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Analysis: Jeff Davis County Lowers Tax Rates Across the Board
Taxing entities in the stargazing county lowered rates from 2019 to 2022.
Parents Roasting Allen ISD Over Sexually Explicit Books Goes Viral
Videos of public comments from a school board meeting made international news.
Two More Educators Charged in Newman Academy Child Grooming Investigation
Police arrested principal Richard Adams, coach Gabrielle Little, and teacher’s aide Ruel Barbee; three other athletic department employees are on leave.
SpaceX’s Home Starbase Could Soon Become an Official City
The vote will take place during the General Election on Saturday, May 3.
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Houston Housing Authority Backs Off of Churches
Houston Housing Authority (HHA) has decided to cease all attempts at seizing the land of two historic churches in Houston’s Fifth Ward. In August, HHA made known their intentions of obtaining the plots of land that Latter Day Deliverance Revival Center and Christian...
Internal Document Reveals Cook Campaign Kickoff Disaster
An internal Byron Cook campaign document acquired by Texas Scorecard contradicts rosy public statements made by Cook’s campaign on social media. The document shows event organizers planned and paid for food for 450 people to attend the campaign kick-off event at the...
Threatened With Jail
Greetings from Corsicana, where tonight I learned just how big a thug State Rep. Byron Cook really is. And how scared he is of the truth. Despite flooding rains and strong winds, people rallied outside Cook’s campaign kick off. Cook is the "Republican" who killed a...
Three Ways to Reform Runaway Debt and Taxes
Texas nearly leads the nation when it comes to local debt — a $332 billion albatross driving ever-increasing property taxes. Those who claim the growing debt crisis is the result of population growth aren’t telling the whole truth. At nearly $12,000 per resident,...
Abbott Calls for Ban on Sanctuary Cities
Calling for a decisive end to “sanctuary city” policies statewide, Gov. Greg Abbott this week asked the Legislature to take action. Absent Abbott calling for a special session, a legislative solution won't happen until 2017. Abbott's positions were made public in an...
Video: Republican Urges Liberal Democrats To Vote In GOP Primary
Democrats are being urged to participate in the Republican primaries this year in a bid by liberal Republicans to thwart conservative reforms. This isn’t a supposition; it’s what State Rep. Patricia Harless (R–Spring) encouraged Democrats to do at an Austin...
Bettencourt Defends Harris County Taxpayers
On Friday, shortly before the Harris County Commissioners Court was set to vote on the proposed 2016 tax rate, State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) delivered an open letter encouraging the commissioners to reduce the burden on county taxpayers. Houston’s population...
SEIU Antics Garner Attention
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is starting to get coverage for the thuggish methods they use to attack Texas business owners who refuse to comply with their unreasonable demands. The Houston Chronicle recently reported on the SEIU’s ongoing...
Internal Audit Points to HISD Management
Despite official statements to the contrary, a preliminary review conducted by Houston ISD’s own Office of Internal Audit confirmed the obvious by determining that, “inflation itself is not the key driver in the request for additional [bond] funds.” The audit’s...