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Katy ISD Teacher Faces Investigation After Allegedly Assaulting 9-Year-Old Autistic Student
Katy ISD confirmed the teacher is no longer employed by the district.
Parker County GOP Calls for Unity in Texas House Speaker Race
The local party is calling on all House Republicans to unite behind David Cook for speaker.
Houston Methodist Urologist Suspended Amid Cocaine Use Allegations & Impairment Concerns
The Texas Medical Board issued the suspension while Dr. Nathan Starke’s case is being investigated.
McKinney Moves Forward With Controversial Airport Plan
Mckinney’s Planning and Zoning Commission will vote next week on a site plan for expanding the city-owned airport.
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Harvey Shows Best of Texas
As private citizens, there’s no firm obligation to get our hands dirty when disaster strikes, to help our neighbor in their time of need, to sacrifice time, talent, and treasure on behalf of others. But that’s what Texans did. Despite holding the freedom to look after...
Ahead of Shutdown Vote, Struggling Dallas Bus Agency Raises Tax Rate
Desperate for cash, Dallas’ taxpayer-subsidized school bus agency is raising its tax rate to the highest level allowed. Dallas County Schools trustees voted at a board meeting on Tuesday to increase the agency’s ad valorem tax rate to the maximum allowed rate of one...
Which Metroplex Cities Are Raising Property Taxes?
Local governments across Texas will adopt next year’s property tax rates over the next month. Taxpayers are left wondering which officials are funding bigger budgets off new growth, and which are simply asking taxpayers to pay more. Even cities that lower than tax...
Houston City Council Meets With Focus On Disaster Relief
In the midst of a major recovery and relief effort following Hurricane Harvey, Houston City Council met for their regularly scheduled meeting to address the state of the city and to appropriate millions in disaster relief. Council broke from their usual city hall...
Collin County Votes to Void More Paxton Prosecutors’ Fees
Collin County taxpayers want their money back. Collin County Commissioners Court voted unanimously Monday to take another step toward recovering excessive legal fees paid to private attorneys appointed to head the politically motivated prosecution of Texas Attorney...
Gun Owners of America Visits the Permian Basin
Gun Owners of America Chairman Tim Macy and Chief Lobbyist John Velleco are paying West Texans a visit. At a lunch hosted today at Midland’s Haley Memorial Library by the West Texas Discussion Group (WTDG), Macy and Velleco outlined the history of the GOA and the...
Plano Proposes $12 Million Property Tax Increase
A battle over property taxes is brewing in Dallas’ largest suburb between newly elected conservatives and the mayor’s governing coalition. City staff and even some in the press are aiding the mayor’s team with misleading spin, which helps rationalize the irrational...
Hill GOP Chair Steamrolls Members’ Motion to Censure Cook
In a heavy-handed attempt to stifle grassroots voices, an establishment-friendly party chairman unilaterally shut down a legitimate motion to censure their liberal state representative on the valid grounds of his outright obstruction of conservative reforms....
Ector County ISD Announces $291 Million Bond and Tax Increase Election
It’s been a tough budget season for Ector County taxpayers. As public hearings come to an end, the City of Odessa, Ector County, Ector County Hospital, and Odessa College have all either proposed or approved a property tax hike. Now, the school district wants a piece....