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Fort Cavazos Orders Investigation Into Incident at Killeen ISD School, Parents Speak Up
The new investigation follows an investigation by Killeen ISD into a Meadows Elementary School coach.
ICE Arrests 9 Criminal Aliens, Detains 20 Workers in Houston-Area Sweep
ICE has mainly been targeting sex offenders and violent criminals in its enforcement operations.
Former San Antonio Teacher Receives Probation for Improper Relationship With Student
Miguel Angel Nava Jr. was also charged with distribution of harmful material to a minor.
Montgomery County GOP Censures State Reps. Cecil Bell and Will Metcalf
The Montgomery County GOP chair said she hopes the censure serves as a “yellow flag” to correct the representatives’ behavior.
Local Archive
Paxton Prosecutor May Have Violated Law on Exculpatory Evidence
One of the Houston-based special prosecutors who is prosecuting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton may have violated state law requiring prosecutors to receive training in how to avoid so-called Brady violations regarding the withholding of exculpatory evidence. The...
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...