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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...

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...