4 on city council. Both of which are heading into a runoff on June 9. According to Hidalgo County Elections Department, only 16.17...
Farenthold Gets New Tax-Funded Job
Disgraced former congressman Blake Farenthold has a new job at the taxpayers' expense: he's the new "legislative liaison" for the Calhoun Port Authority in Port Lavaca. Farenthold resigned from Congress in disgrace in April, following revelations that he used $84,0000...
San Jacinto County Judge Arrested for Burglary
San Jacinto County has been thrown into an upheaval after the indictment and arrest of County Judge John Lovett. A grand jury indicted Lovett on three counts, two of which are felonies, in connection with an alleged burglary he committed in July of 2017....
Problems In State’s Largest School District Reaching A Fever Pitch
During the first public board meeting since a school board president ordered police to clear the room and arrest two parents, the public showed that they would not be intimidated. One after another, parents and enraged taxpayers took to the microphone to voice their...
Gooden Under Fire from Former Colleague
A former member of the Texas Legislature points to the voting record of his former colleague as evidence that the congressional hopeful is “not a conservative.” In an open letter to Republicans in Texas’ 5th Congressional District, former State Rep. Steve Toth warns...
PAC Ad Highlights Roberts’ Anti-Firework Spectacular Failure
A video making the rounds on social media highlights State Rep. Kevin Roberts (R–Tomball) and his spectacularly failed attempt to pass a bill curtailing the use of fireworks in unincorporated areas. Roberts, who served one term in the Texas House, is currently running...
North Texas Cities Churches Helping Illegal Aliens Avoid Detection
Liberal local government officials are often quick to crow about separation of church and state. But now some North Texas officials may be in violation of the state’s sanctuary cities ban under a policy where they accept church-issued IDs in order to allow illegal...