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Tarrant County District Attorney Announces First Murder Conviction For Fentanyl Death
DA Phil Sorrells announced drug supplier Kaeden Farish pled guilty to murder and was sentenced to 19 years in prison.
Harris County Judge Promotes Houston ISD Bond
The bond is projected to cost more than $8 billion and is facing opposition from both local political parties for its exorbitant cost to taxpayers.
Frisco ISD Asks Voters to Approve Billion Dollar Bonds Plus Tax Increase
Taxpayers opposed to the district’s ballot propositions say increasing the tax burden on an already economically stressed community is “irresponsible.”
Dallas Appoints Interim Police Chief Michael Igo to Lead Department
Igo has served for more than 33 years in the Dallas Police Department.
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More Scandal Hits Dallas Bus Bureaucracy, Legislature Weighs Shutdown
Dallas’ embattled bus bureaucracy is scrambling for cash in the wake of last week’s credit downgrade, more scandal, and another hearing in the Texas Legislature on a bill to abolish the agency. The bureaucracy is drowning in debt, despite being subsidized by taxpayers...
Misconceptions About Houston’s Property Tax Cap
Houston taxpayers have had protection against increasing property taxes for almost fifteen years, but if Mayor Sylvester Turner has his way, that won’t be the case for much longer. During the 2014 mayoral campaign, in the midst of pension talks, and as recently as his...
Grand Prairie ISD Taxpayers Tapped for Outrageous Admin Perks
The school board of a North Texas school district is forcing taxpayers to provide its head administrator with perks never before seen in Texas. The school board has barely flinched under criticism, even since recent news reports exposed the district’s absurd policies....
Collin College Kicks Off $600 Million Spending Spree
Just days after voters said yes to a $600 million bond package for expanding Collin College, trustees met to approve a $9.6 million contract for “program management services” related to the expansion. That amount is just for “Phase 1” of the mega-bond funded “Master...
Court of Appeals Stays Paxton Prosecution Pending Hearing on Judge
The Dallas Court of Appeals has stayed further proceedings in the prosecution of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pending a hearing on Paxton’s petition for mandamus and prohibition against Judge George Gallagher. In his petition for writ of mandamus and writ of...
Dallas County’s ‘Junk’ Bus Bureaucracy Is Downgraded Again
In the latest blow to Dallas’s problem-plagued bus bureaucracy, Moody’s again downgraded the credit rating of Dallas County Schools, this time to “junk bond” status. The downgrade is bound to affect how the Texas Legislature decides to deal with the financially...
Where Do Texas Homeowners Pay the Highest Property Taxes?
Texas homeowners pay the fourth-highest property tax bills in the nation, when home values are taken into account. Despite Texans clamoring for real reform and relief, state lawmakers in the Texas House failed to deliver when they diluted and defanged the Senate’s...
Colton Driver: Breaking Boundaries
It’s often said that apathy is one of the greatest enemies of democracy. Thankfully, there are people like Colton Driver of Stephenville who lead by example – demonstrating that political activism isn’t as daunting as some may believe, and with perseverance, can be...
Flynn Threatens Firefighters in Twitter Tirade
Making an even stronger case for why Texas’ municipal pension systems should be handled locally, and why voters should retire some lawmakers by force, a member of the Texas House took to Twitter to threaten the pension plans of Houston Firefighters who called him out...