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Texas DPS Captures Confirmed Gang Member on Private Ranch
Nery Flores Flores of Mexico is a confirmed Mexican mafia gang member.
Denton County Jury Sentences Mail-ballot Fraudster to Four Years in Prison
Zul Mohamed pleaded guilty to 109 voter fraud felonies committed during his 2020 run for Carrollton mayor.
Houston-area Neurologist Pays Nearly $1M Settlement Over Fraudulent Billing Allegations
A federal investigation exposed the Medicare fraud.
Texans Protest Pornographic Books at Houston ISD Board Meeting
Multiple speakers were told to be silent when quoting various books’ profane descriptions.
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Taxpayer Abuse for…Personal Use?
A recent story, led by investigative journalist Mireya Villarreal of CBS News, recently uncovered a shocking abuse of taxpayer funds (click link for CBS story and video). City of Fort Worth employees have allegedly been using city-provided credit cards on personal...
Prop. 7 removes power from citizens, vote “No”
Proposition 7 on the upcoming Texas Constitutional Amendment election is being sold as something that saves home-rule cities money but, at what cost? The ballot wording is: “The constitutional amendment authorizing a home-rule municipality to provide in its charter...
Ethics Commission Votes To Waste Money Fighting Transparency
At a special meeting in Houston today the Texas Ethics Commission voted to authorize the hiring an outside law firm in their fight to keep audio recordings of an an August hearing secret. At an August "preliminary hearing" into politically-motivated charges filed...
Ethics Commission Fights Transparency
In their fight to keep the doors tightly shut on the operations of their agency, the Austin-based Texas Ethics Commission has announced it will hold a closed-door meeting in Houston on Friday. Their meeting is in regards to a lawsuit filed by Empower Texans demanding...
Mob Tactics Suppress Speech in Fort Worth
Fort Worth ISD staff is hosting a series of townhalls to ‘inform voters’ regarding the details of a three part bond proposal totaling $490 million, set to appear on the November 5 ballot. Only six years ago, a similar proposal in size and scope was passed. One...
Proposition 6: Drowning Us In Debt?
The state’s demand for water is undoubtedly growing. The question is not if we need water. It’s a debate regarding the most prudent method by which to fund the State’s Water Plan. Conservatives are already frustrated by Republican legislators who sided with Democrats...
Davis Enters Gubernatorial Race
As State Sen. Wendy Davis enters the 2014 gubernatorial race, the president of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility – Michael Quinn Sullivan – offered the following statement. On issue after issue, Wendy Davis has styled herself as a politician eager to please a narrow...
Texas CPS should clean up its act
What’s going on with Texas Child Protective Services? No doubt most at the agency are hard working folk trying to protect children from bad situations but, in the last couple of years enough bad things have been alleged to make you wonder if there is a culture problem...
Tarrant Regional Water District Sued Over Election Shell Game
You wouldn’t think that a Water Board could cause so many problems for Texans. Perhaps that's precisely why, much like rebellious toddlers, some public officials at TRWD insist on overstepping the legal boundaries designed to hold them accountable. We’ve already...